Peace Like A River chords by Paul Simon

• Tuning: D Tuning (D G C F A D)

Difficulty: Intermediate


Intro Riff:
    Em7
e|-----------|--0------|-----------|--0------|-----------|--0------|
B|-----------|----3----|-----------|----3----|-----------|----3----|
G|-----------|------0--|-----------|------0--|-----------|------0--|
D|----2-0-2--|---------|----2-0-2--|---------|----2-0-2--|---------|
A|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|
E|--0--------|---------|--0--------|---------|--0--------|---------|

_________________________

Intro:
|Em7   |Em7 |Em7   |Em7 |Em7   |Em7 |
 (Riff) ---- (Riff) ---- (Riff) ----

Verse:
|Em7     |Em7 |
 Ahhh --- ----
|Em7               |Am                   | G | G |
 Peace like a river ran through the city
|C                     |G            |C           C C/B |
 Long past the midnight curfew we sat starry-eyed - -
|Am    |Am               |
 --- Ah-ah, ah-ah we were
|Em7 (Riff) |Em7 |Em7   |Em7 |
 Satisfied   ---- (Riff) ----

Verse:
|Em7     |Em7              |
 Ahhh --- -- And I remember
|Em7           |Am                |G      | G |
 Misinformation followed us like a plague
|C               |G
 Nobody knew from time to time
       |C                  C C/B |
 If the plans were changed - -
|Am    |Am     G     |D7/F#
 --- Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah ---
       |G                  |G  Am Bm |
 If the plans were changed  -- -  -

Bridge:
|C                     |C      |
 - You can beat us with wires
|G                     |G      |
 - You can beat us with chains
|D7/F#                 |D7/F#                        |
 - You can run out your rules, but you know you can't
|Em7               |Em7   Em7 Am Bm |
 Outrun the history train -   -  -
|C                     |C             |G    |
 - I've seen a glorious day, Aye-ee-ee-ee---
|G          |D    |D          |Em7  |Em7  |
 -- Ee-ee-ee-ee--- -- Ee-ee-ee-ee--- ----

Break:
| C | C | Em7 | Em7 | Em7 | Em7 |

|Em7   |Em7 |Em7   |Em7 |
 (Riff) ---- (Riff) ----

Verse:
|Em7     |Em7    |
 Ahhh ----------
|Em7                  |Am                    |G        | G |
 Four in the morning I woke up from out of my - dreams
|C                |G
 Nowhere to go but back to sleep
        |C      C     C/B Am |
But I'm  - reconciled -   -
|Am    |Am     G     |D7/F#
 --- Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah ---
                |Em7
 I'm going to be up for awhile
       |Am     G     |D7/F#
 --- Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah ---
                |Em7
 I'm going to be up for awhile
       |Am     G     |D7/F#
 --- Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah ---
                |Em7           | Em7 |
 I'm going to be up for awhile

Outro:
| C | C | Em7 | Em7 | Em7 | Em7 |

|Em7   |Em7 |Em7   |Em7 |Em7  |
 (Riff) ---- (Riff) ----

Charted by Dexex
Adapted for rhythm guitar from
the solid tab posted by odrizzle888 in 2016