Rivers Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

E G G A E

EOur history runs dA/Eown our rEivers

ADown our rivers Bto the sEea

EReminds us of the tA/Ehings that mEatter

AHome and heart aBnd hiEstory

EAnd all our A/Esins will be forgivEen

AWashed away to sBet us frEee

EBy the rivers that run tA/Ehrough our homesteadsE

ABy myth and modaBl melEody

F♯I traced these rivers from the Acities to the seas

 To rEemind me of what I already kBnow

F♯I traced the shorelines through a tAhousand esturies

 To rEemind me an island is my hBome

 An island is my hEome

I traveled 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 cuts, swerves, and the fells

I left a tapestry called England

And life and those who lived it well

I traced these rivers from the cities to the seas

To remind me of what I already know

I traced the shorelines through a thousand histories

To remind me an island is my home

An island is my home

Round here the sky is 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 that I'll lay my hat down

Is by an English riverside

I traced these rivers from the cities to the seas

To remind me of what I already know

I traced the shorelines through a thousand histories

To remind me an island is my home

An island is my home

ESo place your trust inF♯to the sea

AIt's kept us safe for cBenturies

EIt shaped our shores and F♯steadily

AIts care has brought us, cBalm

EWhen I die, I hF♯ope to be

Aburied out in English sBeas

ESo all that then rF♯emains of me

AWill lap against these sBhores

 Until England is no mEore