Sting – All This Time (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(4)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
G Em9 Dsus4 C x3
Dsus4 G/B Dsus4
[Verse 1]
G/B G Em D I looked out across Cadd9 G Em D Cadd9 The river today, G Em D I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower Cadd9 G Em D C Where the seagulls play, G Em D Cadd9 I saw the sad shire horses walking home G Em D Cadd9 In the sodium light G I saw two priests on the ferry Em D Cadd9 G Em D Cadd9 October geese on a cold winter's night
[Chorus]
Em9 D/F# Em And all this time, A7 A7sus4 Cadd9 The river flowed Dsus4 D Dsus4 D G Em9 G/D C Endlessly to the sea.
[Verse 2]
G/B Em D Cadd9 G Em D Cadd9 Two priests came round our house tonight G Em D Cadd9 One young, one old, to offer prayers for the dying G Em D Cadd9 To serve the final rites, G Em D Cadd9 One to learn, one to teach, G Em D Cadd9 Which way the cold wind blows G Em D Fussing and flapping in priestly black Cadd9 G Em D Cadd9 Like a murder of crows
[Chorus]
Em9 D/F# Em And all this time, A7 A7sus4 Cadd9 The river flowed Dsus4 D Dsus4 D G Em9 G/D C Endlessly to the sea. Gsus4 Em9 A7 A7sus4 Cadd9 If i had my way ,take a boat from the river Dsus4 D Dsus4 D G Em9 G/D C And i,d bury the old man ,Id bury him at sea
[Verse 3]
G/B Em9 D Cadd9 Em9 D Cadd9 Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the earth G Em D Cadd9 G Em9 D Cadd9 Better to be poor than a fat man in the eye of the needle G Em9 D Cadd9 And as these words were spoken I swear G Em9 D Cadd9 I hear he old man laughing, G Em9 D "What good is a used up world, and how could it be Cadd9 G Em9 D Worth having"
[Chorus]
Em9 A7 A7sus4 Cadd9 And all this time the river flowed Dsus4 D Dsus4 D G Em9 G Gsus4 Endlessly like a silent tear Em9 A7 A7sus4 Cadd9 And all this time the river flowed Dsus4 D Father, if Jesus exists, Dsus4 D G Then how come he never lived here.
[Link]
Em9 G/D Cadd9 G Em9 G/D Cadd9 G
Em9 G/D Cadd9 D G/B D G/B
[Bridge]
A F#m7 E Dadd9 The teachers told us, A F#m7 E Dadd9 The Romans built this place A They built a wall and a temple, F#m7 E Dadd9 A F#m7 E Dadd9 And an edge of the empire garrison town, A F#m7 E Dadd9 They lived and they died, they prayed to their gods A F#m7 E Dadd9 But the stone gods did not make a sound A F#m7 E Dadd9 And their empire crumbled, 'til all that was left A F#m7 E Dadd9 Were the stones the workmen found
[Chorus]
F#m E F#m And all this time B7 B7sus4 D The river flowed Esus4 A F#m A In the falling light of northern sun Asus4 F#m If I had my way B7 B7sus4 D I'd take a boat from the river Esus4 Men go crazy in congregations Esus4 But they only get better one by one
[Fade Out]
A F#m E D
A F#m One by one. A D One by one by one A F#m One by one A D I looked out across
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