The Sea Refuses No River Tabs & Lyrics by Pete Townshend
The Sea Refuses No River
guitar tabs lyrics
x32013
G 3x0033
Amaj7 5x665x
D(no 3) x57xxx
F/A (1)03211 (use thumb)
Gm 355333 (use thumb)
Gmaj7 3x5432 (use thumb) or 3x443x or 3x0032 (thumb) or x10 9 777
Emaj7 x7989x
Emaj7sus2 x7987x
Fmaj7 (1)x3210
[intro]
|C(no 3) / |/ / |C(no 3) / |/ / |
[harmonica in]
|C(no 3) / |/ / |C6(A)/ |/ / |C(no 3) / |/ / |C6(A) / | Bb F/A |
[verse]
|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
|Bb F/Bb |Bb F/Bb |
But 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/Bb[5th fret]|Fmaj7 | |
Let me at my stack
|5-------------|5-----|-----|
|6-------------|5-----|-----|
|5-------------|5-----|-----|
|7-------------|7-----|-----|
|--------------|8-----|-----|
|--------------|------|-----|
[chorus]
|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
|C/G |Gmaj7
Whether stinking and rank or red from the tank
|Am |C |D | |
Whether pure as a spring there's no damn thing stops this poem
|D | |
(poem) (the)
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|-----7---5----|3-----|
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|---/7--\5--\4-|------|
|--------------|------|
|--------------|------|
|Am | |F
The sea refuses no river
| |C(no3)| |C6(A)| |C(no3)|C6(A) |Bb F/A |
And this river is homeward flowing
I have seen a trace of strain in other's 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, this must be the time
When we decide what freedom is, turn water into wine
[repeat chorus]
For the sea refuses no river
We're polluted now, but in our hearts still clean
The sea refuses no river
We tried not to age, but time had its rage
We're washed over stones from babes into clones of the mean
The sea refuses no river
Won't deny this sulphorous stream
[solo]
Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7
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|---12----12-----|---12----12----|-12----12------|-------------|
|------14----13--|------14-------|----14---------|-------------|
|----------------|------------14-|---------------|-------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
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Ema7sus2 Ema7sus2 Emaj7sus2 Emaj7sus2 (E...)
|16------|16^\^\^-16^\|^-16^-16^-16^------|------16-17-|19-----\
|--------|------------|----------------15/|17-17-------|--------
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|E B E | B E^ B | E B E | B E^ B |
|Emaj7 | |A/E | |Emaj7sus2 |A/E |
|-------------|---14\----|--13--12-|-13---|------|---|
