Am                  Dm
 I have never taken life
Am                       Dm
 Yet I have often paid the price
Am                               Dm
 And you, you are a victim of this age
Am
 And the guilt that hangs around your neck
Dm
 Has got me locked up in a cage
              F        G             Am
 You've to to learn to live until no end
               F             G
 But first you must learn to swim
          E
 All over again
 Because

Am                Dm
 Pain lies on the riverside
Am                   Dm
 And pain will never say goodbye, no, no
Am                Dm
 Pain lies on the riverside
             E                 F  G
 So put your feet in the water
          E                    F   G
 Put your head in the water now
          E
 Put your soul in the water
     F             G         Am
 And join me for a swim tonight

Am                      Dm
 I have forever always tried
          Am                       Dm
 To stay clean and constantly baptized
              Am                                Dm
 Oh, oh, I am aware now that the river's banks are dry
        Am
 And to wait for a flood
       Dm
 Is to wait for life
             F        G                 Am
 I've got to learn to live until no end
             F             G
 But first I must learn to swim all
      E
 Over again, yeah, yeah, yeah
 Because

Am                Dm
 Pain lies on the riverside
Am                   Dm
 And pain will never say goodbye, no, no
Am                Dm
 Pain lies on the riverside
             E                 F  G
 So put your feet in the water
          E                    F   G
 Put your head in the water now
                 E
 C'mon, put your soul in the water
     F             G       Am    Dm
 And join me for a swim tonight, yeah
             Am            Dm
 For a swim tonight, oh my Lord
             F         G               Am
 I've got to learn, to live, until no end
                 F        G                           E
 But I've got to learn to swim all over, all over, all
 Over again, yeah, yeah, yeah
 Because

Am                Dm
 Pain lies on the riverside
Am                   Dm
 And pain will never say goodbye, no, no
Am                Dm
 Pain lies on the riverside
             E                 F  G
 So put your feet in the water
          E                    F   G
 Put your head in the water now
                 E
 C'mon, put your soul in the water
     F             G      Am     Dm
 And join me for a swim tonight, yeah
              Am     Dm
 For a swim tonight, yeah
    Am                                           Dm
 To swim all over, all over, all over, all over again
    Am                                           Dm
 To live all over, all over, all over, all over again
        Am     Dm    
 Yeah hey     Live

 Am  Dm  Am 
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