Frank Turner - Rivers

my first chords , dont be too mean ; ) can’t believe noones uploaded this yet! one of my
favs from the new album , had to be done .

A/E means play the bass note E ( 3rd string ) .
G – a or E – means quickly strum the chord preceding the ” – ” before going straight back to
the following chord ( so for the E – , its E then A ) . this just adds a little something to
the song .

also , i find it sounds nice to play the a with the G string open ( making it A7 perhaps?
i’m no expert 002200 ) . hope this helps!

tabbed by : benjamin s
email : benjamin@jamindesigns . co . uk

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