Englishman In New York Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Dm][G][Am][Dm][G][Am]
[Dm][G][Am][Dm][G][Am]
[Dm]
I looked out [G]across the river

[Verse 1]
today
[Am]Saw a city in th[G]e [Dm]fog
[G]And an [Am]old c[G]hu[Dm]rch
tower where [G]the [Am]seagulls play
Saw [G]the [Dm]sad shire hors[G]es
[Am]walk[Dm]ing home[G]
In the [Am]so dium light
Two priests on [Dm]a ferry
October geese on a cold
[G]winter's night
All this [Am]time The river

[Verse 2]
[G]
flowed
Endlessly [Dm]to the sea
Two [G]priests came 'round

[Verse 3]
[Am]our [Dm]house tonight
[G]One young[Am], one[Dm] old
[G]To [Am]offer prayers for the dying,
to [Dm]serve the final rites
One [G]to learn,
[Am]one [Dm]to te[G]ach[Am]
Which way the cold wind blows
And fussing [Dm]and flapping
[G]In priestly [Am]black [Dm]like a
murder of [G]crows

[Verse 4]
All this time
The river flowed
[Am]Endlessly [Dm]to the sea
If I had my [G]way I'd

[Verse 5]
[Am]take[Dm] a bo[G]at from the river[Am]
And I'd [Dm]bury the old [G]man
I'd bury him at [Am]sea

[Verse 6]
[Am]Blessed are [Dm]the poor
For they [G]shall inherit [Am]the earth
Better to be poor
Than be a fat man in the eye of a [Dm]needle
[G]As [Am]these words were spok[Dm]en, I swear
[G]I hear the old[Am] man laughing
What good is a used up world
And how could [Dm]it be worth ha[G]ving?

[Verse 7]
All this time
The river [Am]flowed[G]
[C]Endlessly like a si[G]lent tear

[Verse 8]
All [G]this time[Am]
[E]The [F]river flowed
[G]Father, if Jesus exists
Then [E]how come He never lives here?

[Verse 9]
[E]Teachers [Am]told [Dm]us t[G]he Romans bu[Am]ilt[Dm][Am]
[E]thi[Am]s place[F][C][G][Am][Dm]
[G][Am][Dm][Am]
[E]
[Dm]They built a wall and a temp[G]le
And an edge [Am]of the empire
[Dm]garrison town
They lived and [G]they died
[Am]They [Dm]prayed to their[G] gods
But the stone gods did [Am]not
make a sound
And their empire crumbled
[Dm]till all that [G]was left
Were [Am]the s[G]to[Dm]nes the work[G]men found
[Am]All

[Verse 10]
[Dm]this time
The [G]river flowed
[Am]In t[Dm]he falling light[G]
Of a north[Am]ern sun
[Dm]If I had m[G]y way

[Verse 11]
I'd take [Am]a boat from the[Dm] river
[G]Men go [Am]crazy in congregations
They [Dm]only get [G]better one by one
[Am](all this time)
One [Dm]by o[G]ne[Am][Dm]
One [G]by one, by one
[Am]One by [Dm]one
I [G]looked out

[Verse 12]
[Am]across the river today
I saw a [Dm]city [G]in [Am]the fog
And an old [Dm]church tower [G]where
[Am]the seagulls play
Saw the sad shire horses [Dm]walking home
[G]In [Am]the sodium light
[Dm]Two priests on the [G]ferry
October geese [Am]on a cold
[Dm]wint[G]er's night[Am]

[Outro 1]
[Am][Dm]