All the credit for this goes to the guys at Whotabs. The Sea Refuses No River | guitar tab By Pete Townshend >From all the best cowboys have chinese eyes, 1982 Written by Pete Townshend (c)1982 Eel Pie Publishing Ltd./Towser Tunes, Inc. #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Originally transcribed by Andy Dennis ============== transcribed by Whotabs [email protected] rev3 1999-04-03 www.thewho.net/whotabs ============== C(no 3) x35xxx C6(A) x322xx or x3221x (A implied by bass) C/G. 3x2013 C 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) |--------------|------| |-----7---5----|3-----| |--------------|------| |---/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 |----------------|---------------|----------16---|17-16-17---17| |---12----12-----|---12----12----|-12----12------|-------------| |------14----13--|------14-------|----14---------|-------------| |----------------|------------14-|---------------|-------------| |----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------| |----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------| Ema7sus2 Ema7sus2 Emaj7sus2 Emaj7sus2 (E...) |16------|16^\^\^-16^\|^-16^-16^-16^------|------16-17-|19-----\ |--------|------------|----------------15/|17-17-------|-------- |--------|------------|-------------------|------------|-------- |--------|------------|-------------------|------------|-------- |--------|------------|-------------------|------------|-------- |--------|------------|-------------------|------------|-------- |E B E | B E^ B | E B E | B E^ B | |Emaj7 | |A/E | |Emaj7sus2 |A/E | |-------------|---14\----|--13--12-|-13---|------|---| Suggest correction What's this? You can suggest a correction to this tab. Community and Mods will review your correction and vote to approve or reject it.
