Rivers Frank Turner
Chords for Rivers by Frank Turner, tidying up some mistakes I found in others...
Intro:
E D/C# G/A E (*2)
Verse 1:
Our [E]history runs down our [D]rivers
[D]Down our rivers [C#]to the [E]sea
[E]Reminds us of the [D]things that matter
[D]Home and heart and [C#]histo[E]ry
And [E]all our sins will [D]be forgiven
[D]Washed away to [C#]set us [E]free
By the [E]rivers that run [D]through our homesteads
By [D]myth and modal [C#]melo[E]dy
Chorus:
[F#]I traced these rivers from the [A]cities to the seas
To [E]remind me of what I already [B]know
[F#]I traced the shorelines through a [A]thousand estuaries
To r[E]emind me an island is my [B]home
An island is my [E]home
Play intro:
E D/C# G/A E (*1)
Verse 2:
I travelled far across this country
Northumberland to Southern Downs
I wandered up the rolling Humber
And down the Thames to London town
Countless lives were lived and lingered
In the Cotswolds and the Fells
And left a tapestry called England
Of life and those who lived it well
Chorus
Play intro:
E D/C# G/A E (*4)
Verse 3:
Around here the sky's a little closer
A little closer to the ground
It's hard for someone to get lost here
Harder still to get found
Though I've seen a thousand rivers
From the Mississippi to the Rhine
The only place I'd lay my hat down
Is by an English riverside
Chorus
[F#]I traced these rivers from the [A]cities to the seas
To [E]remind me of what I already [B]know
[F#]I traced the shorelines through a [A]thousand estuaries
To r[E]emind me an island is my [B]home
An island is my [F#]home
[F#]Hmm hmm hmm [A]hmm
So [E]place your trust in [B]to the sea
It's [A]kept us safe for [B]centuries
It [E]shapes our shore and [B]steadily
It's [A]care has brought us [B]calm
And [E]when I die I [B]hope to be
[A]Buried out in [B]English seas
So [E]all that then re[B]mains of me
Will [A]lap against these [B]shores
'Til England is no [E]more
Play intro:
E D/C# G/A E (*1)
Hope you enjoy :-)
Neil
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