Sweet Thames Flow Softly Chords by Maddy Prior & The Girls

I met my _ love at Woolwich Pier, beneath the big crane _ standing,
[G] _ And, oh, the _ love I felt for her, it [C] passed all _
_ [G] understanding.
_ [Fm] _ _ [N] Took her sailing on the river, _ [G]
long sweet _ river flow, _ _
London town was mine to give [F] her, _ sweet Thames flow _ [Gm] softly.
_ [C] _ Made the Thames into a crown, through the flow, sweet river flow,
_ Made a [G] brooch of silver tower, _ [F] sweet Thames flow _ [C] softly.
_ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ At London _ Yard I held her [G] hand, at Blackwall Point I faced her,
At the Isle of Dogs I kissed [Ab] her mouth, and _ [G] tenderly embraced her.
_ _ At the bells of _ Greenwich ringing, flow _ sweet river flow,
_ _ All the time my heart was [B] singing, _ sweet Thames [Ab] flow _ _ [C] softly.
[G] _
_ Limehouse Reach I gave her there, love _ sweet _ river flow,
_ _ As a ribbon o'er her hair, _ sweet Thames flow _ [C] softly. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ From Shadwell Dock to Nine Elms Reach, we cheek to cheek were _ dancing,
_ [N]
Her necklace made of London bridge, her beauty _ was enhancing. _
[Fm] _ _ Kissed her once again at [G] Wapping, flow sweet river flow,
_ [C] After that there was no stopping, sweet Thames flow _ _ softly.
_ _ Richmond Park it was her reach, flow _ sweet river flow, _ _
I'd have given her anything, _ _ sweet Thames flow _ softly.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ From Rotherhithe to Putney Bridge, my love I was [G] declaring,
_ _ And she from Kew to _ [Fm] Isleworth, her love [E] for me was [G] swearing. _ _ _
Love it set my heart a-burning, _ flow sweet river flow,
_ _ Never saw the tide was turning, _ sweet Thames flow [C] _
softly.
_ _ Gave a hampton chord to [Eb] twist, flow _ [C]
sweet river flow,
Into a bracelet for her wrist, sweet _ Thames flow _ softly.
[G] _
_ Sweet Thames [C] flow _ softly.
But now alas, the [B] tide has changed, [Dm] my love she has gone [G] from me,
And winter's frost has touched my heart, and put a blight upon [C] me.
_ Creeping fog is on the [G] river, _ flow sweet river flow,
And _ moon and star gone with her, [C] _ sweet Thames flow _ softly.
_ [Dm] _ Swift the Thames runs to the sea, [G] flow _ sweet river flow,
_ Bearing ships and part of me, sweet [C] _
Thames [Em] flow _ [Gm] softly.
_ [C] _
Sweet Thames flow softly. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _