Tabbed by: Benjamin S


Tuning:Standard

Capo: None


E     G    G - A     E


E              A/E         E-
Our history runs down our rivers
A            B?      E
Down our rivers to the sea
E               A/E             E-
Reminds us of the things that matter
A            B?   E
Home and heart and history
E          A/E                     E-
And all our sins will be forgiven
A            B?      E
Washed away to set us free
E                      A/E                   E-
By the rivers that run through our homesteads
A            B?   E
By myth and modal melody


F#                         A
I traced these rivers from the cities to the seas
    E                        B
To remind me of what I already know
F#                           A
I traced the shorelines through a thousand esturies
    E                        B
To remind me an island is my home
             E
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

E                  F#
So place your trust into the sea
A                   B
It's kept us safe for centuries
E                     F#
It shaped our shores and steadily
A                      B
Its care has brought us, calm
E             F#
When I die, I hope to be
A                   B
buried out in English seas
E                F#
So all that then remains of me
A                  B
Will lap against these shores
                 E
Until England is no more