Winding river (Behind the song)
A winding river has many positive features , its beauty , its relaxing sound, as it pursues its course with the calmness that rushing water produces. But a winding river can also symbolize instability if a person’s conduct is like a winding river, not stable. A self-centered person can be like a winding river when his desires and needs are governed by his fickle emotions. Sometimes he ends up alone running the difficult race of life. To succeed a turn around is necessary as the songs chorus says, “I’ve gotta stop thinking of myself, it’s getting me no place else”. When one has many tattered pages in their life, they need help to get out of the downward spiral that serves as a trap. Galatians 5:22 provides what is needed to stabilize these emotional drivers, it says, “On the other hand, the fruitage of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.” Cultivating these qualities will stabilize one and produce happiness in one’s life, making one less like a winding river. These are the thoughts behind the song, “Winding River”.
LYRICS
BY ELTON HENDRIX
bidANOSO@GMAIL.COM
NO PLACE ELSE WJNDING RIVER
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(Open guitar picking)
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D
THERE S A WINDING RIVER IN MY SOUL
G
D
D
WHERE IT WANTS ME, I DON T KNOW
A
Em
G
AND I CAN RUN THIS RACE, I KNOW
F#m
G
I CAN RUN, BUT I MAY HAVE TO RUN IT ALONE
D
MAYBE I LL RUN IT ALONE
(Guitar picking)
D
G
I GOT THESE TATTERED PAGES IN MY SPACE
D
G
D
THAT I JUST CAN T SEEM TO ERASE
A
Em
G
AND I CAN DREAM ALL DAY LONG
F#m
G
BUT DREAMING WON T GET ME THERE
D
NO IT WON T NO IT WON T GET ME THERE
A
Em
G
(chorus) I VE GOTTA STOP THINKING OF MYSELF
DM7
G
IT S GETTING ME NO WHERE ELSE
A
I VE GOTTA STOP THINKING OF MYSELF
G
D
IT S GETTING ME NO PLACE
ELSE
(Guitar picking)
D
G
I VE GOT THESE TEARS WELLING UP IN MY EYES
D
G
D
BUT A MAN S NOT SUPPOSED TO CRY
A
Em
G
AND I CAN CRY ALL LIFE LONG
F#m
G
CRYING WON T GET ME FAR
NO IT WON T NO IT WON T GET ME TOO FAR
D
(chorus)
(REPEAT 1ST VERSE AND CHORUS TO SLOW STOP)
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