The Sea Refuses No River
The Sea Refuses No River

The Sea Refuses No River easy guitar chords by Pete Townshend

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    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    I remember 
    being 

    richer 
    than 
    a king 

    The minutes 
    of 
    the day 
    were 
    golden 

    I 
    recall 
    that 
    when 
    the joint 
    passed 
    round 

    My body 
    felt 
    a little 
    colder 

    But now 
    I'm 
    like 
    a sewer 
    channel 

    - running 
    lime 
    and 
    scag 

    Let 
    me 
    get 
    at 
    the master 
    panel 

    - let 
    me 
    at 
    my 
    stack 

    Verse 2

    The sea 
    refuses 
    no 
    river 

    And 
    right 
    now 
    this 
    river's 

    bank
    s 
    are 
    blown 

    The sea 
    refuses 
    no 
    river 

    Whether 
    stinking 
    and 
    rank 

    Or 
    red 
    from 
    the 
    tank 

    Whether 
    pure 
    as 
    a spring 

    There's 
    no 
    damned 
    thing 

    stops 
    the 
    poem 

    The sea 
    refuses 
    no 
    river 

    And 
    this 
    river 
    is 
    homeward 
    flow

    ing 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 3
    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 

    Verse 4

    For 
    the sea 
    refuses 
    no 
    river 

    We're 
    pol
    luted 
    now 
    but 
    in 

    our 
    hearts 
    still 
    clean 

    The sea 
    refuses 
    no 
    river 

    We 
    tried 
    not 
    to 
    age 

    But 
    time 
    had 
    it's 
    rage 

    We're 
    washed 
    over 
    stones 

    From 
    babes 
    into 
    clones 
    of the 
    mean 

    The sea 
    won't 
    refuse 
    this 
    muddy 
    river 

    Nor 
    deny 
    the 
    sulfur

    ous stream 

    Interlude 2



    Verse 5
    There 
    was 
    a 
    fool 
    in 
    a 
    dressing 
    robe 

    Riding 
    out 
    the twilight 
    hour 

    Lonely 
    and 
    cold 
    in 
    an empty 
    home 

    Trying 
    to 
    assess 
    his 
    power 

    But now 
    he's 
    like 
    a stream 
    in 
    flood 

    Swollen 
    by 
    the 
    storm 

    He 
    doesn't 
    care 
    if 
    he sheds 
    his 
    blood 

    Let 
    him 
    be 
    re
    born 

    Verse 6
    For 
    the sea 
    refuses 
    no 
    river 

    Re
    member 
    that 
    when 
    the 

    beggar 
    buys 
    a 
    round 

    The sea 
    refuses 
    no 
    river 

    And 
    rain 
    fills 
    the 
    gutters 

    No 
    time 
    for 
    stutters 

    This 
    is 
    our chance 

    To 
    sing 
    and 
    to 
    dance 
    and 
    to 
    clown 

    The sea 
    refuses 
    no 
    river 

    And 
    rivers 
    were 
    sprung 
    to 
    drown 

    Verse 7

    The sea 
    refuses 
    no 
    river 

    No 
    pecking 
    code 
    re
    spected 

    for 
    the 
    damned 

    The sea 
    refuses 
    no 
    river 

    Whether 
    starving 
    or ill 

    Or 
    strung 
    on 
    some 
    pill 

    Just 
    ''cause 
    you 
    own 
    the 
    land 

    There's 
    no 
    unique 
    hand 

    plugs 
    the 
    dam 

    The sea 
    refuses 
    no 
    river 

    And 
    the 
    river 
    is 
    where 
    I 
    am 

    Interlude 3


    The 
    river 
    is 
    where 
    Verse 8
    I 
    am 

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