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Blood Red River Tab

by Beth Orton


From her album Central Reservation

(Simple picking pattern easy to work out)

Intro:
           
           

Verse 1:

 
Took a friend I found

           
Cross some blood red river

 
Never did find my way home

   
In time to forgive her

Pre-Chorus 1:

                                       
Why must people always want what they can't have

                                         
Why must people always grab what they'd never grasp

Chorus:

            
How did we get so far

                  
How did we move so fast away

                        
From the lilac-lillied lake

                   
I'm sure we used to stay 

               
Is it only a dream away

              

Verse 2:

Took a raft I found
Cross some blood red river
Never did find my way home
In time for my dinner

Pre-Chorus 2:

Why must people always want what they never have
Why is it a crime to miss a part of you that's bled

Chorus

          
                  Only a dream away ...

          
                Away ... yeah

          

Verse 3:

Lost a friend I found
Down some blood red river
Never did find my way home 
In time to forget her

Pre-Chorus 3:

Why must people always want what they can't have
Why must people always take but forget to ask

Chorus

             
      only a dream ... only a dream away

             
              away ... yeah