Tales From The Riverbank Chords by The Jam

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Bring you a tale from [Gm] the pastoral [Bb] fields [F] Where we [D] ran when we were young _
This is a tale from [G] the water [Dm] meadows [C] Trying to spread [G] some hope into [D] your heart
It's _ _ _ _ [Dm] mixed with [G] happiness, it's mixed [Dm] with tears [G] Of life and [D] death are carried in [C] this [Dm] dream
[G] Now [Dm] you've got space, [G] you could run for [Dm] miles [G] Now you've got guts, so many to [F] look past
True, it's a [D] dream mixed with [E] nostalgia _ [Bm] But _ [F] it's a [Dm] dream that I always have wanted
To [A] let our homelands not [D] to rot, join [E] them on the river [Dm] _ [D] bank
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_ _ _ _ [G] The river's floundered by the still [Dm] waters [G] _ [A] Joined in the race through the green mountains
[G] No fears [D] or worries since the golden country [G] _ Walked the sunrise [E] with our much-loved [Dm] friend
[C] Now that the start came to [B] call, our riders too should [Bm] have [Bb] gone We lose our better [A] sides, we lose our better _ selves _ _
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True, it's [D] a dream [E] mixed with nostalgia [A] _
[Bm] But _ [F] it's a [Dm] dream that I'll always hang on to
[A] That [Bm] our homelands not to rot True, [D] it's a dream mixed [Dm] with nostalgia _
[B] _ _ [F] But [G] it's a dream [Dm] that I'll always [E] hang on to [A] That our [Bm] homelands not to rot
To walk on the [E] river _ [Dm] bank [D] To walk on the river [Dm] bank
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