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	    BEFORE THE RIVER CAME
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        INTRO: Fm2  Fm   Db  Db



Fm2        Fm             Db         
 I've been looking at the past   hmmm
Fm2         Fm                Db                
 I've wasted too much time on things that won't last
Fm2         Fm                Db              
 I've built a kingdom out of rubble and sand,
      Ab             Eb/G          Fm   
but I don't, I don't want to hold onto it all

	        Dbmaj7 
	I'm ready for the river to run
  	 Eb     Ebsus   Eb    Ebsus
	and wash it away


           Ab         Eb     Fm         Db
   I'm singin' come sweet water cleanse my soul
   Ab      Eb      Fm      Db
    shower me and make me whole
   Ab       Eb        Fm       Db
    consume me with a healing flood
   Bbm7                   Ebsus        Eb  BREAK
    leave no traces of the man that I was
                     Fm2   Fm   Db  Db
   before the river came

Fm2         Fm                Db         
 There's no freedom in the chains,  hmmm
Fm2               Fm             Db                
 they'll hold you captive to the guilt of your stains
Fm2          Fm              Db        
 one drop of water brings an ocean of change
       Ab      Eb/G        Fm
and I long, I long to move on from it all

	REPEAT BRIDGE AND CHORUS

Fm7            Bb9           Eb             Ab
   Baptize and then bury me until only You remain 
	    Fm7                     Bb9
   (come and rescue)  I don't wanna be the man
             Eb              Bb7     Ab
   that I was, long before the river came
		KEY CHANGE

            F          C      Dm         Bb
I'm singin' come sweet water  cleanse my soul
F        C       Dm      Bb
  shower me and make me whole
F       C          Dm       Bb
 consume me with a healing flood
Gm7                      Csus      C
 leave no traces of the man that I was
                   Dm
 before the river came


F-133211   Fm-133111     Fm2 -133111   Fm7-1x1110
Db-x46664  Dbmaj7-x46564 Ab   466544   Gm7-3x3330 
Eb-x01343  Ebsus-x01344  Bb  -113331   Bb7-x13131
Bb9-x10110 C-x32010      Csus-x33010   Dm -xx0231