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From Litgo@aol.comFri Oct 3 07:08:13 1997
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 00:36:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: Litgo@aol.com
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: CRD: Sea_Refuses_No_River by: Pete_Townshend
NOTE TO ARCHIVIST: This file replaces:
Pete_Townshend/Sea_Refuses_No_River.crd which is referenced within.
The Sea Refuses No River
By Pete Townshend
From all the best cowboys have chinese eyes, 1982
Originally transcribed by Andy Dennis
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updated by
Litgo@aol.com
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C(no 3) x35xxx
C6 x322xx or x3221x
C/G. 3x2013
Amaj7 5x665x
D(no 3) x57xxx
F/A 103211 (use thumb)
Gm 355333 (use thumb)
Gmaj7 3x5432 (use thumb) or 3x443x or 3x0032 (thumb) or x10 9 777
[intro]
C(no 3) / / /
C(no 3) / / / C6 / / / /
Bb F
[VERSE I]
Gm Gm F/A
I remember being richer than a king
Bb Bb F/A
The minutes of the day were golden
Gm Gm F/A
I recall that when the joint passed 'round
Bb
My body felt a little colder
[10th fret]
Bb F/Eb Bb F/Eb
Now I'm like a sewer channel
|----------13------------13----|
|-11---10-------11---10----10--|
|-10---10-------10---10--------|
|-12---10-------12---10--------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
Bb F/Eb Bb F/Eb
Running lime and scag
Bb F/Eb Bb F/Eb
Let me get at the master panel
F [5th fret] Fmaj7
Let me at my stack
|-5----------5-----
|-6----------5----
|-5----------5----
|-7----------7----
|------------8----
|-----------------
[CHORUS I]
G
The sea refuses no river
Em D C G C/G G
And right now this river's banks are blown
C/G
The sea refuses no river, Whether stinking and rank
Gmaj7 Am
Or red from the tank, whether pure as a spring
C D
There's no damn thing stops this poem
Am F/C
The sea refuses no river
C(no 3rd)
And this river is homeward flowing
[repeat INTRO pattern]
I have seen a trace of strain, in others eyes not spoken.
I must admit that I enjoyed their pain, but this time it's me that's broken.
I demand for you and his, thus must be the time, when we decide what freedom
is,
turn water into wine.
G
For the sea refuses no river
Em D C G C/G
we're polluted now, but in our hearts still clean,
C/G
The sea refuses no river
C/G Gmaj7
We tried not to age, but time had its rage,
Am C D
We're washed over stones, from babes into clones of the mean,
Am F/C
The sea refuses no river,
C5 C6
Won't deny this sulphorous stream.
Emaj7 [solo]
e|------------------|---------------|
b|--12------12------|---12----12----|
g|------14------13--|------14-------|
d|------------------|------------14-|
|------------16-|-16-17-16-17-16-17-16-17-|-17----
|--12----12-----|-------------------------|-------
|-----14--------|-------------------------|-
|---------------|-------------------------|
E Emaj7 E Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7 |
e|--14-14--14--16--17--|-19--|
| E Emaj7 E Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7
C(8th fret) Emaj7 C
e|-14----14--14-----|---------------|---------|------|
b|-16-14-16--16-----|--18--17--18---|-----17*-|------|
g|------------------|--17--18--17---|-16------|------|
d|------------------|---------------|---------|------|
a|------------------|---------------|---------|------|
e|------------------|---------------|---------|----2~|
*feedback
Emaj7 C E Emaj7...
|--------|------------------|-----|
|--------|------------------|-----|
|--------|------------------|-----|
|--4-4-6-|--6-6-7-9--11--13-|-14--|
|--------|------------------|-----|
|--------|------------------|-----|
C G
Am G C G
There was a fool in a dressing robe, riding out the twilight hour,
Am G C
Lonely and cold in an empty home, trying to assess his power,
C G/F C G/F C G/F C G/F
But now he's like a stream in flood, swollen by the storm.
|-----------15--------------------15----|
|-13----12----------13--------12----12--|
|-12----12----------12--------12--------|
|-14----12----------14--------12--------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
C G/F C G/F
He doesn't care if he sheds his blood,
G Gmaj7
let him be reborn
|-7----------7----
|-8----------7----
|-7----------7----
|-9----------9----
|------------10---
|-----------------
A F#m E
D(add2) A D/A A
The sea refuses no river, remember that when a beggar buys a round,
D/A D Amaj7
The sea refuses no river, when rain fills the gutters, no time for stutters,
Bm D E
This is our chance to sing and to dance and to clown.
Bm G/D D(no3) [harm
7th fret]
The sea refuses no river, and rivers were spring to drown.
C F
G Em
The sea refuses no river, no pecking code
D C G G C/G G
respected for the damned.
C/G C/G
The sea refuses no river, whether starving and ill,
Gmaj7 Am
Or strung on some pill, just cuz you own the land,
C D
there's no unique hand that plugs the damn.
Am F C(no3rd) C6
The sea refuses no river, and the river is where I am..
Bb F G
The river is where I am
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