River

missy higgins the river Verse 1 Dmaj7 she ran until face was numb with cold Gmaj7 and wore a cotton gown that blazed the night untold Dmaj7 she ran until her feet refused to hold Gmaj7 so heavy a heart for someone merely ten years old pre Chorus : Dmaj7 and when she reached the river Dmaj7 her knees began to shiver Gmaj7 her head with pounding voices from home Dmaj7 behind her was a vision , Dmaj7 a painful apparition Gmaj7 of a darker world that no one should know Chorus : ( Em7 , F#m7 ) Bm7 Gmaj7 Em7 Bm7 somebody’s bed will never be warm again the river will keep this friend ( Em7 , F#m7 ) Bm7 Gmaj7 Em7 Dmaj7 yeah somebody’s bed will never be warm again no never again Verse 2 : she dived beneath the water’s icy skin , hoping the cold would kill the smell of angry gin , and her eyes grew wider than they’d ever been just wishing the numbness to cut deeper with its pins . and as her body lay there she decided to stay there till darkness came to pull her away . and beautifully she sank as up river was the bank where some bodiless troubles would stay .