Tabbed by: Benjamin S Tuning:Standard Capo: None E5 G5 G5 - A5 E5 E5 A5 E- Our history runs down our rivers A5 B? E5 Down our rivers to the sea E5 A5 E- Reminds us of the things that matter A5 B? E5 Home and heart and history E5 A5 E- And all our sins will be forgiven A5 B? E5 Washed away to set us free E5 A5 E- By the rivers that run through our homesteads A5 B? E5 By myth and modal melody F#5 A5 I traced these rivers from the cities to the seas E5 B5 To remind me of what I already know F#5 A5 I traced the shorelines through a thousand esturies E5 B5 To remind me an island is my home E5 An island is my home 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 E5 F#5 So place your trust into the sea A5 B5 It's kept us safe for centuries E5 F#5 It shaped our shores and steadily A5 B5 Its care has brought us, calm E5 F#5 When I die, I hope to be A5 B5 buried out in English seas E5 F#5 So all that then remains of me A5 B5 Will lap against these shores E5 Until England is no more