Tom: G | G | G | G | G ... [Verse 1] G Ain't it a shame babe C G How Your words fall in an empty place C G No one to follow or to trace C C/B | D | D | No wonder You are like You do [Verse 2] G Holding Your change out C G You're wrapped up within all Your cares C G The waitress is stacking the chairs C C/B | D | D | And holding the notes to the tune [Chorus] C D And all Your precious stones G C They won't help keep You afloat G D Don't say You ain't been told C C | G .. When this river rolls over You ... | G | G | G | | G | C | G | C | | G | C C/B | D | D | | C | D | G | C | | G | D | C | C | | G | G | G | G ... [Verse 3] G Haven't You heard babe C G How the speechless are storming the stage C G Carrying the cards that You've made C C/B | D | D | And lifting the tone of the room [Verse 4] G Ain't it the way how C G When the cavalier is blocking the road C G Resisting all things, He's been told C C/B | D | D | And luring Us out to the moon [Chorus] C D And all the seeds, You've sewn G C Under this weight, creek and groan G D It's so hard to keep A hold C C | G .. When this river rolls over You