Biography:
Levellers is a popular English rock band influenced by punk and traditional English music. The band is based in Brighton, England, where they were founded in 1988. There are several stories regarding how they got their name; from the Levellers, a radically democratic faction of Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army; as a reference to "The Level", a flat open space near where members of the band used to live in Brighton; or simply, according to guitarist, Simon Friend, a word they chose from a dictionary.
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Other songs:
- 100 Years Of Solitude
- 61 Minutes Of Pleading
- Alone In This Darkness
- Angels
- Another Mans Cause
- Barrel Of A Gun
- Battle Of The Beanfield
- Behold The Pale Rider
- Belaruse
- Believers
- Broken Circles
- Carry Me
- Cctv
- Celebrate
- Come On
- Confess
- Dance Before The Storm
- Dirty Davey
- Dog Train
- Edge Of The World
- Elation
- Fantasy
- Far Away From Home
- Far From Home
- Fifteen Years
- Four Winds
- Gold And Silver
- Hard Fight
- Havent Made It
- Hope Street
- Is This Art
- Julie
- Leave This Town
- Liberty Song
- Life
- Likes Of You And I
- Love Runs Out Of Time
- Maid Of The River
- Make You Happy
- Men
- Miles Away
- No Change
- On Way
- One Way
- Pretty Target
- Prisoner
- Rain And Snow
- Sail Away
- Saturday To Sunday
- Sell Out
- Survivors
- The Beach
- The Boatman
- The Game
- The Games
- The Player
- The Players
- The Recruiting Sergeant
- The Riverflow
- The Road
- The Shame
- Three Friends
- Together All The Way
- Too Real
- Traveller
- Truth Is
- Tv Suicides
- We Are All Gunmen
- What A Beautiful Day
- What Happens To Love
- Wheels
- When Love Runs Out Of Time
- Wild As Angels
- World Freak Show
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Okay, this song is easy, and it's a great tune.
Intro: G C Em D
Verse 1:
G C
I met you in 82,
Em D
over a crate of beer and not a few
G C
I cracked a can and so did you,
Em D
we're going to change the world
G D
The ghetto kings of downside town
Em D
the estates and parks of our hallowed ground
G C
Doing anything that we found,
Em D
and on the river flowed
You'd take a drink from Rev. Jimmy Jones
You'd cross the street on the path the gunman roams
Thrown aside and left to waste, that was you - you knew your place
Wander round, get off your face, and on the river flowed
Chorus:
Em G D C
On and on the river flow - we are the undertow
Em G D C
On and on the river flow - we are the undertow
Verse 2:
I don't know how you made it through
all the smoke and brew you do
It sure has left its mark on you
but you're still with us today
Life goes on and round we go
and words can kill these things I know
Sometimes you cut deeply so,
but on the river flows
You'd set the table for barber Sweeney Todd
You'd clip the wings of any rising god
But man can't live on hope alone,
it can be cut all that is grown
Broke your spirit but not your bones
and on the river flows
Chorus:
Chorus:
Em G D C
On and on the river flow - we are the undertow
Em G D C
On and on the river flow - we are the undertow
Verse 3: (No music, just drums. You can strum open palm muted strings on this bit and it
pretty good.)
You're working now - forced to the race
I know it left a bitter taste
But the rising tide had covered your face
Nothing you could do
But I still remember the day you said
That the river flowing through my head
Would take me far or leave me dead
And all you said was true
Outro:
G C Em D
on and on and on and on and on and on and on
G C Em D
and on and on and on and on and on the river flowed
G C Em D
on and on and on and on and on and on and on
G C Em D
and on and on and on and on and on the river flowed
End
Intro: G C Em D
Verse 1:
G C
I met you in 82,
Em D
over a crate of beer and not a few
G C
I cracked a can and so did you,
Em D
we're going to change the world
G D
The ghetto kings of downside town
Em D
the estates and parks of our hallowed ground
G C
Doing anything that we found,
Em D
and on the river flowed
You'd take a drink from Rev. Jimmy Jones
You'd cross the street on the path the gunman roams
Thrown aside and left to waste, that was you - you knew your place
Wander round, get off your face, and on the river flowed
Chorus:
Em G D C
On and on the river flow - we are the undertow
Em G D C
On and on the river flow - we are the undertow
Verse 2:
I don't know how you made it through
all the smoke and brew you do
It sure has left its mark on you
but you're still with us today
Life goes on and round we go
and words can kill these things I know
Sometimes you cut deeply so,
but on the river flows
You'd set the table for barber Sweeney Todd
You'd clip the wings of any rising god
But man can't live on hope alone,
it can be cut all that is grown
Broke your spirit but not your bones
and on the river flows
Chorus:
Chorus:
Em G D C
On and on the river flow - we are the undertow
Em G D C
On and on the river flow - we are the undertow
Verse 3: (No music, just drums. You can strum open palm muted strings on this bit and it
pretty good.)
You're working now - forced to the race
I know it left a bitter taste
But the rising tide had covered your face
Nothing you could do
But I still remember the day you said
That the river flowing through my head
Would take me far or leave me dead
And all you said was true
Outro:
G C Em D
on and on and on and on and on and on and on
G C Em D
and on and on and on and on and on the river flowed
G C Em D
on and on and on and on and on and on and on
G C Em D
and on and on and on and on and on the river flowed
End
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