The City and the River Chords & Lyrics by The Rescues
The City and the River
guitar chords lyrics
�The City and the River�- The Rescues
Transcribed by Robin Young
Note: The way that the chords are played varies a lot. There are different
inversions in the verses (C-/G, Eb/Bb, Eb/G) as well as chords being played
without thirds (C-5, Ab5, Eb5). It wouldn�t be possible to articulate all of these
differences from line to line, but it�s a cool sound to vary it up sometimes.
INTRO:
C- Ab Eb (2x)
VERSE 1:
C-
Two centuries
Ab Eb
Since I first saw you weave
C- Ab Eb
Like a dance around my heart
C-
You grew wild when it rained
Ab Eb
I dug deep into the slate
C- Ab Eb
So we�d never be apart
CHORUS:
Bb Ab Eb
You, you always stayed by me
Bb Ab Eb
You, you wander but never leave
C- Bb Ab Eb
And I�m the one who watches over you
F-7
That�s what I was built to do
C- Ab Eb (2x)
VERSE 2:
C-
Laid the track, poured the streets
Ab Eb
Ties of glass and concrete
C- Ab Eb Eb9 Eb
In silence, you watched what I became
C-
You lifted me up
Ab Eb
Said I�d stand at the top
Eb9 C- Ab Eb
And all the world would know my name
(CHORUS)
BRIDGE:
F-7 Eb Bb (2x)
F-7 Eb
Love, don�t you weep
Bb
You know we cannot keep
F-7 Eb Bb
This moment here together
F-7 Eb
If you could only see
Bb
The beauty that I see
F-7 Eb Bb
We�d go on forever
VERSE 3:
C-
And as I turn to rust
Ab Eb
Start to crack, betray us
C- Ab Eb
You, you haven�t aged a day
C-
When it�s time for me to go
Ab Eb
Promise me that you�ll flow
Ebmaj7/G C- Ab Eb
Until the ocean washes you away
CHORUS:
Bb Ab Eb
You, you always stayed by me
Bb Ab Eb
You, you wander but never leave
C- Bb Ab Eb
And I�m the one who watches over you
C- Bb Ab Eb
I�m the one who watches over you
C- Bb Ab Eb
I�m the one who watches over you
F-7
That�s what I was built to do
C- Ab Eb
