Sweet Thames Flow Softly Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I m[Am]et my[C][Am][D][G]
girl at [D]Woolwich pier.
Be[G]neath a [C]big crane [D]standin'.
And [G]all the love I [D]felt for her.
It [G]passed all [D]under[G]standin'.

[Verse 2]
[G]Took her sailin' [Am]on the river.
[C]Flow, [Am]sweet [D]river, [G]flow.
Londontown was [Am]mine to give her.
[C]Sweet [D]Thames, flow [G]softly.
[D]Made the

[Verse 3]
Thames in[Am]to a cr[D]own.
[C]Flow, [G]sweet [D]river, flow.
[G]Made a brooch of that [Am]silver [D]town.
[C]Sweet [G]Thames, flow [D]softly.[G]

[Verse 4]
At [G]London Yard I [D]held her hand.
At [G]Blackwall [C]Point I [D]faced her.
At the [G]Isle of Dogs I [D]kissed her mouth.
And [G]ten[D]derly em[G]braced her.

[Verse 5]
[G]Heard the bells of [Am]Greenwich ringin'.
[C]Flow, [Am]sweet [D]river, flow.
[G]All that time my [Am]heart was singin'.
[C]Sweet [D]Thames, flow [G]softly.
[D]Limehouse

[Verse 6]
Reach I [Am]gave her [D]there.
[C]Flow, [G]sweet [D]river, [G]flow.
As a ribbon [Am]for her [D]hair.
[C]Sweet [G]Thames, flow [D]softly[G]

[Verse 7]
From [G]Shadwell Dock to [D]Nine Elms Reach.
We [G]cheek to [C]cheek were [D]dancin'.
Her [G]necklace made of [D]London Bridge.
Her [G]beauty [D]was en[G]hancin'.

[Verse 8]
[G]Kissed her once [Am]again at Wapping.
[C]Flow, [Am]sweet [D]river, [G]flow.
After that there [Am]was no stoppin'.
[C]Sweet [D]Thames, flow [G]softly.
[D]Richmond

[Verse 9]
Park it was [Am]her [D]ring.
[C]Flow, [G]sweet [D]river, flow.
[G]I'd have given her [Am]any t[D]hing.
[C]Sweet [G]Thames, flow [D]softly.[G]

[Verse 10]
From [G]Rotherhithe to [D]Putney Bridge.
My [G]love I [C]was de[D]clarin'.
And [G]she from Queue [D]to Islewood.
Her [G]love for [D]me was [G]swearin'.

[Verse 11]
[G]Love had set my [Am]heart a- burnin'.
[C]Flow, [Am]sweet [D]river, flow.
[G]Never saw the [Am]tide was turnin'.
[C]Sweet [D]Thames, flow [G]softly.
[D]Gave her

[Verse 12]
Hampton [Am]Court to [D]twist.
[C]Flow, [G]sweet [D]river, flow.
In[G]to a bracelet [Am]for her [D]wrist.
[C]Sweet [G]Thames, flow softly.
[D]And

[Verse 13]
[G]now, alas, the tid[D]e has changed.
My [G]love she [C]has gone [D]from me.
And [G]the winter's frost has
[D]touched my heart.
And [G]left [D]its blight [G]upon me.

[Verse 14]
[G]Creepin' fog is [Am]on the river.
[C]Flow, [Am]sweet [D]river, flow.
[G]Sun and moon and [Am]stars gone with her.
[C]Sweet [D]Thames, flow sof[G]tly.[D]

[Verse 15]
Swift the [D]Thames flows [Am]to the se[D]a.
[C]Flow, [G]sweet [D]river, flow.
[G]Bearin' ships and [Am]part of [D]me.
[D]Swe[C]et Tha[G]mes, flow sof[D]tly.[G]