Verse 1:

      C                    Am

There ain't no gold in this river

        Em                              F

That I've been washing my hands in forever

            G      C           Am

I know there is hope in these waters

                  Em

But I can't bring myself to swim

       F

When I am drowning in the silence

          F

Baby, let me in

 

Chorus:

      C Am G

Go easy on me, baby

Em         F

I was still a child

C        F

Didn’t get the chance to

C Am        G

Feel the world around me

Em          F

I had no time to choose

C           F

What I chose to do

  C        Am Em F

So go easy on me

 

Verse 2:

G                 C

There aren't no room

              Am

For things to change

                     Em

When we are both so deeply

                F

Stuck in our ways

G            C

You can't deny

              Am

How hard I tried

                 Em

I changed who I was

                     F

To put you both first

                 F

But now I give up

Chorus:

      C Am G

Go easy on me, baby

Em     F

I was still a child

C       F

Didn’t get the chance to

C Am       G

Feel the world around me

Em          F

I had no time to choose

C             F

What I chose to do

        C Am Em      F

So go easy on me

 

Bridge:

C                 Am

I had good intentions

                  Em

And the highest hopes

             F

But I knows it now

                    F

It probably doesn't even show

 

 

 

 

Outro:

G C Am  G

Go easy on me, baby

Em     F

I was still a child

C F

Didn’t get the chance to

C Am          G

Feel the world around me

Em          F

I had no time to choose

C           F

What I chose to do

 C        Am Em F

So go easy on me