Standard (EADGBE)

(Let these chords ring at the start)

 There is a river that washes you clean

 There is a tree that marks the places you've been

 Blood that was spilled, although not your own,

(Start strumming on the A minor)

 For all of your tears, are the wages for things you have done

And all of those nights

 Spent alone in the darkness of your mind

Give it up, Let go

These are things you were never meant to shoulder

 There is a river that washes you clean

 There is a tree that marks the places you've been

 Blood that was spilled, although not your own

 For all of those tears, love will atone

 So, give up the right

 To control the waves that empty out your life

 Above wild skies

 Are the rays that break the shadows we design

 Give it up, let go

 These are things you were never meant to shoulder

 Give it up, let go

 There is a river that washes you clean

 There is a tree that marks the places you've been

 Blood that was spilled, although not your own

 For all of those tears, love will atone

I know the world can turn in different ways

Most of the time, we're simply hanging on

And under the signs of how we all behave

We might find the place where we belong

 There is a river that washes you clean

 There is a tree that marks the places you've been

 Blood that was spilled, although not your own

 For all of these things, love will atone

 For all of those nights, that you cried all alone

 For all of your tears, love will atone