Intro:
Dmaj7 G/D Dmaj7 G/D
Verse 1:
D Gmaj7
Are you tired, are you weary
Bm Aadd4
Are you running out of places you can hide?
D Gmaj7
Are you lost, feeling hopeless
Bm Aadd4
With a burden you can't bear another night?
Pre-Chorus:
Gmaj7 A
Can you hear it, the rushing of waters
Bm Aadd4
Healing streams that flow from His side?
Chorus 1:
G2 A
There is a river, a river of mercy
Bm7 D/F#
It flows to the broken, the lost and the hurting
G2 A D F#m/D Bm/D
Come to the river, the river of mercy and be clean
Verse 2:
G/D D Gmaj7
Come on out from your darkness
Bm Aadd4
And the whispers of a thousand different lies
D Gmaj7
There's a voice that is calling
Bm Aadd4
With a power that will bring you back to life
Chorus 2:
G2 Aadd4
There is a river, a river of mercy
Bm7 D/F#
It flows to the broken, the lost and the hurting
G2 Aadd4 D
Come to the river, the river of mercy and be clean
G2 Aadd4
There is a river, a river of mercy
Bm7 D/F#
It flows to the broken, the lost and the hurting
G2 Aadd4 Gmaj7
Come to the river, the river of mercy and be clean
Em Bm7 A
Yeah
Bridge:
Gmaj7 Em
There is a fountain filled with blood
Bm7 A
Drawn from Emmanuel's veins
Gmaj7 Em
And sinners plunged beneath its flood
Bm7 A
Lose all their guilty stains
Pre-Chorus:
Gmaj7 A
Can you hear it, the rushing of waters
Bm Aadd4
Healing streams that flow from His side?
Gmaj7 A
Can you hear it? Can you hear?
Chorus 3:
G2 Aadd4
There is a river, a river of mercy
Bm7 D/F#
It flows to the broken, the lost and the hurting
G2 Aadd4 Bm7 D/F#
Come to the river, the river of mercy and be clean
G2 Aadd4 D
Come to the river, the river of mercy and be clean
Themes
Bible References
- Revelation 22:1
- Psalms 65:9
- Isaiah 61:1
- Luke 4:18
- Isaiah 1:18
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