[Intro] C  G  C  F
        C  G  Am  F

C          G         F
All that I have is a river
    Am                E
The river is always my home
      C         F
Lord, take me away
      Am           F
For I just cannot stay
        C          Dm           F
Or I'll sink in my skin and my bones

     C        G         C          F
The water sustains me without even trying
     C          G             Am
The water can't drown me, I'm done
         F    C
With my dying

       C       G             F
Please help me build a small boat
Am                      E
One that'll ride on the flow
          C          F
Where the river runs deep
        Am           F
And the larger fish creep
      C          Dm          F
I'm glad of what keeps me afloat

     C        G         C          F
The water sustains me without even trying
     C          G             Am
The water can't drown me, I'm done
         F    C
With my dying

    C          G       F
Now deeper the water I sail
     Am                    E
And faster the current I'm in
          C                F
That each night brings the stars
        Am         F
And the song in my heart
     C             Dm           F
Is a tune for the Journeyman's tale

     C        G         C          F
The water sustains me without even trying
     C          G             Am
The water can't drown me, I'm done
         F    C
With my dying

 E                            Am
Now the land that I knew is a dream
 E                                  Am
And the line on the distance grows faint
    C          Dm         C         Dm
So wide is my river, the horizon a sliver
     C          G          F
The artist has run out of paint

           C           G             F
Where the blue of the sea meets the sky
        Am                       E
And the big yellow sun leads me home
    C          F
I'm everywhere now
    Am        F
The way is a vow
       C           Dm             F
To the wind of each breath by and by

     C        G         C          F
The water sustains me without even trying
     C          G             Am
The water can't drown me, I'm done
         F    C
With my dying