The River Must Flow

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         |Bbm9add11                 | Gbmaj9       F7-9+5 |
                                                    The

         |Bbm9add11                 | Gbmaj9       F7-9+5 |
          River must flow-ow

         |Bbm9add11                 | Gbmaj9       F7-9+5 |
                                                    The

         |Bbm9add11                 | Gbmaj9       F7-9+5 |
         River must flow-ow

        Bbm9
I love you

            Gbmaj9     F7-9+5       Bbm7
You're the one that     I      a--  dore

        Ebm9     Gbm6/Ab            Dbmaj9
and no man could love    you        more

            Cm7-5       F7+5        Gbmaj9    Cm7/F    F7-9
It's like a river that flows to the sea

        Bbm9
I need you

           Gbmaj9    F7-9+5    Bbm7
like  the jasmine    needs the rain

         Ebm9    Gbm6/Ab    Dbmaj9
Let your water   cool my    pain

            Cm7-5      F7+5         Gbmaj9    F11     F7+9+5
just like a river that flows to the sea

         Bbmaj9
Through  love

       Bbm7/Eb      Eb9        Bbmaj9
I will find the     meaning in you

       Bbm7/Eb   Ab7-9             Dbmaj9
all my natural   dreams will come true

            Cm7-5       F7+5        Gbmaj7  F11   F7+9+5
It's like a river that flows to the sea

        Bbmaj9
Through love

        Bbm7/Eb  Eb9        Bbmaj9
I will find a    meaning in life

        Bbm7/Eb      Ab7-9         Dbmaj9
but the rain must    fall down to- night


           Cm7-5      F7+5         Gbmaj7    F11   F7+9+5
and like a river that flows to the sea

            Cm7-5      F7-9      B9       Bbm7       Gbmaj7  F7-9+5
Oh yeah the river must flow      fro-o-om me-e-e-e

     Bbm7          Gbmaj9     F7-9+5
from me-e-e-e

Gbmaj7      Gb/Ab      Dbmaj7
You're a    falling    star  (falling star)

Amaj7   A/B   Gb/Ab
Burning in my heart

         F7-9+5         |Bbm9add11                 | Gbmaj9       F7-9+5 |
         Ahhh....       ahhh                                          the

                       |Bbm9add11                 | Gbmaj9       F7-9+5 |
                        ahhh  ahhh

         guitar solo on verse

         Bbmaj9
Through  love

       Bbm7/Eb      Eb9        Bbmaj9
I will find the     meaning in you

       Bbm7/Eb   Ab7-9             Dbmaj9
all my natural   dreams will come true

            Cm7-5       F7+5        Gbmaj7  F11   F7+9+5
It's like a river that flows to the sea

         Bbmaj9
Through love

        Bbm7/Eb  Eb9       Bbmaj9
I will find a   meaning in life

         Bbm7/Eb     Ab7-9         Dbmaj9
but the rain must    fall down to- night

           Cm7-5      F7+5         Gbmaj7    F11   F7+9+5
and like a river that flows to the sea

            Cm7-5      F7-9    B9      Bbm7        Gbmaj7  F7-9+5
Oh yeah the river must flow   fro-o-om me-e-e-e                  from

          |Bbm11                 | Gbmaj9       F7-9+5 |
          mee                                              The

         |Bbm11                 | Gbmaj9       F7-9+5 |
          River must flow-ow

          |Bbm11                 | Gbmaj9       F7-9+5 |
                                                                    The

         |Bbm11                 | Gbmaj9       F7-9+5 |
         River must flow-ow


   etc...

		transcribed and charted by Peter Kruger  casparus50@yahoo.ca