Riverflow chords by Levellers

C F Am G all through verses

Verse 1:
C      F
I met you in 82,
    Am        G
over a crate of beer and not a few
C          F
I cracked a can and so did you,
Am          G
we're going to change the world
C          F
The ghetto kings of downside town
Am            G
the estates and parks of our hallowed ground
C       F
Doing anything that we found,
Am        G
and on the river flowed
 C      F     Am     G
You'd take a drink from Rev. Jimmy Jones
 C        F      Am       G
You'd cross the street on the path the gunman roams
 C      F     Am     G
Thrown aside and left to waste, that was you - you knew your place
 C      F       Am           G
Wander round, get off your face, and on the river flowed

Chorus:
Am             C   G  F
On and on the river flow - we are the undertow
Am             C   G  F
On and on the river flow - we are the undertow

Verse 2:
C                F
I don't know how you made it through
Am         G
all the smoke and brew you do
C                F
It sure has left its mark on you
Am         G
but you're still with us today
C                F
Life goes on and round we go
Am         G
and words can kill these things I know
C                F
Sometimes you cut deeply so,
Am         G
but on the river flows
C                F
You'd set the table for barber Sweeney Todd
Am         G
You'd clip the wings of any rising god
C                F
But man can't live on hope alone,
Am         G
it can be cut all that is grown
C                F
Broke your spirit but not your bones
Am         G
and on the river flows

Chorus:
Am             C   G  F
On and on the river flow - we are the undertow
Am             C   G  F
On and on the river flow - we are the undertow

Verse 3:
C                F
You're working now - forced to the race
Am         G
I know it left a bitter taste
C                F
But the rising tide had covered your face
Am         G
Nothing you could do
C                F
But I still remember the day you said
Am         G
That the river flowing through my head
C                F
Would take me far or leave me dead
Am         G
And all you said was true

Outro:
C       F       Am      G
on and on and on and on and on and on and on
C       F       Am      G
and on and on and on and on and on the river flowed
C       F       Am      G
on and on and on and on and on and on and on
C       F       Am      G