"Seven Seas"
Performed by Echo And The Bunnymen
Transcribed by Duke
Standard tuning; no capo
Chords: C F G Em
[Intro]
C F (x4)
[Verse 1]
C
Stab a sorry heart
F
With your favourite finger
C
Paint the whole world blue
F
And stop your tears from stinging
C
Hear the cavemen singing
F
Good news they're bringing
[Chorus]
G C
Seven seas
G C
Swimming them so well
G C
Glad to see
G
My face among them
C G
Kissing the tortoise shell
[Verse 2]
C
A longing for
F
Some fresher feeling
C
Belonging or
F
Just forever kneeling
C
Where is the sense in stealing
F
Without the grace to be it
[Chorus]
G C
Seven seas
G C
Swimming them so well
G C
Glad to see
G
My face among them
C G
Kissing the tortoise shell
[Interlude]
F Em F
[Bridge]
C F
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors
C F
Turning to see if you're cowardly
C F
Burning the witches with mother religious
C F
You'll strike the matches and shower me
C
In water games
Washing the rocks below
F
Taught and tamed
C
In time with tear flow
[Chorus]
G C
Seven seas
G C
Swimming them so well
G C
Glad to see
G
My face among them
C G
Kissing the tortoise shell
G C
Seven seas
G C
Swimming them so well
G C
Glad to see
G
My face among them
C
Kissing the tortoise
G C
Seven seas
G C
Swimming them so well
G C
Glad to see
G
My face among them
C G
Kissing the tortoise shell
That's it! Pretty simple.
Alternately, you can play a 'C' though the verses with an 'F' on the 3rd line;
I play it this way to give it some variety, and to keep from getting bored while
playing it.
Hope you enjoy it!
-Duke
