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I think he might be playing D7 in place of D in some parts, but
I'm not positive, so I've left them all as D.

G: 355433
D: xx0232
B: x24442
C: x35553

G               D
The little river is blue and long
B                          C
I sat by the side of it as everything went wrong
G                       D
I got a letter from the dry city's heart
B                                       C
You say the water distribution system's come all apart
G
And my place here's threatened
      C
But i had it in my mind
         G                           C
And your face was on the skyline, so sweet and so kind
         G                      D
Let them come, let 'em all come down
         B                          C
Let them take a good long look around
         G                      D
Let them see if my rivers won't suit them
         G
Let them drown
G                        D
The fish that swim there in the current
             B               C
With their machine-like faces should be no deterrant
G                         D
They'll all come toward me but I won't move
B                            C
I know where I stand, I have nothing to prove
          G                       C
Because I had it in my heart that you were walking by
        G                               C
And the little river's waters became our separate skies
            G                      D
So let them come, let 'em all come down
         B                          C
Let them take a good long look around
         G                      D
Let them see if my rivers won't suit them
         G
Let them drown

G D B C G D B C

          G                       C 
Because I had it in my heart that you were walking by
        G                             C
And the whole world dissolved leaving only you and I
            G                      D
So let them come, let 'em all come down
         B                          C
Let them take a good long look around
         G                      D
Let them see if my rivers won't suit them
         G
Let them drown