Key: E major•
Verse 1
E
D
A
E
D
G
E
Our history
runs down our rivers
Down our rivers to the sea
Reminds us of the things that matter
A
E
Home and heart and history
Esus4
And all our sins will be forgiven
Verse 2
D
A
E
Washed away to set us free
By the rivers that run through
our homesteads
A
E
By myth and modal melody
Verse 3
B
Bsus4
E
know
F#sus4
F#
I traced the shorelines through a
B
E
An island is my home
D
Esus4
A
E
Verse 4
I traveled far across this
country
A
E
Northumberland to Southern Downs
I wandered up the rolling Humber
A
E
And down the Thames to London town
Verse 5
Esus4
E
lived and lingered
A
E
In the cotswells and the fells
I left a tapestry called England
F#sus4
And life and those who lived it well
F#
F#sus4
I traced these river
Verse 6
B
E
Esus4
E
know
F#sus4
F#
F#sus4
F#
I traced the shorelines through
E
B
To remind me an island is my home
E
Esus4
An island is my home
Interlude 1
A
D
A
E
Esus4
A
Esus4
E
Esus4
A
D
Esus4
E
Esus4
A
D
A
G
A
E
Verse 7
A little closer to the ground
It's hard for someone to get lost here
E
Verse 8
And though I've seen a
D
Esus4
E
thousand rivers
From the Mississippi to the Rhine
The only place that I'll lay my hat down
Verse 9
Is by an English riverside
F#
F#sus4
I traced these rivers from
B
E
already know
F#sus4
I traced the shorelines through
E
B
To remind me an island is my home
F#sus4
E
A
An island is my home
Verse 10
Bsus4
E
It shaped our shores
B
and steadily
A
B
Its care has brought us, come
E
B
And when I die, I hope to
Verse 11
A
Bsus4
be buried out in English seas
E
B
So all that then remains of me
B
E
G
Until England is no more
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE D A G Esus4...
E
D
A
G
Esus4
F#
B
Bsus4
F#sus4
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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