C
(8 bars),
| C    | C    | F    | F    |
| C    | C    | C    | C    |
| C    | C    | F    | F    |
| Bb   | F    | C    | C    |

[Verse 1]
C                          F
  We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill
       Bb            F
As the day begs the night
    C
for mercy, love
C                                F
  The sun so bright it leaves no shadows, only scars
Bb          F
Carved into stone
       C
On the face of it
C                         F
  The moon is up and over One Tree Hill
           Bb     F            C
We see the sun go down in your eyes

[Chorus]
               Bb    F        C
You run like a river, on like the sea
               Bb   F            C
You run like a river runs to the sea

[Verse 2]
C                              F
  And in the world a heart of darkness, a fire-zone
      Bb                F
Where poets speak their heart
     C
Then bleed for it
C                       F
  Jara sang, his song a weapon, in the hands of one
             Bb           F
You know his blood still cries
         C
From the ground

[Chorus]
               Bb    F        C
It runs like a river runs to the sea
               Bb   F        C
It runs like a river to the sea

[Instrumental]
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| C    | C    | C    | C    |
| C    | C    | F    | F    |
| Bb   | F    | C    | C    |

[Verse 3]
C                            F
  I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts
      Bb               F            C
While bullets rape the night of the merciful
C
  I'll see you again
         F
When the stars fall from the sky
        Bb               F
And the moon has turned red
     C
Over One Tree Hill

[Outro]
              Bb   F         C
We run like a river runs to the sea
              Bb   F      C
We run like a river to the sea
              Bb      F
And when it's raining
        C
Raining hard
                Bb        F
That's when the rain will
         C
Break the heart
Bb       F
Raining, rainin’ in the heart,
C
rainin’ in your heart,
Bb       F
Raining, rain into your heart,
C
rainin’, rainin’,    rainin’
Bb                F
   Rain into your heart,
C
rainin’  woo!
Bb    F    C

[Coda]
C         F      Bb  F     C
Oh, great ocean. Oh, great sea.
C          F      Bb  F      C
Run to the ocean. Run to the sea.