Tonart: Gb major
Verse 1
D
G
I looked out across the river
D
Asus4
D
today
G
D
Saw a city in the fog
G
And an old church tower where
D
A
D
the seagulls play
G
D
Bm
D
Saw the sad shire horses walking home
G
D
G
In the sodium light
G
D
October geese on a cold
Asus4
winter's night
A
All
Verse 2
E
G
The river flowed
Asus4
A
Asus4
A
End lessly to the sea
Verse 3
D
A
Two priests came 'round
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D
Bm
D
One young, one old
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D
Bm
D
A
D
G
D
To offer prayers for the dying,
Bm
D
G
D
to serve the final rites
Bm
A
Asus4
G
One to learn,
Bm
D
G
Which way the cold
D
A
G
wind blows
D
Bm
D
G
And fussing and flapping
D
In priestly black like a murder of crows
Verse 4
D
Bm
All this time
E
G
The river flowed
Asus4
A
Asus4
A
Endlessly to the sea
D
Verse 5
E
G
I'd take a boat from the river
Asus4
A
Asus4
And I'd bury the old man
A
D
I'd bury him at sea
Verse 6
D
Blessed are the poor For they shall inherit
Than be a fat man in the
A
As these words were spoken, I swear
E
I hear the old man laughing
What good is a used up world
A
E
And how could it be worth having?
Verse 7
All this time
E
Endlessly like a silent tear
Verse 8
Bsus4
E
All this time
A
E
The river flowed
Father, if Jesus exists
C#m
E
Then how come He never lives here?
Verse 9
B
Bsus4
A
E
Teachers told us the Ro
mans built this place
They built a wall and a temple
Bsus4
A
And an edge of the empire
garrison town
E
They lived and they died
C#m
They prayed to their gods
B
A
E
But the stone gods did not make a sound
And their empire crumbled
till all that was left
Were the stones the workmen found
Verse 10
F#
A
The river flowed
B
Bsus4
B
In the falling light
Verse 11
C#m
B
C#m
If I had my way
F#
F#sus4
F#
I'd take a boat from the river
B
A
B
Men go crazy in congregations
E
They only get better one by one
C#m
B
E
A
(all this time)
E
B
E
One by one
A
E
C#m
B
E
One by one, by one
A
E
C#m
B
One by one
Verse 12
C#m
B
E
A
B
the river today
E
I saw a city in the fog
B
And an old church tower where the
seagulls play
E
Saw the sad shire horses walking home
In the sodium light
Two priests on the ferry
October geese on a cold winter's night
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