GEverybody tells me it's about time that I moved on
DAnd I need to learn to lighten up and how to be young!
EmBut my heart is a valley
CIt's so shallow and man made
GI'm scared to death if I let you in that
you'll see I'm just a fade
DSometimes I feel lonely in the arms of your touch
EmBut I know that's just me cause Cnothing ever is enough
GWhen I was a child I grew up by the River Lea
DThere was something in the water, now that something's in me
EmOhhhhh I can't go back, but the reeves
are growing out of my fingertips
CI can't go back to the river
GBut it's in my roots, it's in my veins
DIt's in my blood
EmAnd I stain every heart that I use to heal the pain
CIt's in my roots
GIt's in my veins
DIt's in my blood and I stain Emevery heart that
CI use to heal the pain
GSo I blame it on the River Lea
DThe River Lea, the River Lea
EmYeah I blame it on the River Lea
CThe River Lea, the River Lea
GSo I blame it on the River Lea
DThe River Lea, the River Lea
EmYeah I blame it on the River Lea
CThe River Lea, the River Lea
GI should probably tell you now before it's way too late
DThat I never meant to hurt you or lie straight to your face
EmConsider this my apology
CI know it's years in advance
GBut I'd rather say it now in case I never get the chance
DNo I can't go back, but the reeves
Emare growing out of my fingertips
CI can't go back to the river!
GBut it's in my roots, it's in my veins
DIt's in my blood and I stain every
heart that I use to heal the pain
EmIt's in my roots, it's in my veins
CIt's in my blood and I stain every
heart that I use to heal the pain
GSo I blame it on the River Lea
DThe River Lea, the River Lea
EmYeah I blame it on the River Lea
CThe River Lea, the River Lea