All This Time Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Em][G][C][G][Em][G][C][G][Em][G][C][D][G]
[D]
[G]I looked out across

[Verse 1]
[G]
[Em]the [G]rive[C]r today[G][Em][G][C]
Saw a city [G]in the fog
And [Em]an old church [G]tower where
[C]the seagulls [G]play[Em][D]
[C]Saw [G]the sad shire [Em]horses walk[G]ing home
[C]In the sodium [G]lig[Em]ht[D]
[C]Two priests o[G]n a ferry
[Em]October [D]geese on a [C]cold
win[G]ter's [Em]night[D]

[Verse 2]
[Em]All this time
The [A]river [C]flowed
End[D]lessly to the sea
[G][Em]

[Verse 3]
[G]
[C]Two priests cam[G]e 'ro[Em]und
[D]our[C] house tonigh[G]t[Em][D][C]
[G]One young, one old
[Em]To offer prayers for[D] the dying,
[C]to serve the fi[G]nal [Em]rites[D]
[C]One to lea[G]rn, one to tea[Em]ch[D]
[C]Which way the col[G]d wind blo[Em]ws[D][C]
And [G]fussing and flapping
[Em]In priestly blac[G]k like a
[C]murder of crows
[G][Em]

[Verse 4]
[D]
[Em]All this time
The [A]river [C]flowed
End[D]lessly to the sea
[G]

[Verse 5]
If I [Em]had my way
I'd take a [Asus4]boat from the rive[A]r[C]
And I'd bury [D]the old man
I'd bury him at [G]sea[Em][G]
[C]Blessed are the

[Verse 6]
[G]poor[Em][G][D]
[C]For they shall inh[G]erit the ear[Em]th[D][C]
[G]Better to be poor
[Em]Than be a fat man [G]in t[D]he
[C]eye [G]of a needle[Em][G][D]
[C]As these words w[G]ere spoken,
[Em]I swear[G][D]
[C]I hear the old man[G] laughing[Em][D][C]
What [G]good is a [Em]used up world
[D]And how could it be w[C]orth
having?
[G][Em]

[Verse 7]
[D]
[Em]All this time
The [A]river [C]flowed
End[D]lessly like a si[G]lent tear

[Verse 8]
All [Em]this time
The [A]river [C]flowed
Father, if [D]Jesus exists
Then how come He never [G]lives [Em]here?
[G][C]

[Interlude 1]
[G][Em][G][C][G][Em][G][C][D][G][D]
[G]Teachers told

[Verse 9]
[A]us [F#m]the Ro[A]man[D]s
[A]built this [F#m]place[A][D]
They built a [A]wall and a temple
[F#m]And an ed[A]ge of the em[D]pire
garrison [A]town[F#m][A][D]
They lived an[A]d they died
[F#m]They prayed[A] to their [D]gods
But the [A]stone gods did [F#m]not ma[A]ke a sound
[D]And their empir[A]e crumbled
[F#m]till a[A]ll that was le[D]ft
Were the stone[A]s the workmen found

[Verse 10]
[F#m]All this time
[B]The river [D]flowed
In the fall[Esus4]ing light[E][Esus4]
[E]Of a northern[A] sun

[Verse 11]
If I [F#m]had my way
I'd take a [A]boat from [Bsus4]the river[B][D]
Men go [Esus4]crazy in con[A]gregations
They only get better [Esus4]one by one
[A](al[F#m]l this[A] ti[D]me)
[A]One by one
One by one, by [F#m]one[A]
[D]One by [A]one[F#m][A]

[Verse 12]
I looked out [A]across the [D]river [A]today
I saw a city in the fog
And an old church tower
where the seagulls play
Saw [A]the sad shire horses walking home
In the sodi[A]um light
Two priests on the ferry
October geese on a cold winter's night