Before the river came Chords
by 4HIM
Before the river came by 4HIM is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Fm. It uses the chords Fm2, Fm, Db, Ab, Eb/G, Dbmaj7, Eb, Ebsus, Bbm7, Fm7, Bb9, Bb7, F, C, Dm, Bb, Gm7 and Csus. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO: Fm2 Fm Db Db
VERSE 1
Fm2 Fm Db Db
I've been looking at the past hmmm
Fm2 Fm Db Db
I've wasted too much time on things that won't last
Fm2 Fm Db 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
BRIDGE:
Dbmaj7
I'm ready for the river to run,
Eb Ebsus Eb Ebsus
and wash it away
Chorus:
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
VERSE 2:
Fm2 Fm Db Db
There's no freedom in the chains, hmmm
Fm2 Fm Db Db
they'll hold you captive to the guilt of your stains
Fm2 Fm Db 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
SECOND BRIDGE:
Fm7 Bb9 Eb Ab
Baptize and then bury me until only You remain (come and rescue)
Fm7 Bb9 Eb Bb7 Ab
I don't wanna be the man 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.