River Of Tears Chords

KeyC Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays707

River Of Tears by Bonnie Raitt is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, F, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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INTRO: C 
 
C                        F 
 I guess you got me in a sentimental mood 
C                            Am 
 Never thought I'd feel this way again 
F           C  
 Lyin' here with my dreams 
Am               Am   F      G        
 I get so lonely thinking of you 
 
CHORUS: 
 
          C                F   
 River of Tears, Oceans of heartbreak 
           Am        F         G        C          
 I want to feel......What your love can be 
            C                      F    
 I close my eyes, The chances that I take 
                 Am         F   G       C 
 Have made me so blind......Til I can't see 
 
BREAK: Am  G  C 
 
C                     F 
 I never let you know just what's been on my mind 
C                                                  Am 
 Never thought I'd hurt so bad for you lovin' this long 
F              C          Am           
 Lyin' here at nite alone I keep on wonderin' 
Am    F         G     
 just what went wrong 
 
 
CHORUS: 
 
          C                F   
 River of Tears, Oceans of heartbreak 
           Am        F         G        C          
 I want to feel......What your love can be 
            C                      F    
 I close my eyes, The chances that I take 
                 Am         F   G       C 
 Have made me so blind......Til I can't see 
         Am    G 
River of Tears 
         C 
River of Tears 
 
 
BREAK: C  F  C  Am    F  C  Am  Am-F-G 
 
 
CHORUS: 
 
          C                F   
 River of Tears, Oceans of heartbreak 
           Am        F         G        C          
 I want to feel......What your love can be 
            C                      F    
 I close my eyes, The chances that I take 
                 Am         F   G       C 
 Have made me so blind......Til I can't see 
         Am    G 
River of Tears 
                C 
It's a River of Tears 
         Am    G 
River of Tears 
                     C 
It's just a River of Tears 
         Am    G 
River of Tears 
         C 
River of Tears 
         Am    G 
River of Tears 
                     C 
It's just a River of Tears 
         Am    G 
River of Tears 
                C 
It's a River of Tears 
Am   G           C  
        River of tears 
Am   G           C  
        River of tears  
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante