Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
F
When you come afloat in the morning light
Em
F
G
And you're towing through
F
G
the summer weather
Dm
G
You use no clock
F
G
but the ebb and flood tide
C
F
G
C
It's a gentle, easy -flowing river
But when you're out on deck
F
Em
in the big string gales
G
F
Em
And you hunch aboard
Am
F
G
your barge and shiver
Em
Dm
F
G
against the weight of water
F
C
Am
C
pushing down the river
F
C
And it's cold on board in the winter dark
Em
F
G
F
G
An d you think the night'll last forever
F
G
And you crouch and wait
F
G
below in your cabin
C
F
C
takes you down the river
And you stood out there
When the big waves
Em
F
G
thump the boats together
Dm
G
And the thunder shakes
F
G
the steel below you
C
F
C
And you're working on the open river
Well, it ebbs and floods
F
Em
with its rain and oil
F
G
When London's gone,
F
G
it'll flow on forever
With the sea and the grime
F
G
in its black salt water
C
F
C
It's a gentle, easy -flowing river
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC F Em G Dm...
C
F
Em
G
Dm
Am
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