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Peace Like A River by Paul Simon

Peace Like A River chords by Paul Simon

Guitar chords with lyrics


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--------|---------|

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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

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