Paul Simon – Peace Like A River (Guitar Intro)

D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
Key
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Versions (3)

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Chords

Intro Riff:
    Em7
e|-----------|--0------|-----------|--0------|-----------|--0------|
B|-----------|----3----|-----------|----3----|-----------|----3----|
G|-----------|------0--|-----------|------0--|-----------|------0--|
D|----2-0-2--|---------|----2-0-2--|---------|----2-0-2--|---------|
A|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|
E|--0--------|---------|--0--------|---------|--0--------|---------|
_________________________ [Intro]
|Em7   |Em7 |Em7   |Em7 |Em7   |Em7 |
 (Riff) ---- (Riff) ---- (Riff) ----

[Verse]
|Em7     |Em7 |
 Ahhh --- ----

|Em7               |Am                   | G | G |
 Peace like a river ran through the city

|C                     |G            |C           C C/B |
 Long past the midnight curfew we sat starry-eyed - -

|Am    |Am               |
 --- Ah-ah, ah-ah we were

|Em7 (Riff) |Em7 |Em7   |Em7 |
 Satisfied   ---- (Riff) ----
[Verse]
|Em7     |Em7              |
 Ahhh --- -- And I remember

|Em7           |Am                |G      | G |
 Misinformation followed us like a plague

|C               |G
 Nobody knew from time to time

       |C                  C C/B |
 If the plans were changed - -

|Am    |Am     G     |D7/F#
 --- Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah ---

       |G                  |G  Am Bm |
 If the plans were changed  -- -  -
[Bridge]
|C                     |C      |
 - You can beat us with wires

|G                     |G      |
 - You can beat us with chains

|D7/F#                 |D7/F#                        |
 - You can run out your rules, but you know you can't

|Em7               |Em7   Em7 Am Bm |
 Outrun the history train -   -  -

|C                     |C             |G    |
 - I've seen a glorious day, Aye-ee-ee-ee---

|G          |D    |D          |Em7  |Em7  |
 -- Ee-ee-ee-ee--- -- Ee-ee-ee-ee--- ----
[Break] | C | C | Em7 | Em7 | Em7 | Em7 |
|Em7   |Em7 |Em7   |Em7 |
 (Riff) ---- (Riff) ----

[Verse]
|Em7     |Em7    |
 Ahhh ----------

|Em7                  |Am                    |G        | G |
 Four in the morning I woke up from out of my - dreams

|C                |G
 Nowhere to go but back to sleep

        |C      C     C/B Am |
But I'm  - reconciled -   -

|Am    |Am     G     |D7/F#
 --- Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah ---

                |Em7
 I'm going to be up for awhile

       |Am     G     |D7/F#
 --- Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah ---

                |Em7
 I'm going to be up for awhile

       |Am     G     |D7/F#
 --- Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah ---

                |Em7           | Em7 |
 I'm going to be up for awhile
[Outro] | C | C | Em7 | Em7 | Em7 | Em7 |
|Em7   |Em7 |Em7   |Em7 |Em7  |
 (Riff) ---- (Riff) ----
Charted by Dexex Adapted for rhythm guitar from the solid tab posted by odrizzle888 in 2016