All This Time chords by
Sting

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

G

G

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Em

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D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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D

D

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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D

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G

G

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I looked out across

Verse 1

G

G

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Em

Em

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D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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D

D

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The river today

C

C

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G

G

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I saw a city in the fog

Em

Em

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D

D

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And an old church tower

C

C

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Where the seagulls play

G

G

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Em

Em

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D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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Saw the sad shire horses

D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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Walking home in the sodium light

Em

Em

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D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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Two priests on the ferry

Em

Em

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D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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October geese on a cold win- ter's night

Em

Em

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D

D

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Chorus 1

Em

Em

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And all this time

A

A

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C

C

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The river flowed

D

D

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Endlessly

To the sea

G

G

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Em

Em

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D

D

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C

C

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Verse 2

G

G

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Two priests came round

Em

Em

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D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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D

D

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C

C

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Our house tonight

G

G

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Em

Em

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One young, one old

D

D

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To offer prayers for the dying

C

C

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G

G

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To serve the final rite

Em

Em

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D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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One to learn, one to teach

D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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Which way the cold wind blows

Em

Em

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D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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D

D

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And fussing and flapping in priestly black

C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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D

D

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Like a murder of crows

Chorus 2

Em

Em

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And all this time

A

A

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C

C

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The river flowed

D

D

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Endlessly

D

D

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To the sea

G

G

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Em

Em

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G

G

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Em

Em

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If I had my way

A

A

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I'd take a boat from the river

C

C

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D

D

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And I'd bury the old man

G

G

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I'd bury him at sea

Em

Em

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D

D

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C

C

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Verse 3

G

G

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Em

Em

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Blessed are the poor

D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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For they shall inherit the Earth

D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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Better to be poor

D

D

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C

C

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Than a fat man in the eye of a needle

G

G

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Em

Em

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D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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As these words were spoken I swear

D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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I hear the old man laughin

D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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What good is a used up world

D

D

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C

C

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And how could it be worth having?

G

G

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Em

Em

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D

D

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Chorus 3

Em

Em

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And all this time

A

A

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C

C

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The river flowed

D

D

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Endlessly

G

G

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Em

Em

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G

G

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Like a silent tear

Em

Em

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All this time

A

A

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C

C

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The river flowed

D

D

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Father, if Jesus exists

Interlude 1

Then how come he never lived here?

G

G

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Em

Em

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D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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D

D

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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D

D

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G

G

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Verse 4

A

A

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F#m

F#m

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E

E

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D

D

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Teachers told us

A

A

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F#m

F#m

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E

E

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The Romans built this place

D

D

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A

A

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F#m

F#m

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They built a wall and a temple

E

E

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D

D

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A

A

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on the edge of the Empire Garrison town

F#m

F#m

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E

E

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D

D

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A

A

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F#m

F#m

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They lived and they died

E

E

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D

D

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They prayed to their gods

A

A

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But the stone gods

F#m

F#m

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E

E

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D

D

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did not make a sound

A

A

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F#m

F#m

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And their empire crumbled

E

E

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D

D

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Till all that was left

A

A

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F#m

F#m

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E

E

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Were the stones the workmen found

Chorus 4

F#m

F#m

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And all this time

B

B

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D

D

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the river river flowed

E

E

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In the falling light

A

A

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F#m

F#m

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A

A

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of a northern sun

F#m

F#m

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If I had my way

B

B

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D

D

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Take a boat from the river

E

E

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Men go crazy in congregations

Outro 1

They only get better one by one

A

A

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F#m

F#m

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E

E

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D

D

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A

A

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F#m

F#m

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E

E

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D

D

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One by one

A

A

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F#m

F#m

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E

E

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D

D

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One by one, by one

A

A

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F#m

F#m

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E

E

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One by one

D

D

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A

A

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F#m

F#m

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E

E

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I looked out across

D

D

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A

A

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F#m

F#m

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E

E

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The river today

D

D

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A

A

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Saw a city in the fog

F#m

F#m

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E

E

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And an old church tower

D

D

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A

A

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F#m

F#m

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E

E

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Where the seagulls play

D

D

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A

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F#m

F#m

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E

E

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Saw the sad shire horses walking home

D

D

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A

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In the sodium light

F#m

F#m

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E

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D

D

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[Fade out]

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The original key of All This Time by Sting is G major.

The primary chords used in All This Time are G, Em, D, C, A, Dsus4.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like G, Em, D, C, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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