Rusalka Rusalka Wild Rushes - Ver 2

Dm | Bb | C9 | G Dm | Bb | C9 | G F E Dm Bb Rusalka, Rusalka your arms out of water C9 G Your hair like an alien bloom Dm Bb Dark-eyed Rusalka, your brow tressed in flowers C9 G Pale in a liminal moon Dm Bb C9 G G F E And all that you are is a star on the water Dm | Bb | C9 | G F E Dm Bb When first I went swimming, I heeded no warning C9 G And dared breach your rippling pool Dm Bb As I lulled and lingered, the ring slipped my finger C9 G And drifted down the deepening cool Dm Bb C9 G G F E And all that I want is to fall in your shallows Dm | Bb | C9 | G F E Dm Bb And now we are wed, the water our bed C9 G And bank to bank property lake Dm Bb And you are my wild-eyed rusalka, my river bride C9 G Drag me down, take me away Dm Bb C9 G Dm And here we will lie, you and I, 'neath the cold, dark sky Dm | Bb | C9 | G F E Wild Rushes - triplet feel throughout Transition D 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . Verse Progression D C9 D 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . Beware the wild rushes, my mother told me that D C9 D 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . grow on the banks side along the salt sea but C9 D 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . I being young I C9 D 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . headed her none So D C9 D 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . to the wild rushes the wind carried me D 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . The summer... Verse 2 - Add in open A and high E strings to Verse Progression, fuller, more freely D C9 D The summer was here and the sun it was high D C9 D And to the wild rushes I came by and by C9 D C9 D And there took my seat and dipped in my feet D C9 D And through the wild rushes, a voice sweetly cried: G D Ahhh D C9 D Come down, my little darling, come closer to me D C9 D The water is warm; it is salty and free C9 D C9 D I long for your touch but I won't ask too much D C9 D And I, being foolish, walked in to my knees D C9 D Come down, little darling, and lay at my breast D C9 D Oh come a little closer and I'll do the rest C9 D C9 D I waited so long for a lover to come D C9 D And I, being foolish, walked in to my chest G D Ahhh G D Ahhh D C9 D Come down, my little darling, oh farther come in D C9 D For deeper the water, the sweeter the sin C9 D C9 D My lily lies here, if you'd only draw near D C9 D And I, being foolish, went in to my chin D C9 D Oh come, my little darling, do you feel my cool breath? D C9 D Do you feel my arms around you so warm and so wet? C9 D C9 D Swept from my feet, she pulled me beneath D C G And in the wild rushes, I went to my death Instr Bridge Bb C9 D 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . ^1 . . 2 . . Bb C9 F/D F G* A 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . Bb | C9 | D | D Bb | C9 | F/D | F/D | F/D | F G A Bb | C9 | D | D Bb | C9 | F/D | F/D | F/D | F G A Bb | C9 | D | D Bb | C9 | F/D | F/D | F/D | F/D | F\D | F\D D