Intro (x4)
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I looked out across
CGEmDC
The river today,
GEmD
I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower
CGEmDC
Where the seagulls play,
GEmDC
I saw the sad shire horses walking home
GEmDC
In the sodium light
G
I saw two priests on the ferry
EmDCGEmD
October geese on a cold winter's night
ChorusEmD/F#Em
And all this time,
AC
The river flowed
DGEmGD
Endlessly to the sea.
Verse
Two priests came round our house tonight
One young, one old, to offer prayers for the dying
To serve the final rite,
One to learn, one to teach,
Which way the cold wind blows
Fussing and flapping in priestly black
Like a murder of crows
ChorusEmD/F#Em
And all this time,
AC
The river flowed
DGEmGD
Endlessly to the sea.
Verse
Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the earth
Better to be poor than a fat man in the eye of the needle
And as these words were spoken I swear I hear
The old man laughing,
"What good is a used up world, and how could it be
Worth having"
Chorus
And all this time the river flowed
Endlessly like a silent tear
And all this time the river flowed
Father, if Jesus exist,
Then how come he never lived here.
Verse
The teachers told us, the Romans built this place
They built a wall and a temple, an edge of the empire
Garrison town,
They lived and they died, they prayed to their gods
But the stone gods did not make a sound
And their empire crumbled, 'til all that was left
Were the stones the workmen found
ChorusF#mEF#m
And all this time
BD
The river flowed
EAF#mA
Endlessly to the sea
F#mEF#m
If I had my way
BD
I'd take a boat from the river
E
Men go crazy in congregations
Bridge
But they only get better
One by one
OutroA-F#m-E-D
One by one
One by one by one
One by one
I looked out across
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