Key: G majorDifficulty: Advanced
Intro 1
Bb
Gm11
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Bb
Gm11
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Bb
Gm11
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
F
Bb/D
F
Bb/D
I looked out across
Verse 1
Bb
Gm11
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Bb
Gm11
Bb/F
The river today
Ebmaj9
Bb
I saw a city in the fog
Gm11
Bb/F
And an old church tower
Ebmaj9
Where the seagulls play
Bb
Gm11
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Bb
Gm11
Saw the sad shire horses
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Bb
Walking home in the sodium light
Gm11
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Bb
Two priests on the ferry
Gm11
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Bb
October geese on a cold win- ter's night
Gm11
Bb/F
Chorus 1
Gm9
And all this time
C7
Ebadd9
The river flowed
Fsus4
F
Endlessly
Fsus4
F
To the sea
Bb
Gm11
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Verse 2
Bb
Two priests came round
Gm11
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Bb
Gm11
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Our house tonight
Bb
Gm11
One young, one old
Bb/F
To offer prayers for the dying
Ebmaj9
Bb
To serve the final rite
Gm11
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Bb
Gm11
One to learn, one to teach
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Bb
Which way the cold wind blows
Gm11
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Bb
Gm11
Bb/F
And fussing and flapping in priestly black
Ebmaj9
Bb
Gm11
Bb/F
Like a murder of crows
Chorus 2
Gm9
And all this time
C7
Ebadd9
The river flowed
Fsus4
F
Endlessly
Fsus4
F
To the sea
Bb
Gm7
Bb
Gm9
If I had my way
C7
I'd take a boat from the river
Ebadd9
Fsus4
F
And I'd bury the old man
Fsus4
F
Bb
I'd bury him at sea
Gm11
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Verse 3
Bb
Gm11
Blessed are the poor
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Bb
Gm11
For they shall inherit the Earth
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Bb
Gm11
Better to be poor
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Than a fat man in the eye of a needle
Bb
Gm11
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Bb
Gm11
As these words were spoken I swear
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Bb
Gm11
I hear the old man laughin
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Bb
Gm11
What good is a used up world
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
And how could it be worth having?
Bb
Gm11
Bb/F
Chorus 3
Gm9
And all this time
C7
Ebadd9
The river flowed
Fsus4
F
Fsus4
Endlessly
F
Bb
Gm7
Bb
Like a silent tear
Gm9
All this time
C7
Ebadd9
The river flowed
Fsus4
F
Father, if Jesus exists
Fsus4
F
Then how come he never lived here?
Interlude 1
Bb
Gm11
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Bb
Gm11
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
Bb
Gm11
Bb/F
Ebmaj9
F
Bb/D
F
Bb/D
Verse 4
C
Am11
C/G
Fmaj9
Teachers told us
C
Am11
C/G
The Romans built this place
Fmaj9
C
Am11
They built a wall and a temple
C/G
Fmaj9
C
on the edge of the Empire Garrison town
Am11
C/G
Fmaj9
C
Am11
They lived and they died
C/G
Fmaj9
They prayed to their gods
C
But the stone gods
Am11
C/G
Fmaj9
did not make a sound
C
Am11
And their empire crumbled
C/G
Fmaj9
Till all that was left
C
Am11
C/G
Were the stones the workmen found
Chorus 4
Am9
And all this time
D7
Fadd9
the river river flowed
Gsus4
G
In the falling light
Gsus4
G
C
Am7
C
of a northern sun
Am9
If I had my way
D7
Fadd9
Take a boat from the river
Gsus4
G
Men go crazy in congregations
Gsus4
G
They only get better one by one
Outro 1
C
Am11
C/G
Fmaj9
C
Am11
C/G
Fmaj9
One by one
C
Am11
C/G
Fmaj9
One by one, by one
C
Am11
C/G
One by one
Fmaj9
C
Am11
C/G
I looked out across
Fmaj9
C
Am11
C/G
The river today
Fmaj9
C
Saw a city in the fog
Am11
C/G
And an old church tower
Fmaj9
C
Am11
C/G
Where the seagulls play
Fmaj9
C
Am11
C/G
Saw the sad shire horses walking home
Fmaj9
C
In the sodium light
Am11
C/G
Fmaj9
[Fade out]
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