The Sea Refuses No River chords by
Pete Townshend

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Key: C major

Intro 1

Verse 1
Gm Gm 3
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I remember being
richer than a king
F F 
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Bb Bb 
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Gm Gm 3
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The minutes of the day were golden
I recall that when the joint passed round
F F 
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Bb Bb 
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My body felt a little colder
Eb Eb 6
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But now I'm like a sewer channel
F F 
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Eb Eb 6
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F F 
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Eb Eb 6
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- running lime and scag
Let me get at the master panel
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- let me at my stack
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Verse 2
G G 
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The sea refuses no river
Em Em 
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D D 
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And right now this river's
C C 
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G G 
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banks are blown
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The sea refuses no river
Whether stinking and rank
G G 
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Or red from the tank
Am Am 
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Whether pure as a spring
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There's no damned thing
D D 
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stops the poem
Am Am 
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D D 
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Am Am 
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F F 
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The sea refuses no river
And this river is homeward flow
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ing

Interlude 1

Verse 3
Gm Gm 3
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F F 
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I have seen a trace of strain
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In other's eyes not spoken
Gm Gm 3
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I must admit that I enjoyed their pain
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Bb Bb 
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Eb Eb 6
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But this time it's me that's broken
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I demand for you and His
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F F 
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This must be the time
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When we  decide what freedom is
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Bb Bb 
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Turn water into wine
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Verse 4
G G 
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For the sea refuses no river
Em Em 
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D D 
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We're polluted now but in
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G G 
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our hearts still clean
C C 
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The sea refuses no river
We tried not to age
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But time had it's rage
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We're washed over stones
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D D 
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From babes into clones of the mean
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D D 
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The sea won't refuse this muddy river
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Am Am 
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F F 
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Nor deny the sulfur
C C 
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ous stream

Interlude 2

Esus4

Verse 5
Am Am 
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G G 
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There was a fool in a dressing robe
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G G 
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Riding out the twilight hour
Am Am 
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G G 
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Lonely and cold in an empty home
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G G 
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Trying to assess his power
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But now he's like a stream in flood
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G G 
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Swollen by the storm
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He doesn't care if he sheds his blood
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G G 
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Let him be reborn

Verse 6
G G 
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A A 
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For the sea refuses no river
F#m F#m 2
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Remember that when the
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D D 
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A A 
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beggar buys a round
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The sea refuses no river
And rain fills the gutters
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No time for stutters
Bm Bm 2
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This is our chance
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E E 
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To sing and to dance and to clown
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D D 
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G G 
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The sea refuses no river
And rivers were sprung to drown
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Verse 7
F F 
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G G 
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The sea refuses no river
Em Em 
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D D 
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No pecking code respected
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G G 
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for the damned
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G G 
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The sea refuses no river
C C 
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Whether starving or ill
G G 
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Or strung on some pill
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Just ''cause you own the land
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There's no unique hand
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plugs the dam
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D D 
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Am Am 
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F F 
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The sea refuses no river
C C 
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And the river is where I am

Interlude 3

The river is where

Verse 8

I am

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ChordsC Am Bb F Gm...

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