Frank Turner - Rivers Chords

Standard guitar tuning: 
E
A
D
G
B
E
No capo


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