Deep River

Deep River Lyrics by Mack Hollowpoint Arrangement by M.H.B. Key: F#m 84 BPM Intro F#m9 B7 Emaj7 C#7#9 F#m9 B7 Emaj7 Verse 1 F#m9 She came in slow like she owned the night B7 Silk on her shoulders, eyes cut right Emaj7 Didn’t look left, didn’t look for me C#7#9 Just took her place like she’s meant to be F#m9 Glass half gone ‘fore the band caught fire B7 Smoke in the air, but she sat higher Emaj7 Let that sax do what words won’t say C#7#9 And let that room just fall away Pre-Chorus Dmaj7 Ain’t no sign she’s gonna stay C#7 Ain’t no move she needs to make Bm7 Every sound just bends her way C#7#9 Like she don’t owe a thing to the take Chorus F#m9 She don’t need love, she lets it walk by Dmaj7 Don’t chase a touch, don’t ask why A -Every note just rolls her spine E Like deep river running through her time F#m9 She don’t break, she don’t sway Dmaj7 She just lets it come her way Bm7 And when the band fades into black C#7#9 She leaves it all… don’t look back 8 bars F#m9 B7 Emaj7 C#7#9 F#m9 B7 Emaj7 C#7#9 Verse 2 F#m9 Piano talks but she don’t reply B7 Fingers slide and she lets it die Emaj7 Every man got something to prove C#7#9 She ain’t hearin’ none of it move F#m9 That dress don’t fall, it just stays set B7 Like a promise she ain’t made yet Emaj7 Sax comes in like a lover’s breath C#7#9 She just leans and lets it rest Pre-Chorus Dmaj7 Long way from a second chance C#7 Longer still from circumstance Bm7 Something in the way she stands C#7#9 Says she never needed hands Chorus F#m9 She don’t need love, she lets it walk by Dmaj7 Don’t chase a touch, don’t ask why A -Every note just rolls her spine E Like deep river running through her time F#m9 She don’t break, she don’t sway Dmaj7 She just lets it come her way Bm7 And when the band fades into black C#7#9 She leaves it all… don’t look back Bridge Bm7 Maybe once she danced too long E7 Maybe once she stayed till dawn Amaj7 Maybe something took its toll C#7#9 Now she keeps it under control Bm7 Sax cries out but she don’t bend E7 Like she’s heard it all again F#m9 Lets it pass and lets it go C#7#9 Like she’s the only one who knows Solo F#m9 Dmaj7 A E F#m9 Dmaj7 Bm7 C#7#9 Outro F#m9 Lights go low but she don’t fade Dmaj7 Leaves that chair like it was made A -For a ghost that never stayed E For a debt that ain’t been paid F#m9 Sax still hummin’ in the walls Dmaj7 Like it knows who never calls Bm7 Deep river keeps that track C#7#9 She took her piece… don’t want it back