Sweet Thames Flow Softly chords by Christy Moore

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Verse 1
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 (C major) I met my love near  (G major) Woolwich Pier
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Beneath  (C major) the  (F major) big crane standin'  (G major) 
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All  (C major) the love I  (G major) felt for her
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It  (C major) passed all  (G major) understand (C major) in'
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Took her sailin'  (F major) on the river,
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 (C major) Flow,  (D major) sweet river,  (C major) flow.  (G major) 
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Lon (C major) don town was  (F major) mine to give her,
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Sweet  (C major) Thames,  (G major) flow  (C major) softly.
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I made  (G major) the Thames into a crown,
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 (F major) Flow,  (C major) sweet river (G major) , flow.
I made a broach of silver town,
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Sweet  (F major) Thames,  (C major) flow  (G major) softly.  (C major) 
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From Shadwell Dock to  (G major) Nine Elms Reach
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We  (C major) cheek to cheek  (F major) were  (G major) dancin'
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Her necklace  (C major) made of  (G major) London bridge
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Her  (C major) beauty was  (G major) en (C major) hancing
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Kissed her once again,  (F major) a whopping
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Flow,  (C major) sweet  (G major) river (C major) , flow  (G major) 
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Af (C major) ter that there  (F major) was no stopping
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Sweet  (C major) Thames  (G major) flow softly  (F major)  (C major) 
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Give  (G major) her Hampton Court to twist,
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 (F major) flow,  (C major) sweet river (G major) , flow
Into a bracelet for her wrist,
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sweet  (F major) town (C major) s flow softly  (G major)  (C major) 
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But now, alas, the  (G major) tide has changed
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My  (C major) love, she  (F major) has gone  (G major) from me
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Winter's  (C major) frost has  (G major) touched my heart
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and  (C major) put a  (G major) blight upon  (C major) me
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Creeping fog is  (F major) on the river flow,  (C major) 
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 (G major) sweet river  (C major) flow
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 (G major) Sun  (C major) and moon and  (F major) stars gone wither,
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 (C major) Sweet Thames  (G major) flow softly.  (F major)  (C major) 
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Swift  (G major) the Thames flows to the sea,
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 (F major) Flow,  (C major) sweet river (G major) ,  flow.
Bearing ships on part of me
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Sweet  (F major) thumb (C major) s flow  (G major) softly