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
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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
