Chords for Rivers by Frank Turner, tidying up some mistakes I found in others...
Intro:
E D/C# G/A E (*2)
Verse 1:
E D
Our history runs down our rivers
D C# E
Down our rivers to the sea
E D
Reminds us of the things that matter
D C# E
Home and heart and history
E D
And all our sins will be forgiven
D C# E
Washed away to set us free
E D
By the rivers that run through our homesteads
D C# E
By myth and modal melody
Chorus:
F# A
I traced these rivers from the cities to the seas
E B
To remind me of what I already know
F# A
I traced the shorelines through a thousand estuaries
E B
To remind me an island is my home
E
An island is my home
Play intro:
E D/C# G/A E (*1)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/frank_turner/rivers_crd_ver_2.html ]
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
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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# A
I traced these rivers from the cities to the seas
E B
To remind me of what I already know
F# A
I traced the shorelines through a thousand estuaries
E B
To remind me an island is my home
F#
An island is my home
F# A
Hmm hmm hmm hmm
E B
So place your trust in to the sea
A B
It's kept us safe for centuries
E B
It shapes our shore and steadily
A B
It's care has brought us calm
E B
And when I die I hope to be
A B
Buried out in English seas
E B
So all that then remains of me
A B
Will lap against these shores
E
'Til England is no more
Play intro:
E D/C# G/A E (*1)
Hope you enjoy :-)
Neil
