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<code> 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.