Washing of the Water

Washing Of The Water (Peter Gabriel) ------------------------------------ (Disclaimer: no guarantee of correctness or completeness of transcription is given with respect to 7ths, inversions, fingering, and choice of #/b. Any major blunders, questions and suggestions to djb@uk.ac.bath.maths ;^) Intro: ------ River, river, carry me on C Living river, carry me on C River, river, carry me on FCC To the place where I come from BC/C Verse: ------ So deep, so wide, will you take me on your back for a ride CFCFC If I should fall, would you swallow me deep inside CGAFC River, show me how to float, I feel like I'm sinking down CFGCFC Thought that I could get along ACEGFC Chorus: ------- But here in this water, my feet won't touch the ground CADFCm/G/G I need something to turn myself around CADFDC/G/G (verse) Going away, away toward the sea River deep, can you lift up and carry me Oh roll on through the heartland 'Til the sun has left the sky River, river, carry me high (chorus) 'Til the washing of the water, make it all alright Let your waters reach me, like she reached me tonight Bridge: ------- Letting go, it's so hard, the way it's hurting now ACFmaj7 To get this love untied DEAmb So tough to stay with this thing, cos if I follow through CFmaj7 I face what I denied DEAmb I'll get those hooks out of me C/G And I'll take out the hooks that I sunk deep in your side FDAmAb Kill that fear of emptiness, that loneliness I hide CFCaj7 (chorus) River, oh river, river running deep Bring me something that will let me get to sleep In the washing of the water will you take it all away Bring me something to take this pain away -- /////////////////////////////////////////////////// // What makes mass society so difficult to bear // // is not the number of people involved...but // // the fact that the world between them has lost // // its power to gather them together, to relate // // and to separate them. -- Hannah Arendt, 1958 // //-----------------------------------------------// // Chris Tapio gctapio@ucdavis.edu // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////