All This Time - Sting

G       Em      D      C (x4)


       G     Em  D
I looked out across
    C       G    Em  D  C
The river today,
       G                    Em           D
I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower
  C              G  Em  D  C
Where the seagulls play,
           G        Em      D            C
I saw the sad shire horses walking home
G            Em  D  C
In the sodium light
          G
I saw two priests on the ferry
 Em       D         C              G    Em  D

October geese on a cold winter's night


        Em         D/F#  Em
And all this time,
    A            C
The river flowed
    D             G    Em  G  D
Endlessly to the sea.


( Verses are just G-Em-D-C repeated;
  Chorus is as above, repeated till end of chorus )


Two priests came round our house tonight
One young, one old, to offer prayers for the dying
To serve the final rite,
One to learn, one to teach,
Which way the cold wind blows
Fussing and flapping in priestly black

Like a murder of crows


Chorus:
And all this time, the river flowed
Endlessly to the sea
If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river
And I'd bury the old man,
I'd bury him at sea


Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the earth
Better to be poor than a fat man in the eye of the needle
And as these words were spoken I swear I hear
The old man laughing,
"What good is a used up world, and how could it be
Worth having"


Chorus:
And all this time the river flowed

Endlessly like a silent tear
And all this time the river flowed
Father, if Jesus exist,
Then how come he never lived here.


(Now switch key to A - thus this verse is A-F#m-E-D)

The teachers told us, the Romans built this place
They built a wall and a temple, an edge of the empire
Garrison town,
They lived and they died, they prayed to their gods
But the stone gods did not make a sound
And their empire crumbled, 'til all that was left
Were the stones the workmen found



Chorus:
        F#m        E  F#m
And all this time
    B             D
The river flowed
  E              A    F#m  A
Endlessly to the sea
    F#m          E  F#m
If I had my way
           B                D
I'd take a boat from the river
       E
Men go crazy in congregations

But they only get better
One by one


(repeat A-F#m-E-D progression and fade)

One by one
One by one by one
One by one

I looked out across...  { Chorus: All this time... }





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|                          |  "You see a city in the desert lies             |
|       Luis Ferreira      |   The vanity of an ancient king                 |
|                          |   But the city lies on broken pieces            |
|   sd021@diana.fc.ul.pt   |   Where the wind howls and the vultures sing"   |
|                          |           Sting  -  The Soul Cages              |

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Intro:
G       Em      D      C (x4)

                 G      Em     D
I looked out a - cross 
    C       G        Em      D       C
the river today
        G                     Em           D
Saw a city in the fog and the old church tower
          C         G         Em       D      C
where the seagulls play
     G        Em      D                C
Saw sad shire horses walking home
        G          Em      D      C
In the sodium light
    G            Em
Two priests on a ferry
        D          C             G      Em      D        D
October geese on a cold winter's night

    Em       D/F#  Em
All this time
    A           C
The river flows
       D
Endlessly
       G   Em   G
To the sea


(Verses Are just G-Em-D-C repeated;
Chorus is as above, repeated till end of chorus)

Verse 2:
Two priests came around
My house tonight
One young one old to offer prayers for the dying
To serve the final rites
One to love one to teach
Which way the cold wind blows
Fussin' and flappin' in priestly black
Like a murder of crows

Chorus:
All this time
The river flows
Endlessly 
To the sea
If I had my way
Take a boat from the river
And I'd bury the old man
I'd bury him at sea

Verse 3:
Blessed are the poor
For they shall inherit the earth
It's better to be a poor man than a fat man
In the eye of the needle
As these words were spoken I swear
I hear the old man laughing
What good is a used up world 
And how can it be worth having

Chorus:
All this time
The river flows
Endlessly 
Like a silent tear
All this time
The river flows
Father if Jesus exist
Then how come he never lived here

(Now switch key to A - thus this verse is A-F#m-E-D)
Verse 4:
Teachers told us
The Romans built this place
They built a wall and a temple and a
Edge of the empire garrison town
They lived and they died
They prayed to their gods but the
Stone gods did not make a sound
And their empire crumbled till
All that was left were the
Stones no workman found

Chorus:
    F#m        E   F#m
All this time
    B            D
The river flows
  E
Endlessly
       A    F#m   A
To the sea
    F#m          E  F#m
If I had my way
           B                D
I'd take a boat from the river
       E
Men go crazy in congregations

They only get better one by one

(repeat A-F#m-E-D progression and fade)

One by one
One by one by one
One by one

I looked out across...


Chords used:
G:      320003 or 355433
Em:     022000
D:      xx0232
C:      x32010
D/F#:   2x0232
A:      x02220 or 577655
F#m:    244222
E:      022100
B:      x24442

Enjoy!
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Sekhar Narayanaswami
sekhar@adtaz.sps.mot.com                    rsn@cory.berkeley.edu
 
"I wanna find myself a girl
Who can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each others paint-by-number dreams"          -- Jackson Browne
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