All This Time Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Em][D][C]
[G][Em][D][C]
[G][Em][D][C]
[D][G][D]
I [G]looked out across

[Verse 1]
[G][Em][D]
The [C]river to[G]day[Em][D]
[C]I saw a city i[G]n the fog
And an [Em]old church [D]tower
Where the [C]seagulls play
[G][Em][D][C]
Saw the [G]sad shire [Em]horses
Walk[D]ing [C]home in the [G]sodium light
[Em][D][C]
Two [G]priests on the ferry
[Em]October [D]geese on a [C]cold win- [G]ter's night
[Em][D]

[Chorus 1]
And [Em]all this time
The [A]river [C]flowed
End[D]lessly
To the sea
[G][Em][D][C]

[Verse 2]
Two priests [G]came round
[Em][D][C]
Our house [G]tonight[Em][D][C]
One [G]young, one [Em]old
To offer [D]prayers for the dying
[C]To serve the [G]final rite
[Em][D][C]
One to [G]learn, one to [Em]teach
[D][C]
Which way the [G]cold wind blows
[Em][D][C]
And [G]fussing and flap[Em]ping in priestly [D]black
Like a [C]murder of [G]crows[Em][D]

[Chorus 2]
And [Em]all this time
The [A]river [C]flowed
End[D]lessly
[D]To the sea
[G][Em][G]
If I [Em]had my way
I'd take a [A]boat from the river
[C]And I'd bury [D]the old man
I'd bury him at [G]sea
[Em][D][C]

[Verse 3]
Blessed are the [G]poor[Em]
[D][C]
For they shall in[G]herit the [Em]Earth
[D][C]
[G]Better to be [Em]poor
Than a [D]fat man in the [C]eye of a needle
[G][Em][D][C]
As these [G]words were spoken [Em]I swear
[D][C]
I hear the [G]old man laugh[Em]in
[D][C]
What [G]good is a [Em]used up world
And [D]how could it [C]be worth having?
[G][Em][D]

[Chorus 3]
And [Em]all this time
The [A]river [C]flowed
End[D]lessly
Like a [G]silent [Em]tear[G]
[Em]All this time
The [A]river [C]flowed
Father, if [D]Jesus exists

[Interlude 1]
Then how come he never lived here?
[G][Em][D][C]
[G][Em][D][C]
[G][Em][D][C]
[D][G][D][G]

[Verse 4]
Teachers [A]told [F#m]us[E][D]
The Romans [A]built this [F#m]place[E]
[D]They built a wal[A]l and a tem[F#m]ple
on the [E]edge of the [D]Empire Garrison [A]town
[F#m][E][D]
They lived [A]and they [F#m]died
They [E]prayed to their [D]gods
But the [A]stone gods
did [F#m]not make a so[E]und[D]
And their [A]empire [F#m]crumbled
Till [E]all that was [D]left
Were the [A]stones the [F#m]workmen [E]found

[Chorus 4]
And [F#m]all this time
the [B]river river [D]flowed
In the fall[E]ing light
of a north[A]ern [F#m]sun[A]
If I [F#m]had my way
Take a [B]boat from the [D]river
Men go cra[E]zy in congregations

[Outro 1]
They only get better one by one
[A][F#m][E][D]
One by [A]one[F#m][E][D]
One by [A]one, by [F#m]one[E][D]
One by [A]one[F#m][E]
I [D]looked out a[A]cross[F#m][E]
The [D]river to[A]day[F#m][E]
[D]Saw a city in [A]the fog
And an [F#m]old church to[E]wer
Where the [D]seagulls [A]play[F#m][E]
[D]Saw the sad[A] shire hor[F#m]ses walking[E] home
[D]In the sod[A]ium light
[F#m][E][D]
[Fade out]