• Song:

    The City And The River

  • Artist:

    The Rescues

  • Album:

    Let Loose The Horses

"The City and the River"- The Rescues
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-  Ab  Eb (2x)

VERSE 1:
C-
Two centuries
Ab (xx1114@1)     EbSince (x43121@3)I first saw you weave
        C-           Ab (xx1114@1)name="chord_x43121@3">Eb 
Like a dance around my heart
          C-
You grew wild when it rained
Ab (xx1114@1)   EbI (x43121@3)dug deep into the slate
         C-       Ab (xx1114@1)name="chord_x43121@3">Eb
So we'd never be apart

CHORUS:
  Bb (x1333x@1)           Ab (xx1114@1)      EbYou, (x43121@3)you always stayed by me
  Bb (x1333x@1)               Ab (xx1114@1)  EbYou, (x43121@3)you wander but never leave
    C-              Bb (x1333x@1)     Ab (xx1114@1) EbAnd (x43121@3)I'm the one who watches over you
F-7
That's what I was built to do

C- Ab Eb (2x)

VERSE 2:
          C-
Laid the track, poured the streets
Ab (xx1114@1)     EbTies (x43121@3)of glass and concrete
    C-                        Ab (xx1114@1)Eb (x43121@3)name="chord_x2122x@5">Eb9 EbIn (x43121@3)silence, you watched what I became
    C-
You lifted me up
Ab (xx1114@1)      EbSaid (x43121@3)I'd stand at the top
    Eb9 (x2122x@5)    C-               Ab (xx1114@1)EbAnd (x43121@3)all the world would know my name

(CHORUS)

BRIDGE:
F-7 Eb Bb (2x)

F-7     Eb (x43121@3) Love, don't you weep
Bb (x1333x@1) You know we cannot keep
F-7           Eb (x43121@3)    Bb (x1333x@1) This moment here together
F-7            Eb (x43121@3) If you could only see
Bb (x1333x@1) The beauty that I see
F-7       Eb (x43121@3)   Bb (x1333x@1) We'd go on forever

VERSE 3:
       C-
And as I turn to rust
Ab (xx1114@1)      EbStart (x43121@3)to crack, betray us
  C-             Ab (xx1114@1)    EbYou, (x43121@3)you haven't aged a day
           C-
When it's time for me to go
Ab (xx1114@1)     EbPromise (x43121@3)me that you'll flow
Ebmaj7/G   C-   Ab (xx1114@1)         EbUntil (x43121@3)the ocean washes you away

CHORUS:
  Bb (x1333x@1)           Ab (xx1114@1)      EbYou, (x43121@3)you always stayed by me
  Bb (x1333x@1)               Ab (xx1114@1)   EbYou, (x43121@3)you wander but never leave
    C-              Bb (x1333x@1)     Ab (xx1114@1) EbAnd (x43121@3)I'm the one who watches over you
C-              Bb (x1333x@1)     Ab (xx1114@1) EbI'm (x43121@3)the one who watches over you
C-              Bb (x1333x@1)     Ab (xx1114@1) EbI'm (x43121@3)the one who watches over you
F-7
That's what I was built to do

C-  Ab  Eb

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