Tom: C
Introdução: G G G G
G Em G
I'm backing up the lorry, can't wait for night to come
G Em G
I'm sweeping out the back yard on a Friday afternoon
G Em G6 Em
We'll gather round the players and we'll head off for the stars
C D D4 G
Pack the van with poetry, drums and the guitars
verse 2
G Em G
We'll take Billy for the whisky, Willie for the door
G Em G
We'll take Mary Kate and Lizzy for the dancing round the floor
G Em G6 Em
We'll turn this empty hall into city full of lights
C D D4 G
And lift the summer spirits through the passing of the night
C D C G
There was laughing, and there were tears
C Em Bm D
There were so many shattered hopes and dreams
C D C G
But there was treasure and 40 years
G D G
In the place where the rivers run
verse 3
G Em G
We'll hammer on the two-step, we'll lay it on the snare
G Em G
Romancing the accordion, waltzing out the aires
G Em G Em
These sacred swaying anthems, within our lover's grasp
C D D4 G
Stripping down the willow to the footsteps of the past
C D C G
There was laughing, and there were tears
C Em Bm D
There were so many shattered hopes and dreams
C D C G
But there was treasure and 40 years
G D G
In the place where the rivers run
Instrumental
G C G D
G C G D G
Bridge
G C Em
We were kings and queens, the reels go round
Em7 C D
It's the badge of our culture, say it loud
C D C G6
And it's all in the gift of the young and the proud
G D G
In the place where the rivers run
verse 4
G Em G
We're loading out the back door, now the hour is come
G Em G
Driving through the black hills with the red and rising sun
G Em G6 Em
There's a river and a distance, far as eyes can see
C D D4 G
Home by Kyle and Broadford round by Memphis Tennessee
Link
D Em C D G
C D C G
There was laughing, and there were tears
C Em Bm D
There were so many shattered hopes and dreams
C D C G
But there was treasure and 40 years
G D G
In the place where the rivers run
G D G
In the place where the rivers run
G D G
In the place where the rivers run
Instrumental
G C G D
G C G D G
G C G D
G C G D G
G C G D
G C G D G