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