Key: G major•
Intro 1
G
Em
D
C
G
Em
D
C
G
Em
D
C
D
G
D
Verse 1
G
Em
D
C
G
Em
D
The river today
C
G
I saw a city in the fog
Em
D
And an old church tower
G
Em
D
C
G
Em
Saw the sad shire horses
D
C
G
Walking home in the sodium light
Em
D
C
Em
D
C
G
October geese on a cold win- ter's night
Em
D
Chorus 1
A
C
The river flowed
To the sea
G
Em
D
C
Verse 2
Em
D
C
G
Em
D
C
Our house tonight
G
Em
One young, one old
C
G
To serve the final rite
Em
D
C
G
Em
One to learn, one to teach
D
C
Em
D
C
G
Em
D
And fussing and flapping in priestly black
C
G
Em
D
Like a murder of crows
Chorus 2
A
C
The river flowed
G
Em
G
C
D
And I'd bury the old man
Em
D
C
Verse 3
G
Em
Blessed are the poor
D
C
G
Em
For they shall inherit the Earth
D
C
G
Em
Better to be poor
D
C
Than a fat man in the eye of a needle
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Em
D
C
G
Em
As these words were spoken I swear
D
C
G
Em
I hear the old man laughin
D
C
G
Em
What good is a used up world
D
C
And how could it be worth having?
G
Em
D
Chorus 3
A
C
The river flowed
G
Em
G
Like a silent tear
A
C
The river flowed
Interlude 1
Then how come he never lived here?
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Em
D
C
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Em
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Em
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D
G
D
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Verse 4
A
F#m
E
D
Teachers told us
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F#m
E
The Romans built this place
D
A
F#m
They built a wall and a temple
E
D
A
on the edge of the Empire Garrison town
F#m
E
D
A
F#m
They lived and they died
E
D
They prayed to their gods
F#m
E
D
did not make a sound
A
F#m
And their empire crumbled
E
D
Till all that was left
A
F#m
E
Were the stones the workmen found
Chorus 4
B
D
the river river flowed
A
F#m
A
of a northern sun
B
D
Take a boat from the river
Outro 1
They only get better one by one
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F#m
E
D
A
F#m
E
D
One by one
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F#m
E
D
One by one, by one
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F#m
E
One by one
D
A
F#m
E
I looked out across
D
A
F#m
E
The river today
D
A
Saw a city in the fog
F#m
E
And an old church tower
D
A
F#m
E
Where the seagulls play
D
A
F#m
E
Saw the sad shire horses walking home
D
A
In the sodium light
F#m
E
D
[Fade out]
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