The River Lethe

Artist - Rick Miller ********************** Song - The River Lethe ************************ Album - In The Shadows ************************ ********************** INTRO - Em ****** Acoustic 1 ----------------------------------------------------- VERSE 1 Acoustic 2 --------------- ******** --------------- Em --------h--0--- I'm counting each day as this life slips away --h--2-0-2---0- D Em -0-2----------- It's time to let go of the past --------------- The things that I feel, they no longer seem real D Em I walk in the shadow I've cast. ----------------------------------------------------- Heavy Slide - Use volume to bring the notes in *********** Acoustic 2 -------------- -------------- ---h---------- --0-2-0-----2- --------2----- -------------- ----------------------------------------------------- VERSE 2 ******** Em I'm holding the line like a man out of time Acoustic 2 D Em I need to get back to the light The blood in these veins holds a lifetime of pain D Em Acoustic 2 I don't know which battles to fight. AD LIB ----------------------------------------------------- Heavy Slide - Use volume to bring the notes in *********** ---------s---s--- -------5-\-4-/-5- -0--------------- -2--------------- -2--------------- -0--------------- ----------------------------------------------------- CHORUS Acoustic 2 --------- ******* --------- B Em --h--0--- I reach for your hand through the darkening mist -0-2---0- B Em --------- I look at the face in the mirror --------- B Em The eyes looking back at me don't recognize me Am Em Take me down to the waters of Lethe B Em Wash my hands in the river Am Em Lead me through to the other side Acoustic 2 B Em Where I'll dream this lifetime away ----------------------------------------------------- Heavy Slide - Use volume to bring the notes in *********** ----------- ----------- ---s---s--- -2-\-1-/-2- ----------- ----------- ----------------------------------------------------- VERSE 3 ******** Em I remember the day that they took you away D Em A teardrop of blood on my hands ----------------------------------------------------- Heavy Slide - Use volume to bring the notes in *********** --------- --s--s--- -4\-5/-4- --------- --------- --------- And now that you're gone I won't stay here for long D Em You know that I must make amends. ----------------------------------------------------- Heavy Slide - Use volume to bring the notes in *********** ----------- ----------- -0--------- -2--------- -2-----s--- -0---5-\-7- ----------------------------------------------------- CHORUS Acoustic 2 --------- ******* --------- B Em --h--0--- The names and the places I once knew so well -0-2---0- B Em --------- Now seem to be fading away --------- B The strangers around me now Em seem way to close to me Am Em Take me down to the waters of Lethe B Em Wash my hands in the river Am Em Lead me through to the other side Acoustic 2 B Em Where I'll dream this lifetime away. Am Em Take me down to the waters of Lethe B Em Wash my hands in the river Am Em Lead me through to the other side Acoustic 2 B Em Where I'll dream this lifetime away. ----------------------------------------------------- Heavy Slide - Use volume to bring the notes in *********** ---s---s--- -5-\-4-/-5- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- A Cool Tune Enjoy...... http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=5480