The Sea Refuses No River

C5 C6/A C5 C6/A Bb F/A 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 F/Bb Bb F/Bb Bb But now I'm like a sewer channel 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 Fmaj7 Let me at my stack 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 Am F The sea refuses no river C5 C6/A C5 C6/A Bb F/A And this river is homeward flowing Gm Gm F/A I have seen a trace of strain in other's eyes not spoken Bb Bb F/A I must admit that I enjoyed their pain, Gm Gm F/A But this time it's me that's broken Bb F/Eb Bb F/Eb I demand for you and his, this must be the time Bb F/Eb Bb F/Eb Fmaj7 When we decide what freedom is, turn water into wine G For the sea refuses no river Em D C G C/G G We're polluted now, but in our hearts still clean C/G The sea refuses no river C/G Gmaj7 We tried not to age, but time had its rage Am C D We're washed over stones from babes into clones of the mean Am F The sea refuses no river C5 C6/A C5 C6/A Bb F/A Won't deny this sulphorous stream Emaj7 Emaj7sus2 E B E B E B E B E B E B Emaj7 A/E Emaj7sus2 A/E Emaj7sus2 A/E E B E B E B E B E B C G Am G C G There was a fool in a dressing robe riding out the twilight hour Am G C Lonely and cold in an empty home, trying to assess his power C G/C C G/C C G/C C G/C But now he's like a stream in flood, swollen by the storm C G/C C G/C Gmaj7 He doesn't care if he sheds his blood. Let him be reborn A The sea refuses no river F#m E D2/A D/A A Remember that when a beggar buys a round D/A The sea refuses no river D/A Amaj7 When rain fills the gutters, no time for stutters Bm D E This is our chance to sing and to dance and to clown Bm G/D D C F D C F The sea refuses no river, and rivers were sprung to drown. G The sea refuses no river Em D C G C/G G No pecking code respected for the damned C/G The sea refuses no river C/G Gmaj7 Whether starving and ill or strung on some pill Am C D Just 'cause you own the land, there's no unique hand plugs the dam Am F C5 C6/A C5 C6/A C5 C6/A The sea refuses no river, and the river is where I am Bb F/A G The river is where I am