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Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 00:36:24 -0400 (EDT)
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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
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C(no 3) x35xxx
C6 x322xx or x3221x
C/G. 3×2013
Amaj7 5x665x
D(no 3) x57xxx
F/A 103211 (use thumb)
Gm 355333 (use thumb)
Gmaj7 3×5432 (use thumb) or 3x443x or 3×0032 (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———|
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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—-
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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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