James

Intro C#m A F#m F#m Verse C#m Breathe, breathe what his lung says.....begs him to scream, A Scream is what James wants, but he can't be seen, F#m Seen by the boys, sleeping, boys in their dreams F#m Dreams on the banks of a riverbed [Pre-Chorus] A They would have saved him E If he could wake them F#m Sleep through the midnight F#m This night won't leave C#m A F#m F#m Verse C#m Deep, deep is the river that's under his feet, A Feet, dangling dark in the night but no sleep F#m Sleep won't consume for this God-fearing boy F#m Who's stuck in the cold fog of December trees [Pre-Chorus] A They would have saved him E If he could wake them F#m Sleep through the midnight F#m This night won't leave A They would have saved him E If he could wake them F#m Sleep through the midnight F#m This night won't fall Bridge C# Fall comes the rain down and wakes up them all, A All they can see is James' boots and they crawl F#m Crawl down the steep river's edge, F#m Slipping right past him, that's where they screamed Chorus E James, James, get out of the water A Please, please, don't go down no farther, F#m A There's rapids up ahead in this valley's bend E Please, James E James, James, get out of the water A Please, please, don't go down no farther, F#m A There's rapids up ahead in this valley's bend E Please, James [Musical] A E F#m F#m [Pre-Chorus] A They would have saved him E If he could wake them F#m Sleep through the midnight F#m This night won't ... A They would have saved him E If he could wake them F#m Sleep through the midnight F#m This night won't ... Chorus E James, James, get out of the water A Please, please, don't go down no farther, F#m A There's rapids up ahead in this valley's bend E Please, James E James, James, get out of the water A Please, please, don't go down no farther, F#m A There's rapids up ahead in this valley's bend Outro E James, James, get out of the water A Please, please, don't go down no farther, F#m A There's rapids up ahead in this valley's bend E Please, James