The Sea Refuses No River Pete Townshend
<br/> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 00:36:24 -0400 (EDT)<br/> Subject: CRD: Sea_Refuses_No_River by: Pete_Townshend<br/> <br/> The Sea Refuses No River<br/> By Pete Townshend<br/> >From all the best cowboys have chinese eyes, 1982<br/> <br/> Originally transcribed by Andy Dennis<br/> =============<br/> updated by<br/> Litgo@aol.com<br/> =============<br/> <br/> C(no 3) x35xxx<br/> C6 x322xx or x3221x<br/> C/G. 3x2013<br/> Amaj7 5x665x<br/> D(no 3) x57xxx<br/> F/A 103211 (use thumb)<br/> Gm 355333 (use thumb)<br/> Gmaj7 3x5432 (use thumb) or 3x443x or 3x0032 (thumb) or x10 9 777<br/> <br/> <br/> [intro]<br/> <br/> C(no 3) / / / <br/> C(no 3) / / / C6 / / / /<br/> Bb F<br/> <br/> [VERSE I]<br/> <br/> Gm Gm F/A<br/> I remember being richer than a king<br/> <br/> Bb Bb F/A<br/> The minutes of the day were golden<br/> <br/> Gm Gm F/A<br/> I recall that when the joint passed 'round<br/> <br/> Bb<br/> My body felt a little colder<br/> <br/> [10th fret]<br/> Bb F/Eb Bb F/Eb <br/> Now I'm like a sewer channel<br/> <br/> |----------13------------13----|<br/> |-11---10-------11---10----10--|<br/> |-10---10-------10---10--------|<br/> |-12---10-------12---10--------|<br/> |------------------------------|<br/> |------------------------------|<br/> <br/> Bb F/Eb Bb F/Eb <br/> Running lime and scag<br/> <br/> Bb F/Eb Bb F/Eb <br/> Let me get at the master panel<br/> <br/> F [5th fret] Fmaj7<br/> Let me at my stack<br/> |-5----------5-----<br/> |-6----------5----<br/> |-5----------5----<br/> |-7----------7----<br/> |------------8----<br/> |-----------------<br/> <br/> [CHORUS I]<br/> <br/> G<br/> The sea refuses no river<br/> <br/> Em D C G C/G G<br/> And right now this river's banks are blown<br/> <br/> C/G <br/> The sea refuses no river, Whether stinking and rank<br/> <br/> Gmaj7 Am<br/> Or red from the tank, whether pure as a spring<br/> <br/> C D<br/> There's no damn thing stops this poem<br/> <br/> Am F/C <br/> The sea refuses no river<br/> <br/> C(no 3rd) <br/> And this river is homeward flowing<br/> <br/> [repeat INTRO pattern]<br/> <br/> I have seen a trace of strain, in others eyes not spoken.<br/> I must admit that I enjoyed their pain, but this time it's me that's broken.<br/> I demand for you and his, thus must be the time, when we decide what freedom<br/> is, <br/> turn water into wine.<br/> <br/> G<br/> For the sea refuses no river<br/> Em D C G C/G<br/> we're polluted now, but in our hearts still clean,<br/> C/G <br/> The sea refuses no river<br/> C/G Gmaj7<br/> We tried not to age, but time had its rage, <br/> Am C D<br/> We're washed over stones, from babes into clones of the mean,<br/> Am F/C <br/> The sea refuses no river,<br/> C5 C6<br/> Won't deny this sulphorous stream.<br/> <br/> <br/> Emaj7 [solo]<br/> e|------------------|---------------|<br/> b|--12------12------|---12----12----|<br/> g|------14------13--|------14-------|<br/> d|------------------|------------14-|<br/> <br/> |------------16-|-16-17-16-17-16-17-16-17-|-17----<br/> |--12----12-----|-------------------------|-------<br/> |-----14--------|-------------------------|-<br/> |---------------|-------------------------|<br/> <br/> E Emaj7 E Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7 |<br/> e|--14-14--14--16--17--|-19--|<br/> <br/> | E Emaj7 E Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7<br/> <br/> C(8th fret) Emaj7 C <br/> e|-14----14--14-----|---------------|---------|------|<br/> b|-16-14-16--16-----|--18--17--18---|-----17*-|------|<br/> g|------------------|--17--18--17---|-16------|------|<br/> d|------------------|---------------|---------|------|<br/> a|------------------|---------------|---------|------|<br/> e|------------------|---------------|---------|----2~|<br/> *feedback<br/> <br/> Emaj7 C E Emaj7...<br/> |--------|------------------|-----|<br/> |--------|------------------|-----|<br/> |--------|------------------|-----|<br/> |--4-4-6-|--6-6-7-9--11--13-|-14--|<br/> |--------|------------------|-----|<br/> |--------|------------------|-----|<br/> <br/> C G<br/> <br/> Am G C G<br/> There was a fool in a dressing robe, riding out the twilight hour,<br/> Am G C <br/> Lonely and cold in an empty home, trying to assess his power,<br/> C G/F C G/F C G/F C G/F<br/> But now he's like a stream in flood, swollen by the storm.<br/> <br/> |-----------15--------------------15----|<br/> |-13----12----------13--------12----12--|<br/> |-12----12----------12--------12--------|<br/> |-14----12----------14--------12--------|<br/> |---------------------------------------|<br/> |---------------------------------------|<br/> <br/> C G/F C G/F <br/> He doesn't care if he sheds his blood, <br/> <br/> G Gmaj7 <br/> let him be reborn<br/> <br/> |-7----------7----<br/> |-8----------7----<br/> |-7----------7----<br/> |-9----------9----<br/> |------------10---<br/> |-----------------<br/> <br/> A F#m E<br/> D(add2) A D/A A<br/> The sea refuses no river, remember that when a beggar buys a round,<br/> D/A D Amaj7 <br/> The sea refuses no river, when rain fills the gutters, no time for stutters,<br/> Bm D E <br/> This is our chance to sing and to dance and to clown.<br/> Bm G/D D(no3) [harm<br/> 7th fret]<br/> The sea refuses no river, and rivers were spring to drown.<br/> <br/> C F<br/> <br/> G Em<br/> The sea refuses no river, no pecking code <br/> D C G G C/G G<br/> respected for the damned.<br/> C/G C/G <br/> The sea refuses no river, whether starving and ill,<br/> Gmaj7 Am <br/> Or strung on some pill, just cuz you own the land, <br/> C D<br/> there's no unique hand that plugs the damn.<br/> Am F C(no3rd) C6<br/> The sea refuses no river, and the river is where I am..<br/> <br/> Bb F G<br/> The river is where I am<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> =============<br/> litgo@aol.com<br/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="breadcrumbs">
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