Fairport Convention – London River (Guitar)

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[Intro] Bb C Bb [Chorus]
F                     Bb     F
London River, oh, the London River

Dm      C      Bb         F
All the love I have, I'll give her

Bb                    Dm
London River, oh, the London River

Bb                   F   Bb   C  Bb
That's the river for me
[Verse]
F                        Dm
First time that I set my eyes upon her

  F       C     Bb     F
I tell no lie, upon my honour

Bb                             Gm
Sights and sounds that made my heart a-shiver

                      Bb     C
Then I saw her on the London River
[Chorus]
    F                     Bb     F
Oh, London River, oh, the London River

Dm      C      Bb         F
All the love I have, I'll give her

Bb                    Dm
London River, oh, the London River

Bb                   F   Bb   C  Bb
That's the river for me
[Verse]
F                          Dm
Signed to my master in the nineteen thirties

    F          C            Bb       F
The hours were long and the work was dirty

Bb                          Gm
Out in the Indies where the rum is brewed

                         Bb      C
Had me a drop and got me kidneys stewed
[Chorus]
F                     Bb     F
London River, oh, the London River

Dm      C      Bb         F
All the love I have, I'll give her

Bb                    Dm
London River, oh, the London River

Bb                   F   Bb   C  Bb
That's the river for me
[Instrumental] F Bb F Dm C Bb F Bb Dm Bb C F Dm F C Bb F Bb Gm Bb F Bb C Bb [Verse]
F                         Dm
Signed for a while on the old Rasover

F            C                 Bb       F
Some of them stewards, they'll blow you over

Bb                       Gm
Lipstick and makeup, and all that muck

                           Bb       C
Walk like a woman and they call you Duck
[Chorus]
F                     Bb     F
London River, oh, the London River

Dm      C      Bb         F
All the love I have, I'll give her

Bb                    Dm
London River, oh, the London River

Bb                   F   Bb   C  Bb
That's the river for me
[Verse]
F                        Dm
First time that I set my eyes upon her

  F       C     Bb     F
I tell no lie, upon my honour

Bb                             Gm
Sights and sounds that made my heart a-shiver

                      Bb     C
Then I saw her on the London River
[Chorus]
    F                     Bb     F
Oh, London River, oh, the London River

Dm      C      Bb         F
All the love I have, I'll give her

Bb                    Dm
London River, oh, the London River

Bb                   F   Bb   C  Bb
That's the river for me