***Guitar 1 plays the chords at all times, Guitar 2 plays riffs where indicated 4/4 time In the key of A minor INTRO Guitar 1: strum |Am--> Guitar 2: e|------------------------0--0--0---------3-3/5--------| B|-1p0--------------------1--0--1---3--5---------------| G|-----2p0----------------2--2--2----------------------| D|---------2p0---------------------------------------0-| A|-------------3p0------0~~--------------------------2-| E|-----------------0--3------------------------------3-| VERSE 1 I stood and watched my Daddy die No one could help his plight He was trying to save our home On the day that the river rose It came alive I heard them say RIFF #1 "There was nothing we could do as he washed away" Guitar 2: RIFF #1 e|-------------------------------------| B|-----1---------1---------0-----------| G|-------2---------2---------0---------| D|---2---------3-----------------------| A|-0---------3-----------2-------0~~---| E|---------------------0---------------| CHORUS Running from the heart of it Right into the core of it Running from the heart of it VERSE 2 I'm a man now, but I'm only seven It's been hard since Daddy went to heaven "We're staying now," my mother said Gtr2:RIFF #1 "He worked this land his life is here." Running from the heart of it Right into the cause of it Running from the heart of it Right into the cause of it Running from the heart of it Right into the cause of it Running from the heart of it SOLO (v=vibrato) Guitar 2: e|------------------------------------------------------8------7------| B|-1p0-1-0---------0---1p0-1-0-----3/5-8/10-10~-10-8-10---10-----10---| G|---------2p0-2-2-------------2/5---------------------------9------9-| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-8----7-----8-10-8------8-7h8-7-5-------8-5~----------------------------| B|--10----10---------10v------------8-8\5------8/10\8-8-5-----------------| G|----9-----9---------9v----------------------------------7-5-------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------7-5---------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------7-5-----| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------8-5~| VIOLIN SOLO x8 VERSE 3 Won't you follow me late at night To the river when the moon is bright We can wash our sorrows down Underneath that shining round Sitting in the still night air Can't you feel our Daddy there There's life and death in all this power Underneath these shining stars Running from the heart of it Right into the cause of it Running from the heart of it Right into the cause of it Running from the heart of it Right into the cause of it Running from the heart... OUTRO x8 (violin outro) End on

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