All This Time


#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## <9403150938.AA01337@etlxd42k> To: jamesb@nevada.edu Subject: CRD: All This Time - Sting Posted by: sd021@diana.di.fc.ul.pt (SDII-Grupo_sd021) Subject: CRD: Sting: All This Time All This Time Sting from "The Soul Cages" album 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... } ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | "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 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------