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Intro 1
(G major) (E minor) (G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major)
(D major)
(G major) I looked out across
Verse 1
(G major)
(E minor) (G major) (C major) the river today (G major) (E minor) (G major) (C major)
Saw a city (G major) in the fog
And (E minor) an old church tower (G major) where
the seagulls (C major) play (G major) (E minor) (D major)
(C major) Saw the sad (G major) shire (E minor) horses walk (G major) ing home
(C major) In the sodi (G major) um light (E minor) (D major)
(C major) Two priest (G major) s on a ferry
(E minor) October geese (D major) on a cold (C major)
win (G major) ter's night (E minor) (D major)
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Verse 2
All (E minor) this time
The (A major) river flowed (C major)
End (D major) lessly to the sea
(G major) (E minor)
Verse 3
(G major)
(C major) Two priests (G major) came 'round (E minor)
(D major) (C major) our house (G major) tonight (E minor) (D major) (C major)
(G major) One young, one old
(E minor) To offer prayer (D major) s for the dying,
(C major) to serve the final (G major) rites (E minor) (D major)
(C major) One to learn, (G major) one to teach (E minor) (D major)
(C major) Which way the (G major) cold wind blows (E minor) (D major) (C major)
And (G major) fussing and flapping
(E minor) In priestly (G major) black like a
(C major) murder of crows
(G major) (E minor)
Verse 4
(D major)
All (E minor) this time
The (A major) river flowed (C major)
End (D major) lessly to the sea
(G major)
Verse 5
If I had (E minor) my way
I'd take a (Asus4) boat from the river (A major) (C major)
And I'd bury (D major) the old man
I'd bury him at (G major) sea (E minor) (G major)
(C major) Blessed are the
Verse 6
(G major) poor (E minor) (G major) (D major)
(C major) For they shall (G major) inherit the earth (E minor) (D major) (C major)
(G major) Better to be poor
(E minor) Than be a fat (G major) man (D major) in the
eye (C major) of a needle (G major) (E minor) (G major) (D major)
(C major) As these word (G major) s were spoken,
(E minor) I swear (G major) (D major)
(C major) I hear the old (G major) man laughing (E minor) (D major) (C major)
What (G major) good is a used (E minor) up world
(D major) And how could it be (C major) worth
having?
(G major) (E minor)
Verse 7
(D major)
All (E minor) this time
The (A major) river flowed (C major)
End (D major) lessly like a silent (G major) tear
Verse 8
All (E minor) this time
The (A major) river flowed (C major)
Father, if (D major) Jesus exists
Then how come He never lives (G major) here? (E minor)
(G major) (C major)
Interlude 1
(G major) (E minor) (G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) Teachers told
Verse 9
(A major) us (F sharp minor) (A major) (D major) the Romans
(A major) built this place (F sharp minor) (A major) (D major)
They built a wall (A major) and a temple
(F sharp minor) And an edge (A major) of the (D major) empire
garrison (A major) town (F sharp minor) (A major) (D major)
They lived an (A major) d they died
(F sharp minor) They prayed (A major) to (D major) their gods
But the stone (A major) gods did (F sharp minor) not make (A major) a sound
(D major) And their em (A major) pire crumbled
(F sharp minor) till (A major) all that (D major) was left
Were the stone (A major) s the workmen found
Verse 10
All (F sharp minor) this time
The river (B major) flowed (D major)
In the fall (Esus4) ing light (E major) (Esus4)
(E major) Of a north (A major) ern sun
Verse 11
If I had (F sharp minor) my way
I'd take a (A major) boat from (Bsus4) the river (B major) (D major)
Men go crazy (Esus4) in (A major) congregations
They only get better (Esus4) one by one
(A major) (F sharp minor) (A major) (D major) (all this time)
(A major) One by one
One by one, by (F sharp minor) one (A major)
(D major) One (A major) by one (F sharp minor) (A major)
Verse 12
I looked out across (A major) the (D major) river today (A major)
I saw a city in the fog
And an old church tower
where the seagulls play
Saw (A major) the sad shire horses walking home
In the sodi (A major) um light
Two priests on the ferry
October geese on a cold winter's night
All This Time
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