Chord/Tab song: The City and the River

?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]Since I f[Eb]irst saw you weave
Like a d[C-]ance around m[Ab]y h[Eb]eart
You grew w[C-]ild when it rained
[Ab]I dug d[Eb]eep into the slate
So we?d n[C-]ever be a[Ab]par[Eb]t

CHORUS:
Yo[Bb]u, you always s[Ab]tayed by m[Eb]e
Yo[Bb]u, you wander but n[Ab]ever l[Eb]eave
And [C-]I?m the one who [Bb]watches o[Ab]ver y[Eb]ou
[F-7]That?s what I was built to do

C- Ab Eb (2x)

VERSE 2:
Laid the t[C-]rack, poured the streets
[Ab]Ties of g[Eb]lass and concrete
In s[C-]ilence, you watched what I[Ab] bec[Eb]ame[Eb9][Eb]
You [C-]lifted me up
[Ab]Said I?d s[Eb]tand at the top
And [Eb9]all the w[C-]orld would know m[Ab]y na[Eb]me

(CHORUS)

BRIDGE:
F-7 Eb Bb (2x)

[F-7] Love, [Eb]don?t you weep
[Bb] You know we cannot keep
[F-7] This moment [Eb]here tog[Bb]ether
[F-7] If you could [Eb]only see
[Bb] The beauty that I see
[F-7] We?d go [Eb]on fore[Bb]ver

VERSE 3:
And as [C-]I turn to rust
[Ab]Start to c[Eb]rack, betray us
Yo[C-]u, you haven?t [Ab]aged a d[Eb]ay
When it?s t[C-]ime for me to go
[Ab]Promise m[Eb]e that you?ll flow
[Ebmaj7/G]Until the o[C-]cean [Ab]washes you aw[Eb]ay

CHORUS:
Yo[Bb]u, you always s[Ab]tayed by m[Eb]e
Yo[Bb]u, you wander but n[Ab]ever le[Eb]ave
And [C-]I?m the one who [Bb]watches o[Ab]ver y[Eb]ou
[C-]I?m the one who [Bb]watches o[Ab]ver y[Eb]ou
[C-]I?m the one who [Bb]watches o[Ab]ver y[Eb]ou
[F-7]That?s what I was built to do

[C-] [Ab] [Eb]