Key: D
Introduction: D G
D G D G
Girls are walking with their mothers, shopping for clothes
D G D G
Sons are sitting with their fathers, fishing for ideas in their souls.
D G D G
The roads are stained, it seems impossible, impossible to clean
D G D G
The oil and the salt mix to a shining, shining gleam
Bm G D Bm A G
Down by the river, it's getting cold, down by the river, it's getting cold
A G A G
But it won't stop the bastards trying and it won't stop the people from dying
A G Bm A G
And it won't stop the bastards trying, and it's all because of you, all because of you
Bm D Bm D Bm D E G A
Because of you
D G D G
Girls are walking with their mothers, shopping for clothes
D G D G
Sons are sitting with their fathers, fishing for ideas in their souls
D G D G D G D G
But down by the river, it's getting cold, down by the river, it's getting cold
A G A G
But it won't stop the bastards trying and, it won't stop the people from dying
A G Bm A G
And it won't stop the bastards trying, and it's all because of you, all because of you
G D G D
Down by the river, it's getting cold, down by the river it's getting cold
G D G D
Down by the river, because of you, down by the river it's getting cold
G D G D
Down by the river, it's getting cold, down by the river it's getting cold