River So Wide chords

Phil Collins

Key: 

Simplify chords 

Capo: 1st fret

  			
 

 

C 
If we can cross at the place that divides us. 
Cross the river, the river so wide, 
If we can smother the pain that's inside us, 
                                 G 
Deny the demons that wait by our side, 
       F              C 
We can find, find the light 

C 
Our nights are filled with the light of the same moon, 
We share the comfort of the same stars. 
Our days are bright with the light of the same sun, 
                                         G 
That don't matter, can't you see what we are, 
        F              C 
What we are, what we become? 

F/C                   G/C 
Keep our sights on the way ahead, 
F/D                       G/D 
Don't look back, it won't help us now. 
C/E              Em          F 
  The storm we left so far behind 
             C/G                   G/A 
Seems a dark memory that starts to fade, 
            F/D                          C 
But till we see the light we will not be safe. 

C 
We all sink or swim in the same ocean, 
Break our skin and we will bleed 
Our minutes pass with the same motion, 
                                           G 
We face the same danger, we share the same needs, 
              F             C 
We're all the same, you and me. 

F/C                   G/C   
Keep our sights on the way ahead, 
F/D                       G/D 
Don't look back, that won't help us now. 
C/E              Em             F 
  Upstream, the river gets too wide 
           C/G                     G/A 
So we must build that bridge right here, 
            F/D                              C 
Cause if we wait we will not reach the other side. 

Solo: C            G  F/G  C 

F                         G 
See under that clear blue sky 
             Am                          G 
The winds of change are blowing hard and long, 
            F                           G               C 
And they'll not stop to rest 'cause the change is gonna come 

Percussion only until G 
C 
Our nights are filled with the light of the same moon, 
We share the comfort of the same stars. 
Our days are bright with the light of the same sun, 
                                         G 
That don't matter, can't you see what we are, 
        F              C 
What we are, what we become? 

F/C                   G/C      
Keep our sights on the way ahead, 
F/D                       G/D 
Don't look back, it won't help us now. 
C/E                   Em             F 
  Cause upstream the river gets too wide 
                C/G                                 G/A 
And if we don't build that bridge right here, right now, 
               F/D                        C 
You know we'll never ever reach the other side. 

Solo: C