This song was inspired by Jen Stone – friend and yoga instructor. She suggested a song about water and that is when I realized I had never written a song about water, at all! As much as water and rivers are a massively important part of my life, I had NEVER written about a river. This had to change. I decided to try and capture her personality in the song and mix that with my feeling that life is like a river. There are some yoga references (flow, pose and breath) that I could not resist. I think they fold in beautifully with the metaphor of the river.<\/p>\n
This is, to date, the most complicated guitar progression I have written and my first use of hammer and lift. The guitar was written in a coffee shop in Selfoss, Iceland. What an inspiring place full of amazing rivers all by itself!<\/p>\n
Chords And Lyrics<\/strong><\/p>\n DRUMS: K s KK s KK s K s KK s K s K s (K=Kick, s=Snare)<\/p>\n CAPO 4 INTRO<\/p>\n fG fCadd9 D D PRE- CHORUS CHORUS fG fCadd9 D D PRE-CHORUS CHORUS ———————– PRE-CHORUS CHORUS PRE-CHORUS CHORUS CHORUS (fade out) An original song, with chords and lyrics, using the metaphor of a river to explore living with the flow of life \u2014 weaving in yoga imagery of flow, pose and breath \u2014 and letting go of struggle to be carried where you need to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[30,20],"project_tag":[328,153,69,125,334,333],"series":[],"class_list":["post-726","project","type-project","status-publish","hentry","project_category-becoming","project_category-music","project_tag-becoming","project_tag-life","project_tag-music","project_tag-river","project_tag-water","project_tag-yoga"],"acf":{"recommend_blurb":"For anyone drawn to the idea that life is like a river best met with flow rather than struggle. This song blends water and yoga imagery, with chords and lyrics for guitarists who want to learn it.","citation_snippet":"Dr. Kathryn Messegee (Kathryn Colleen), \"Flow With Me,\" https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/project\/flow-with-me\/","topics":["music","spirit"],"related_book":"","buy_url":""},"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/CCA57320-6DC3-4284-BC27-49E433028503.jpeg","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/on-life-being-human\/id1360368906","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2nq6d35q9nFAFlanaJc2Do","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/feed\/podcast\/on-life-being-human","embedCode":"
\nVerse: fG fCadd9 D D (fingerpick L L M H M H)
\nPre-Chorus: Strum \\\/\\\\ \\\\
\nChorus: Strum \\\/\\\\\/\\\\\/\\\\\/\\\\\/\\ (lift ring finger on G and Cadd9, hammer pinky on D)<\/p>\n
\nThe river flows and the river snakes
\nfG fCadd9 D D
\nThe whole of the world within her banks
\nfG fCadd9 D D
\nI\u2019ll flow along happily
\nfG fCadd9 D D
\nThe water is fine, come and flow with me<\/p>\n
\nfG
\nAnd I can dance on the banks on a sunny day
\nfCadd9D D
\nAnd I can dance as the water carries me away
\nD
\nCarry me away
\nfG
\nStrike a pose can\u2019t you see the joy in my eyes
\nfCadd9 D
\nTake a breath just to know that I\u2019m alive
\nD
\nOh i\u2019m alive<\/p>\n
\nfG fCadd9 D
\nLife is like a river come and flow with me
\nD
\nCome and flow with me
\nfG fCadd9 D
\nLife is like a river come and flow with me
\nD
\nCome and flow with me<\/p>\n
\nThe river takes you where you need to be
\nfG fCadd9 D D
\nA confluence of life for you and me
\nfG fCadd9 D D
\nSometimes your float, sometimes your fall
\nfG fCadd9 D D
\nYou river carries you through it all<\/p>\n
\nfG
\nAnd I can dance on the banks on a sunny day
\nfCadd9D D
\nAnd I can dance as the water carries me away
\nD
\nCarry me away
\nfG
\nStrike a pose can\u2019t you see the joy in my eyes
\nfCadd9 D
\nTake a breath just to know that I\u2019m alive
\nD
\nOh i\u2019m alive<\/p>\n
\nfG fCadd9 D
\nLife is like a river come and flow with me
\nD
\nCome and flow with me
\nfG fCadd9 D
\nLife is like a river come and flow with me
\nD
\nCome and flow with me<\/p>\n
\nBREAK (slow strum)
\nfG fCadd9
\nIf there is suffering, just stop your struggling
\nD D
\nlet go and flow
\n————————<\/p>\n
\nfG
\nAnd I can dance on the banks on a sunny day
\nfCadd9D D
\nAnd I can dance as the water carries me away
\nD
\nCarry me away
\nfG
\nStrike a pose can\u2019t you see the joy in my eyes
\nfCadd9 D
\nTake a breath just to know that I\u2019m alive
\nD
\nOh i\u2019m alive<\/p>\n
\nfG fCadd9 D
\nLife is like a river come and flow with me
\nD
\nCome and flow with me
\nfG fCadd9 D
\nLife is like a river come and flow with me
\nD
\nCome and flow with me<\/p>\n
\nfG
\nAnd I can dance on the banks on a sunny day
\nfCadd9D D
\nAnd I can dance as the water carries me away
\nD
\nCarry me away
\nfG
\nStrike a pose can\u2019t you see the joy in my eyes
\nfCadd9 D
\nTake a breath just to know that I\u2019m alive
\nD
\nOh i\u2019m alive<\/p>\n
\nfG fCadd9 D
\nLife is like a river come and flow with me
\nD
\nCome and flow with me
\nfG fCadd9 D
\nLife is like a river come and flow with me
\nD
\nCome and flow with me<\/p>\n
\nfG fCadd9 D
\nLife is like a river come and flow with me
\nD
\nCome and flow with me
\nfG fCadd9 D
\nLife is like a river come and flow with me
\nD
\nCome and flow with me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Flow With Me<\/a><\/blockquote>