• Song:

    The City And The River

  • Artist:

    The Rescues

  • Album:

    Let Loose The Horses

Transcribed by Robin Young

Note: The way that the chords are played varies a lot. There are different 
inversions in the verses (C-/G, Eb/Bb, Eb/G) as well as chords being played 
without thirds (C-5, Ab5, Eb5). It wouldn?t be possible to articulate all of these 
differences from line to line, but it?s a cool sound to vary it up sometimes.

INTRO:
C-  Ab5  Eb5 (2x)

VERSE 1:
C-
Two centuries
Ab5       Eb5
Since I first saw you weave
        C-           Ab5 Eb5 
Like a dance around my heart
          C-
You grew wild when it rained
Ab5     Eb5
I dug deep into the slate
         C-       Ab5 Eb5
So we?d never be apart

CHORUS:
  Bb5             Ab5        Eb5
You, you always stayed by me
  Bb5                 Ab5    Eb5
You, you wander but never leave
    C-              Bb5       Ab5   Eb5
And I?m the one who watches over you
F-7
That?s what I was built to do

C- Ab5 Eb5 (2x)

VERSE 2:
          C-
Laid the track, poured the streets
Ab5       Eb5
Ties of glass and concrete
    C-                        Ab5  Eb5 Eb5 Eb5
In silence, you watched what I became
    C-
You lifted me up
Ab5        Eb5
Said I?d stand at the top
    Eb5      C-               Ab5  Eb5
And all the world would know my name

(CHORUS)

BRIDGE:
F-7 Eb5 Bb5 (2x)

F-7     Eb5
  Love, don?t you weep
Bb5
  You know we cannot keep
F-7           Eb5      Bb5
  This moment here together
F-7            Eb5
  If you could only see
Bb5
  The beauty that I see
F-7       Eb5     Bb5
  We?d go on forever

VERSE 3:
       C-
And as I turn to rust
Ab5        Eb5
Start to crack, betray us
  C-             Ab5      Eb5
You, you haven?t aged a day
           C-
When it?s time for me to go
Ab5       Eb5
Promise me that you?ll flow
Eb5   C-   Ab5           Eb5
Until the ocean washes you away

CHORUS:
  Bb5             Ab5        Eb5
You, you always stayed by me
  Bb5                 Ab5     Eb5
You, you wander but never leave
    C-              Bb5       Ab5   Eb5
And I?m the one who watches over you
C-              Bb5       Ab5   Eb5
I?m the one who watches over you
C-              Bb5       Ab5   Eb5
I?m the one who watches over you
F-7
That?s what I was built to do

C-  Ab5  Eb5
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