All This Time chords by
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Key: G major
Intro 1
G
G

Em
Em

G
G

C
C

G
G

Em
Em

G
G

C
C

G
G

Em
Em

G
G

C
C

D
D

G
G

D
D

G
G

I looked out across
Verse 1
G
G

Em
Em

G
G

C
C

G
G

Em
Em

G
G

C
C

the river today
G
G

Saw a city in the fog
Em
Em

G
G

And an old church tower where
C
C

G
G

Em
Em

D
D

the seagulls play
C
C

G
G

Em
Em

G
G

Saw the sad shire horses walking home
C
C

G
G

Em
Em

D
D

In the sodium light
C
C

G
G

Two priests on a ferry
Em
Em

D
D

C
C

October geese on a cold
G
G

Em
Em

D
D

winter's night
Verse 2
Em
Em

All this time
A
A

C
C

The river flowed
D
D

Endlessly to the sea
G
G

Em
Em

Verse 3
G
G

C
C

G
G

Em
Em

Two priests came 'round
D
D

C
C

G
G

Em
Em

D
D

C
C

our house tonight
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G

One young, one old
Em
Em

D
D

To offer prayers for the dying,
C
C

G
G

Em
Em

D
D

to serve the final rites
C
C

G
G

Em
Em

D
D

One to learn, one to teach
C
C

G
G

Em
Em

D
D

C
C

Which way the cold wind blows
G
G

And fussing and flapping
Em
Em

G
G

In priestly black like a
C
C

murder of crows
G
G

Em
Em

Verse 4
D
D

Em
Em

All this time
A
A

C
C

The river flowed
D
D

Endlessly to the sea
G
G

Verse 5
Em
Em

If I had my way
Asus4
Asus4

A
A

C
C

I'd take a boat from the river
D
D

And I'd bury the old man
G
G

Em
Em

G
G

I'd bury him at sea
C
C

Blessed are the
Verse 6
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G

Em
Em

G
G

D
D

poor
C
C

G
G

Em
Em

D
D

C
C

For they shall inherit the earth
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G

Better to be poor
Em
Em

G
G

D
D

Than be a fat man in the
C
C

G
G

Em
Em

G
G

D
D

eye of a needle
C
C

G
G

As these words were spoken,
Em
Em

G
G

D
D

I swear
C
C

G
G

Em
Em

D
D

C
C

I hear the old man laughing
G
G

Em
Em

What good is a used up world
D
D

C
C

And how could it be worth
having?
G
G

Em
Em

Verse 7
D
D

Em
Em

All this time
A
A

C
C

The river flowed
D
D

G
G

Endlessly like a silent tear
Verse 8
Em
Em

All this time
A
A

C
C

The river flowed
D
D

Father, if Jesus exists
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G

Em
Em

Then how come He never lives here?
G
G

C
C

Interlude 1
G
G

Em
Em

G
G

C
C

G
G

Em
Em

G
G

C
C

D
D

G
G

D
D

G
G

Teachers told
Verse 9
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A

F#m
F#m

A
A

D
D

us the Romans
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A

F#m
F#m

A
A

D
D

built this place
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A

They built a wall and a temple
F#m
F#m

A
A

D
D

And an edge of the empire
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A

F#m
F#m

A
A

D
D

garrison town
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A

They lived and they died
F#m
F#m

A
A

D
D

They prayed to their gods
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A

F#m
F#m

A
A

But the stone gods did not make a sound
D
D

A
A

And their empire crumbled
F#m
F#m

A
A

D
D

till all that was left
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A

Were the stones the workmen found
Verse 10
F#m
F#m

All this time
B
B

D
D

The river flowed
Esus4
Esus4

E
E

Esus4
Esus4

In the falling light
E
E

A
A

Of a northern sun
Verse 11
F#m
F#m

If I had my way
A
A

Bsus4
Bsus4

B
B

D
D

I'd take a boat from the river
Esus4
Esus4

A
A

Men go crazy in congregations
Esus4
Esus4

They only get better one by one
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A

F#m
F#m

A
A

D
D

(all this time)
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A

One by one
F#m
F#m

A
A

One by one, by one
D
D

A
A

F#m
F#m

A
A

One by one
Verse 12
A
A

D
D

A
A

I looked out across the river today
I saw a city in the fog
And an old church tower
where the seagulls play
A
A

Saw the sad shire horses walking home
A
A

In the sodium light
Two priests on the ferry
October geese on a cold winter's night

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