C
I'm going to find me a dying river 
and strike a deal with her I'll say, 

      F
I'll fold you in two and I'll carry you away 
     C
to a place where your headwaters will flow 
                      G
clean through to your mouth. 
    C
In return I'll request a small sanctuary
       F
by her banks where we will live 
with our small family 
         C
she will water our garden 
                            G
and clean the dirt from our skin.
             F
As the world clamours at our door 
        G                      C
we will dance and not let them in.

    C
And if one day we wake up to a bed dry as a bone 
F
find our river stolen find our sanctuary gone
        C
we will stand and take stock and be grateful 
                   G
for what we've not lost.
        C
We will pack up our bags, pack our small family 
F
head across the valley to where the aspen trees 
C
shiver as they ascend - 
                          G
the green hills rising to blue. 
       F                            G
At the edge of the chopping we will turn 
             C
and bid fond adieu.

F                  C
All that I know to true 
                     G
is the touch of your hand on my skin. 
F                        C
One look from you can so easily soothe 
         G
all this turmoil within. 
      Dm
As we dance cheek to cheek 
         Am
with our feet so completely 
C                        G
locked in a time all our own.
Dm
I stop to speak 
    Am
but you gently keep me 
C                     G
moving in time to the song.
         F             C           G
And in a voice that is sloppy with gin 
                       C
you say, let the world spin.


I'm going to find me a dying river 
and strike a deal with her I'll say, 
     F
I'll fold you in two and I'll carry you away 
     C
to a place where your headwaters will flow 
                      G
clean through to your mouth. 
   C
In return I'll request a small sanctuary
       F
by her banks where we will live 
with our small family 
         C
she will water our garden 
                            G
and clean the dirt from our skin.
             F
As the world clamours at our door 
        G                      C
we will dance and not let them in.