Chords:
{t:Sweet Thames Flow Softly}
{key: C}
{artist:Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmn5pOxb2iM Capo 1
{c: Thanks Ian Backhouse}
[C] I met my girl at [G] Woolwich Pier be-[C]neath the [F] big crane [G] standing
And [C] all the love I [G] felt for her it [C] passed all [G] under-[C]standing
Took her sailing [Dm] on the river, [F] flow [G] sweet [F] river [G] flow
[C] London town was [Dm] mine to give her, [F] sweet [G] Thames flow [C] softly
[G] Made the Thames in [Dm] to a crown, [F] flow [C] sweet [G] river [C] flow
[C] Made a brooch of [Dm] Silvertown, [F] sweet [C] Thames flow [G] soft-[C]ly
[C] At London Yard I [G] held her hand, at [C] Blackwell [F] Point I [G] faced her
At the [C] Isle of Dogs I [G] kissed her mouth and [C] ten-[G]derly em-[C]braced her
Heard the bells of [Dm] Greenwich ringing, [F] flow [G] sweet [F] river [G] flow
[C] All the time my [Dm] heart was singing, [F] sweet [G] Thames flow [C] softly
[G] Limehouse Reach I [Dm] gave her there, [F] flow [C] sweet [G] river [C] flow
[C] As a ribbon [Dm] for her hair, [F] sweet [C] Thames flow [G] soft-[C]ly
[C] From Shadwell Dock to [G] Nine Elms Reach, we [C] cheek to [F] cheek were [G] dancin'.
Her [C] necklace made of [G] London Bridge,her [C] beauty [G] was en-[C]hancin'.
Kissed her once [Dm] again at Wapping, [F] flow [G] sweet [F] river [G] flow
[C] After that there [Dm] was no stoppin', [F] sweet [G] Thames flow [C] softly
[G] Richmond Park it was [Dm] her ring, [F] flow [C] sweet [G] river [C] flow
[C] I'd have given her [Dm] anything, [F] sweet [C] Thames flow [G] soft-[C]ly
[C] From Rotherhithe to [G] Putney Bridge, my [C] love I [F] was [G] declarin'.
And [C] she from Kew to [G] Isleworth, her [C] love for [G] me was [C] swearin'.
Love had set my heart [Dm] a-burnin', [F] flow [G] sweet [F] river [G] flow
[C] Never saw the [Dm] tide was turnin', [F] sweet [G] Thames flow [C] softly
[G] Gave her Hampton [Dm] Court to twist, [F] flow [G] sweet [F] river [G] flow
[C] Into a bracelet for [Dm] her wrist, [F] sweet [C] Thames flow [G] soft-[C]ly
[C] And now, alas, the [G] tide has changed, my [C] love she [F] has gone [G] from me.
And the [C] winter's frost has [G] touched my heart, and [C] left its [G] blight [C] upon me.
Creepin' fog is [Dm] on the river, [F] flow [G] sweet [F] river [G] flow
[C] Sun and moon and [Dm] stars gone with her, [F] sweet [G] Thames flow [C] softly
[G] Swift the Thames flows [Dm] to the sea, [F] flow [G] sweet [F] river [G] flow
[C] Bearin' ships and [Dm] part of me, [F] sweet [C] Thames flow [G] soft-[C]ly
