Rivers tab by Frank Turner

Tabs

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: DADGAD


Intro (Main Riff)

d|-4p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
a|-0-0-4p0-0-0-0-0-0-2/3-3-3\2-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G+G|-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-----2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-|
D MajorD|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3/5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A augmentedA|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2/3-3-3\2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D MajorD|-----------------------------3/5-----------------|

d|-4p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
a|-0-0-4p0-0-0-0-0-0-2/3-3-3\2-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G+G|-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-|
D MajorD|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A augmentedA|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2/3-3-3\2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D MajorD|-----------------------------3-3-3-5-5-5-----------------|

Verse (x1 or x2 refers to number of measures not strums)
d|-0--------------0----------------0-------------0-------0----0-0----|
a|-0--------------0----------------0-------------0-------0----0-0----|
G+G|-2-x1-----------2-x2-------------5-x1----------0-------2-x1-0h2-x1-|
D MajorD|-0--------------0----------------0-------------0-------0----0-0----|
A augmentedA|-0--------------3----------------7-------------2-------0----0-0----|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Our history runs down our rivers, Down our rivers to the sea
Reminds us of the things that matter, Home and heart and history
And all our sins will be forgiven, Washed away to set us free
By the rivers that run through our homesteads, By myth and modal melody

Chorus
d|----------------------------------------------------4---------------------------2----|
a|-0---------------------------0----------------------0---------------------------0----|
G+G|-1---------------------------4----------------------2---------------------------2----|
D MajorD|-0-x2------------------------0-x2-------------------0-x2------------------------2-x1-|
A augmentedA|-2---------------------------5----------------------0--------------------------------|
D MajorD|-2---------------------------5-------------------------------------------------------|
I traced these rivers from the cities to the seas, To remind me of what I already know

D MajorD|-2-0-2/4\2-0--|
A augmentedA|-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
G+G|-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D MajorD|-2-0-2/4\2-0--|
A augmentedA|--------------|
D MajorD|--------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------4---------------------------2----|
a|-0---------------------------0----------------------0---------------------------0----|
G+G|-1---------------------------4----------------------2---------------------------2----|
D MajorD|-0-x2------------------------0-x2-------------------0-x2------------------------2-x2-|
A augmentedA|-2---------------------------5----------------------0--------------------------------|
D MajorD|-2---------------------------5-------------------------------------------------------|
I traced the shorelines through a thousand histories, To remind me an island is my home,
an island is my home

Main riif
d|-4p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
a|-0-0-4p0-0-0-0-0-0-2/3-3-3\2-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G+G|-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-|
D MajorD|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A augmentedA|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2/3-3-3\2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D MajorD|-----------------------------3-3-3-5-5-5-----------------|

Verse (x1 or x2 refers to number of measures not strums)
d|-0--------------0----------------0-------------0-------0----0-0----|
a|-0--------------0----------------0-------------0-------0----0-0----|
G+G|-2-x1-----------2-x2-------------5-x1----------0-------2-x1-0h2-x1-|
D MajorD|-0--------------0----------------0-------------0-------0----0-0----|
A augmentedA|-0--------------3----------------7-------------2-------0----0-0----|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
I traveled far across this country, Northumberland to Southern Downs
I wandered up the rolling Humber, And down the Thames to London town
And countless lives were lived and lingered, In the cotswells and the fells
I left a tapestry called England, And life and those who lived it well

Chorus
d|----------------------------------------------------4---------------------------2----|
a|-0---------------------------0----------------------0---------------------------0----|
G+G|-1---------------------------4----------------------2---------------------------2----|
D MajorD|-0-x2------------------------0-x2-------------------0-x2------------------------2-x1-|
A augmentedA|-2---------------------------5----------------------0--------------------------------|
D MajorD|-2---------------------------5-------------------------------------------------------|
I traced these rivers from the cities to the seas, To remind me of what I already know

D MajorD|-2-0-2/4\2-0--|
A augmentedA|-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
G+G|-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D MajorD|-2-0-2/4\2-0--|
A augmentedA|--------------|
D MajorD|--------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------4---------------------------2----|
a|-0---------------------------0----------------------0---------------------------0----|
G+G|-1---------------------------4----------------------2---------------------------2----|
D MajorD|-0-x2------------------------0-x2-------------------0-x2------------------------2-x2-|
A augmentedA|-2---------------------------5----------------------0--------------------------------|
D MajorD|-2---------------------------5-------------------------------------------------------|
I traced the shorelines through a thousand histories, To remind me an island is my home,
an island is my home

Bridge
d|-2-0-2/4\2-0--0---------------------0-0----|
a|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2/3-3-3-3\2-0-0----0-0----|
G+G|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-x1-0h2-x1-|
D MajorD|-2-0-2/4\2-0--0--0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0----0-0----| 1st & 3rd time
A augmentedA|--------------2--2/3-3-3-3\2-0-0----0-0----|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------|

d|-2-0-2/4\2-0--0---------------------0-0----|
a|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2/3-3-3-3\2/5-0----0-0----|
G+G|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-x1-0h2-x1-|
D MajorD|-2-0-2/4\2-0--0--0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0----0-0----| 2nd time
A augmentedA|--------------2--2/3-3-3-3\2/5-0----0-0----|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------|

d|-2-0-2/4\2-0--0--------------------------0----0-0----|
a|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2/3-3-3-3\2-------------0----0-0----|
G+G|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-------------2-x1-0h2-x1-| 4th time
D MajorD|-2-0-2/4\2-0--0--0-0-0-0-3-0-------------0----0-0----|
A augmentedA|--------------2--2/3-3-3-3\2------------------0-0----|
D MajorD|-----------------------------3-3-3-5-5-5-------------|

Verse (x1 or x2 refers to number of measures not strums)
d|-0--------------0----------------0-------------0-------0----0-0----|
a|-0--------------0----------------0-------------0-------0----0-0----|
G+G|-2-x1-----------2-x2-------------5-x1----------0-------2-x1-0h2-x1-|
D MajorD|-0--------------0----------------0-------------0-------0----0-0----|
A augmentedA|-0--------------3----------------7-------------2-------0----0-0----|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Round here the sky is a little closer, A augmentedA little closer to the ground
It's hard for someone to get lost here, Harder still to get found
And 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

Chorus
d|----------------------------------------------------4---------------------------2----|
a|-0---------------------------0----------------------0---------------------------0----|
G+G|-1---------------------------4----------------------2---------------------------2----|
D MajorD|-0-x2------------------------0-x2-------------------0-x2------------------------2-x1-|
A augmentedA|-2---------------------------5----------------------0--------------------------------|
D MajorD|-2---------------------------5-------------------------------------------------------|
I traced these rivers from the cities to the seas, To remind me of what I already know

D MajorD|-2-0-2/4\2-0--|
A augmentedA|-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
G+G|-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D MajorD|-2-0-2/4\2-0--|
A augmentedA|--------------|
D MajorD|--------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------4---------------------------2----|
a|-0---------------------------0----------------------0---------------------------0----|
G+G|-1---------------------------4----------------------2---------------------------2----|
D MajorD|-0-x2------------------------0-x2-------------------0-x2------------------------2-x2-|
A augmentedA|-2---------------------------5----------------------0--------------------------------|
D MajorD|-2---------------------------5-------------------------------------------------------|
I traced the shorelines through a thousand histories, To remind me an island is my home,
an island is my home

Outro
d|----------------------------------------------------|
a|-0---------------------------0----------------------|
G+G|-1---------------------------4----------------------|
D MajorD|-0-x2------------------------0-x2-------------------|
A augmentedA|-2---------------------------5----------------------|
D MajorD|-2---------------------------5----------------------|
    Hmmmmmm HmmmHmm

d|-4---------------------------2----------------------5--------------------------------|
a|-0---------------------------0----------------------x--------------------------------|
G+G|-2---------------------------2----------------------4---------------------------0----|
D MajorD|-0-x2------------------------2-x2-------------------0-x2------------------------2-x2-|
A augmentedA|-0---------------------------0----------------------x---------------------------0----|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------5---------------------------2----|
So place your trust into the sea,           It's kept us safe for centuries

d|-4---------------------------2----------------------5---------------------------7----|
a|-0---------------------------0----------------------x---------------------------0----|
G+G|-2---------------------------2----------------------4---------------------------0----|
D MajorD|-0-x2------------------------2-x2-------------------0-x2------------------------0-x2-|
A augmentedA|-0---------------------------0----------------------x---------------------------x----|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------5---------------------------7----|
It shaped our shores and steadily,          Its care has brought us, come

d|-4---------------------------2----------------------5--------------------------------|
a|-0---------------------------0----------------------x--------------------------------|
G+G|-2---------------------------2----------------------4---------------------------0----|
D MajorD|-0-x2------------------------2-x2-------------------0-x2------------------------2-x2-|
A augmentedA|-0---------------------------0----------------------x---------------------------0----|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------5---------------------------2----|
And when I die, I hope to be             buried out in English seas

d|-4---------------------------2----------------------5---------------------------2----|
a|-0---------------------------0----------------------x---------------------------0----|
G+G|-2---------------------------2----------------------4---------------------------2----|
D MajorD|-0-x2------------------------2-x2-------------------0-x2------------------------0-x2-|
A augmentedA|-0---------------------------0----------------------x---------------------------0----|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------5--------------------------------|
So all that then remains of me, Will lap against these shores, Until England is no more

Finish
d|-4p0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------0-|
a|-0-0-4p0-0-0-0-0-0-2/3-3-3\2-------------0-|
G+G|-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------2-|
D MajorD|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-5-5-5-0-|
A augmentedA|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2/3-3-3\2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D MajorD|-----------------------------3-3-3-5-5-5---|


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| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| h Hammer-on
| x Dead note

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