[Strophe]
Am7                            F 
Still got the flowers that you sent 
        C                               G 
And the note you wrote that said we're meant to be forever 
Am7                        F 
I keep them all as evidence 
      C                                    G 
In a drawer under the mirror, filled with empty promises 
Dm7 
I don't know why 
       Am7 
I keep letting you lie to me 
C 
Hard as I try 
           G 
It seems I can't break away 
               Am7 
I thought that you would be the hero 
         F 
Come and save the day 
                  C 
But you're a villain 
                  G 
Your sins unforgiven
[Refrain]
          Am7                                F 
I'm going down, and you have watched me drown 
              C                        G 
In a river of tears, lost beneath the stream 
          Am7                                   F 
Under the waves, I've found the strength to say 
              C                    G 
The river of tears has washed me clean 
Dm7 
Go 'head and wish me well 
Am 
I'll cry a wishing well 
C 
I'll fly before I fail 
G                       Am7 
I'll set sail and drift away 
                       F 
So I won't need you here 
                         C 
Love sinks and hope floats 
                  G 
In a river of tears 
  
In a river of tears
[Refrain]
Am7                         F 
I catch your scent in every wind 
         C 
And I recall the love we had 
         G             Am7 
I can't pretend that I  
                             F 
Don't miss you every now and then 
        C 
But the hurt is for the better 
        G 
Moving on, it's now or never 
Dm7                            Am7 
Lost in the tide, I can't keep my pillows dry 
               C 
Like there's a sea in my eyes 
      G                                   Am7 
I realise that sometimes love brings you flowers 
                     F 
Then it builds you coffins 
               C 
And far too often 
                  G 
We end up falling to our demise
[Refrain]
          Am7                                F 
I'm going down, and you have watched me drown 
              C                        G 
In a river of tears, lost beneath the stream 
          Am7                                   F 
Under the waves, I've found the strength to say 
              C                    G 
The river of tears has washed me clean 
Dm7 
Go 'head and wish me well 
Am 
I'll cry a wishing well 
C 
I'll fly before I fail 
G                       Am7 
I'll set sail and drift away 
                       F 
So I won't need you here 
                         C 
Love sinks and hope floats 
                  G 
In a river of tears 
  
In a river of tears
[Pont]
Am7       G           C 
Cry me a river, build myself a bridge 
         Dm7           F 
I'm over this, can't let memories become the death of me 
            Am7        G            C 
I'm glad to see everything that you are 
         Dm7               F 
And I believe that you are everything I needed 
  
But I don't need no more
[Refrain]
Am7                                          F 
I'm going down, and you have watched me drown 
              C                        G 
In a river of tears, lost beneath the stream 
          Am7                                   F 
Under the waves, I've found the strength to say 
              C                    G 
The river of tears has washed me clean 
Dm7 
Go 'head and wish me well 
Am 
I'll cry a wishing well 
C 
I'll fly before I fail 
G                       Am7 
I'll set sail and drift away 
                       F 
So I won't need you here 
                         C 
Love sinks and hope floats 
                  G 
In a river of tears 
  
In a river of tears