The Sea Refuses No River tab by Pete Townshend

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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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C(no 3)  x35xxx
C6C6     x322xx or x3221x
C/G.    3x2013
Amaj7Amaj7   5x665x
D(no 3)  x57xxx
F/AF/A    103211 (use thumb)
G minorGm     355333 (use thumb)
Gmaj7Gmaj7   3x5432 (use thumb) or 3x443x or 3x0032 (thumb) or x10 9 777

[intro]

C(no 3) /  /  /
C(no 3) /  /  /  C6C6  /  /  /  /
Bb majorBb FF

[VERSE I]

G minorGm               G minorGm  F/AF/A
I remember being richer ...

Bb majorBb                 Bb majorBb F/AF/A
The minutes of the day ...

G minorGm                  G minorGm  F/AF/A
I recall that when the ...

  Bb majorBb
My body felt a ...

[10th fret]
Bb majorBb   F/Eb  Bb majorBb  F/Eb
Now I'm like a ...

|----------13------------13----|
|-11---10-------11---10----10--|
|-10---10-------10---10--------|
|-12---10-------12---10--------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|

Bb majorBb   F/Eb    Bb majorBb     F/Eb
Running lime ...

Bb majorBb   F/Eb    Bb majorBb    F/Eb
Let me get at ....
FF [5th fret] Fmaj7Fmaj7
Let me at ....
|-5----------5-----
|-6----------5----
|-5----------5----
|-7----------7----
|------------8----
|-----------------

[CHORUS I]

  G+G
The sea ...

E minorEm         D MajorD    C majorC     G+G    C/GC/G  G+G
And right now this river's ....

  C/GC/G
The sea refuses no ...

  Gmaj7Gmaj7           A minorAm
Or red from the tan...

    C majorC            D MajorD
There's no damn thing ....

  A minorAm          F/CF/C
The sea refuses ....

              C(no 3rd)
And this river is ...

[repeat INTRO pattern]

I have seen a trace of strain, in ot.....

    G+G
For the sea ....
E minorEm           D MajorD   C majorC      G+G   C/GC/G
we're polluted now, but in ...
C/GC/G
The sea refuses ....
C/GC/G           Gmaj7Gmaj7
We tried not to age, but ...
A minorAm               C majorC            D MajorD
We're washed over stones, from ...
A minorAm               F/CF/C
The sea refuses ...
              C5C5    C6C6
Won't deny this ....

 EMaj7Emaj7 [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 MajorE  EMaj7Emaj7 E MajorE  EMaj7Emaj7 EMaj7Emaj7 Emaj7 |
e|--14-14--14--16--17--|-19--|

| E MajorE  EMaj7Emaj7 E MajorE  EMaj7Emaj7 EMaj7Emaj7 Emaj7

           C(8th fret)   EMaj7Emaj7   C majorC
e|-14----14--14-----|---------------|---------|------|
b|-16-14-16--16-----|--18--17--18---|-----17*-|------|
g|------------------|--17--18--17---|-16------|------|
d|------------------|---------------|---------|------|
a|------------------|---------------|---------|------|
e|------------------|---------------|---------|----2~|
                    *feedback

 EMaj7Emaj7  C majorC          E MajorE Emaj7...
|--------|------------------|-----|
|--------|------------------|-----|
|--------|------------------|-----|
|--4-4-6-|--6-6-7-9--11--13-|-14--|
|--------|------------------|-----|
|--------|------------------|-----|

C majorC G+G

A minorAm                     G+G    C majorC         G+G
There was a fool in a dressing ....
A minorAm                     G+G    C majorC
Lonely and cold in an empty home....,
C majorC    G/F     C majorC     G/F  C majorC    G/F  C majorC   G/F
But now he's like a stream in ....

|-----------15--------------------15----|
|-13----12----------13--------12----12--|
|-12----12----------12--------12--------|
|-14----12----------14--------12--------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

C majorC     G/F     C majorC    G/F
He doesn't care if he ...

G+G      Gmaj7Gmaj7
let him ...

|-7----------7----
|-8----------7----
|-7----------7----
|-9----------9----
|------------10---
|-----------------

A augmentedA                    F# minorF#m             E MajorE
 D(add2) A augmentedA D/AD/A A augmentedA
The sea refuses no river, ....
D/AD/A                  D MajorD        Amaj7Amaj7
The sea refuses no river, when rain ....
B minorBm          D MajorD            E MajorE
This is our chance to sing ....
  B minorBm          G/DG/D              D(no3)      [harm
7th fret]
The sea refuses no river,  ....

C majorC   FF

G+G              E minorEm
The sea refuses no ....
D MajorD     C majorC    G+G       G+G C/GC/G G+G
respected for the ....
C/GC/G            C/GC/G
The sea refuses no river....
Gmaj7Gmaj7          A minorAm
Or strung on some pill, just cuz ...
    C majorC               D MajorD
there's no unique hand ....
A minorAm            FF             C(no3rd)  C6C6
The sea refuses ....

  Bb majorBb    FF    G+G
The river is wher.....


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