Before The River Came

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.