Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

Across that river

 Thru the orange squares of light

Past the streetlamps

 Like a beacon in the rain

You've stopped in all this motion

 You're heavy with news too sudden

 You're breathing through this undertow of pain

 And all your friends will gather soon and you'll

Surface then to bring them through, you'll say,

It's better this way, and at least we knew

 But this practice in leaving,

 All these small moves to grieving,

 Does it ever really promise what's deserved?

Chorus

 Cuz you wanna take him in your arms

 And carry to the river

 Find the boy he once was

 And row him home

 You want a majesty restored

 Find the place where love was born

 And let him go

 And let him go

Let him go

Verse 2

same as verse 1):

Many Sundays pass since the day of his first leaving

And you've stopped asking for the role to be reversed

With the grace that follows those who know what love is

You held his hand and walked towards this strange rebirth

And as the friends gather round to bear witness

You struggle with the fight to find some peace, to make it worth it

Chorus

Cuz you wanna take him in your arms

 And carry to the river

 Find the boy he once was

 And row him home

 You want a majesty restored

 Find the place where love was born

 And let him go

 And let him gooooo (hoooooome)

 You wanna take him in your arms

 And carry to the river

 Find the boy he once was

 And row him home

You want a majesty restored

 Find the place where lo-ooooove....

Hoooooooooome....yeah

Oooh hooooo

Yeah