Jump in the River
(Words and music by Sinéad O'Connor and Marco Pirroni)

G                                                                           F     D

     The 'phone __ calls al-ways left me un-sure __

G                                                                F     D

they'd ne-ver say things of their own ac-cord. __

G

     I am pre-oc-cu-pied ___          I

F                                         D

can't get them out of my ____     mind.

G                                          F     D

     They are ter-ri-fied. ___

       F                                 C

And if you said jump in the ri-ver I would __

              G                                                              F                  C          G

be-cause        it would pro-ba-bly be _____ a good i-dea. __

C                           Em                    F                   C

     You're not sup-posed ___ to be ___ here at all, ____ now

C                              Em                 F                   C

     It's all __________     been a gor-geous mis-take. __

C                 Em               F                      C            D                                       G

Sick one or clean one, the        best one __     that God ________ ev-er made. __

G                                                              F     D

     When I kissed you, you did-n't mind _

G                                                                     F                                 D

     I thought I ta-sted of too ma-ny ci-gar-ettes,       but you ta-sted like wine.

            G

And I'm     not going to change my mind __,

F                                                  D

just be-cause of what they said. ___

          G

The worm has layed eggs in their hearts ___

F                         D

     but not in my head.

       F                                 C

And if you said jump in the ri-ver I would __
 

              G                                                              F                  C          G

be-cause        it would pro-ba-bly be _____ a good i-dea. __

C                           Em                    F                   C

     You're not sup-posed ___ to be ___ here at all, ____ now

C                              Em                 F                   C

     It's all __________     been a gor-geous mis-take. __

C                 Em               F                      C            D                                       G

Sick one or clean one, the        best one __     that God ________ ev-er made. __

Solo:

C               Csus4     C     Bb

G

     There's been days like this be-fore ___ you know

and I liked it all, ____

like the times we did __ it so ________ hard, __

F                                               D

there was blood on the wall. ____

       F                                 C

And if you said jump in the ri-ver I would __

           G                                                              F                  C          G

be-cause        it would pro-ba-bly be _____ a good i-dea. __

          F                                  C                                         Gsus4          G     Gsus4     G

Ooh _____________________________________________

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