Lee Ann Womack - I Know Why The River Runs
CAPO: 2nd Fret
INTRO: C Dm F G (2x)
C Dm F
When I reach to hold you___
G C Dm F G
I'll still be alone
C Dm F
When I hear the ringing___
G C Dm F G Dm
Of the telephone
F Dm
I'll think it is you
F G Am
It will not be true
CHORUS:
F C G
I know why the river runs
Am F C G Am
To a place somewhere far away
F C G
I know why the sky is crying
Am F C G
When there aren't any words to say
INTERLUDE: Am F C G Am F C G
C Dm F
I could play the message___
G C Dm F G
That you left for me
C Dm F
I can hear your voice and__
G C Dm F G Dm
I could still believe
F Dm
That you will soon be home
F G Am
But you will never come
CHORUS:
F C G
I know why the river runs
Am F C G Am
To a place somewhere far away
F C G
I know why the sky is crying
Am F C G
When there aren't any words to say
INTERLUDE: Am F C G Am
BRIDGE:
F Am
There's a silence that I don't want to keep
G F
There's a hole now where my heart used to be
Am
You say that healing comes in time
G F C F
But I don't know what that means_________
INSTRUMENTAL: C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Dm
F Dm
I lie here for so long
F G Am
But you will never come_____
CHORUS:
F C G
I know why the river runs
Am F C G Am
To a place somewhere far away
F C G
I know why the sky is crying
Am F C G Am
When there aren't any words to say
CHORUS:
F C G
I know why the river runs
Am F C G Am
To a place somewhere far away
F C G
I know why the sky is crying
Am F C G
When there aren't any words to say
OUTRO: (## repeat riff and fade to end)
Am F C G Am F C G Am
F C G Am F C G
I know why the river runs_________
Am F C G Am F C G
