Find The River - R.E.M.

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FIND THE RIVER

              
              

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Intro Riff:   
              
              
              

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      /    x 2

             
Hey now little

            
 speedy head, 

         
the read on th

      
e speedmeter s

ays
             
you have to go

            
 the task in t

      
he city
             
Where people d

             
rown and peopl


e serve,
         
Don't be shy, 

       
your just dese

             
rve is only ju

            
st light years

     
 to go.

             
Me, my thought

             
s are flower s

             
trewn, ocean s

           
torm, bayberry

 moon.
             
I have got to 

             
leave to find 

   
my way
             
Watch the road

             
 and memorize 

             
this life that

           
 pass before m

y eyes,
             
   nothing is 

            
going my way


      /    x 2


             
The ocean is t

            
he rivers goal

         
, a need to le

            
ave the water 


knows.
             
We're closer n

            
ow than light 

            
years to go.

             
I have got to 

             
find the river

             
, bergamot and

   
 vetiver
             
 Run through m

             
y head and fal

        
l away.
             
Leave the road

             
 and memorize 

             
this life that

              
 pass before m


y eyes,
             
  nothing is g

          
oing my way.


REPEAT INTRO RIFF


             
There's no one

             
 left to take 

          
the lead, but 

            
I tell you and

  
 you can see
             
We're closer n

            
ow and light y

           
ears to go
             
Pick up here a

            
nd chase the r

          
ide.  The rive

           
r empties to t


he tide;
             
Fall into the 

        
ocean.

             
The river to t

             
he ocean goes,

             
 a fortune for

        
 the undertow.
             
None of this i

             
s going my way


.
             
There is nothi

             
ng left to thr

             
ow of ginger, 

          
lemon, indigo,
             
 Coriander ste

             
m and rose of 

    
hay.
             
Strength and c

             
ourage overrid

             
es these privi

              
leged and wear


y eyes of
            
River poet sea

           
rch naivete.
             
Pick up here a

             
nd chase the r

             
ide, the river

             
 empties to th


e tide.
             
All of this is

             
 coming your w

    
ay.


REPEAT INTRO RIFF

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