Tales Of The Riverbank chords by 
The Lightning Seeds 
N/A
Key: D major•
Intro 1
D
Em
D
G
D
A
D
Asus4
A
D
A
Asus4
A
Verse 1
D
Fourteen hours of working shifts
A
In early morning Mersey mists
Asus4
G
Too tired to taste the cornflakes
Asus4
A
on your tongue
D
As morning hits the docks
A
You dream of all the ships
there must have been
Asus4
I river full of everything
A
G
that it's not
Bm
And if your life's not meant
E
G
to feel like this
Bm
E
Maybe it's time for someone to resist
D
The riverbank could tell you tales
A
Of working lives, ship with sails
Asus4
Jobs were passed from fath
G
A
ers to their son s
D
Sometimes it comes down to you
A
The many to protect the few
Asus4
Un less you cross the
A
G
line your jobs are gone
Bm
If it takes a thou sand days
E
G
we'll never stop
Bm
Tel it a thou sand ways
E
A
you'll still be wrong
C#m
G
Not a word in the morn ing paper
Verse 2
Bm
A
Feels like we've been out for ages
C#m
Maybe unions and play ers
G
won't save us
Bm
But there's nothing on earth
E
Em
can break us
Esus4
D
Asus4
D
The strength to load
a thousand ships
A
D
But willing hands can turn to fist s
Asus4
Em
A
On picket lines emotions feelings over flow
D
A de cent job for decent pay
A
To fight if that's the only way
Asus4
G
The union says well tough
A
G
your on your own
Bm
If it takes a thou sand days
E
G
we'll never stop
Bm
Tell it a thou sand ways
E
A
you'll still be wrong
C#m
G
Not a word in the morn ing papers
Bm
Feels like we've been out for ages
A
C#m
The unions and pray ers
G
won't save us
Bm
There's nothing on earth can break us
Outro 1
E
Em
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ChordsD Em G A Asus4...
D
Em
G
A
Asus4
Bm
E
C#m
Esus4
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