Elton John

If The River Can Bend

Elton John


Tom: Gm

Cm  Ab6  Bb  Gm
Cm  Ab6  Bb
Cm  Ab6  Bb  Gm
Cm  Ab6  Bb

[VERSE I]
G                       C/G
 I don't know what to say
G             D/F#      Em
 I don't know where the light shines
       C                     Em 
It's a grey dawn rising on a green hill
            D
And there's so much behind us

[VERSE II]
G                       C/G
 I don't know where we go
G                    D/F#      Em
 I sure feel there's something out there
          C                     Em
There's a great awakening and a new morning
         D
And your spirit's pounding loud and clear

[CHORUS]
       F
If the river can bend
     C
I'll find you waiting
G                      Dm
 Home at last from the wild sea
F
All the twists and turns
      Am
We've made together
C
All the boats you rocked
          G  D
With your harmony
       Cm            Ab
If the river can bend
       Bb            Gm7
If the river can bend
       Cm            Ab
If the river can bend
       D7
If the river can bend

[VERSE III]
G                            C/G
 Come and embrace the struggle
G           D/F#    Em
 But win or lose we live here
        C                   Em
Build a new beginning on an old rock
        D
Breathe deep of the sweet fresh air

[CHORUS]
       F
If the river can bend, yeah
     C
I'll find you waiting
G                      Dm
 Home at last from the wild sea
F
All the twists and turns
      Am
We've made together
C
All the boats you rocked
          G  D
With your harmony
       Cm            Ab
If the river can bend
       Bb            Gm7
If the river can bend
       Cm            Ab
If the river can bend
       D7
If the river can bend

[INSTRUMENTAL]
G   Em   C   Em   D

[CHORUS]
       F
If the river can bend
     C
I'll find you waiting
G                      Dm
 Home at last from the wild sea
F
All the twists and turns
      Am
We've made together
C
All the boats you rocked
          G  D
With your harmony
       F
If the river can bend, yeah
     C
I'll find you waiting
G                      Dm
 Home at last from the wild sea
F
All the twists and turns
      Am
We've made together
C
All the boats you rocked
          G  D
With your harmony

       Cm            Ab
If the river can bend
       Bb            Gm7
If the river can bend
       Cm            Ab
If the river can bend
       D7
If the river can bend

[EDD LE 8]
G     Bb      C
       (yeah) If the river can
G    Bb       C
bend   (yeah,  yeah)

[OUTRO]
       Cm            Ab
If the river can bend
       Bb            Gm7
If the river can bend
       Cm            Ab
If the river can bend
       D7
If the river can bend

G     Bb      C
       (yeah) If the river can
G    Bb       C
bend   (yeah,  yeah)

G  Bb  C
G  Bb  C

       Cm            Ab
If the river can bend
       Bb            Gm7
If the river can bend
       Cm            Ab
If the river can bend
       D7
If the river can bend
  [fade out]