G5 E5 D5 C5 (x4) G5 E5 D5 I looked out across C5 G5 E5 D5 C5 The river today, G5 E5 D5 I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower C5 G5 E5 D5 C5 Where the seagulls play, G5 E5 D5 C5 I saw the sad shire horses walking home G5 E5 D5 C5 In the sodium light G5 I saw two priests on the ferry E5 D5 C5 G5 E5 D5 October geese on a cold winter's night E5 D5 E5 And all this time, A5 C5 The river flowed D5 G5 E5 G5 D5 Endlessly to the sea. ( Verses are just G5 - E5 - D5 - C5 repeated; Chorus is as above, repeated till end of chorus ) 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 Chorus: And all this time, the river flowed Endlessly to the sea If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river And I'd bury the old man, I'd bury him at sea 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. (Now switch key to A - thus this verse is A5 - F#5 - E5 - D5 ) 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 Chorus: F#5 E5 F#5 And all this time B5 D5 The river flowed E5 A5 F#5 A5 Endlessly to the sea F#5 E5 F#5 If I had my way B5 D5 I'd take a boat from the river E5 Men go crazy in congregations But they only get better One by one (repeat A5 - F#5 - E5 - D5 progression and fade) One by one One by one by one One by one
