[intro] D#m7 B F# C# [verse] D#m7 B Still got the flowers that you sent F# And the note you wrote C# that said we're meant to be forever D#m7 B I keep them all as evidence F# In a drawer under the mirror, C# filled with empty promises G#m7 I don't know why D#m7 I keep letting you lie to me F# Hard as I try C# It seems I can't break away D#m7 I thought that you would be the hero B Come and save the day F# But you're a villain C# Your sins unforgiven [chorus] D#m7 I'm going down, B and you have watched me drown F# In a river of tears, C# lost beneath the stream D#m7 Under the waves, B I've found the strength to say F# C# The river of tears has washed me clean G#m7 Go 'head and wish me well D#m I'll cry a wishing well F# I'll fly before I fail C# D#m7 I'll set sail and drift away B So I won't need you here F# Love sinks and hope floats C# In a river of tears In a river of tears [verse] D#m7 B I catch your scent in every wind F# And I recall the love we had C# D#m7 I can't pretend that I B Don't miss you every now and then F# But the hurt is for the better C# Moving on, it's now or never G#m7 Lost in the tide, D#m7 I can't keep my pillows dry F# Like there's a sea in my eyes C# I realise that D#m7 sometimes love brings you flowers B Then it builds you coffins F# And far too often C# We end up falling to our demise [chorus] D#m7 I'm going down, B and you have watched me drown F# In a river of tears, C# lost beneath the stream D#m7 Under the waves, B I've found the strength to say F# C# The river of tears has washed me clean G#m7 Go 'head and wish me well D#m I'll cry a wishing well F# I'll fly before I fail C# D#m7 I'll set sail and drift away B So I won't need you here F# Love sinks and hope floats C# In a river of tears In a river of tears [bridge] D#m7 C# F# Cry me a river, build myself a bridge G#m7 I'm over this, B can't let memories become the death of me D#m7 C# F# I'm glad to see everything that you are G#m7 And I believe that B you are everything I needed But I don't need no more [chorus] D#m7 I'm going down, B and you have watched me drown F# In a river of tears, C# lost beneath the stream D#m7 Under the waves, B I've found the strength to say F# C# The river of tears has washed me clean G#m7 Go 'head and wish me well D#m I'll cry a wishing well F# I'll fly before I fail C# D#m7 I'll set sail and drift away B So I won't need you here F# Love sinks and hope floats C# In a river of tears In a river of tears