Rusalka Rusalka Wild Rushes

[Chords]
     D       Dm      Bb      C9      G       G*      F       E       A
E|---2---|---1---|---0---|---0---|---0---|-------|-------|-------|-------| 
B|---3---|---3---|---3---|---3---|---0---|-------|-------|-------|-------| 
G|---2---|---2---|---0---|---0---|---0---|-------|-------|-------|---2---| 
D|---0---|---0---|---0---|---2---|---5---|---5---|---3---|---2---|---2---| 
A|---0---|---0---|---1---|---3---|---5---|---5---|---3---|---2---|---0---| 
E|---0---|---0---|-------|-------|---5---|---5---|---3---|---2---|-------| 

(Chord shapes are open to interpretation during Rusalka, Rusalka, it's a piano after all)
[Rusalka, Rusalka]

[Intro]
Dm | Bb | C9 | G
Dm | Bb | C9 | G F E

[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
     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

[Verse 3]
    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 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|    
B|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3-----|    
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|    
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----| x4 
A|-------------------|-------------------|    
E|-------------------|-------------------|    

[Verse Progression]
   D                                       C9                  D
   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3
 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------
B|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)--
A|-------------------|-------------------|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-----------
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------

E|--------| 
B|3-3-----| 
G|2-2h4p2-| 
D|--0-----| 
A|--------| 
E|--------| 

 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
 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------
B|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)--
A|-------------------|-------------------|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-----------
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------

E|--------| 
B|3-3---3-| 
G|2-2---2-| 
D|--0-----| 
A|--------| 
E|--------| 

 grow on the           banks side         along the salt       sea                             
but

   C9                  D
   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
B|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-| 
G|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-| 
D|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----| 
A|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------| 
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 

   I being             young                           I

   C9                  D
   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
B|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-| 
G|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-| 
D|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----| 
A|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------| 
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 

   headed her          none                            So

   D                                       C9                  D
   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3
 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------
B|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3---3-|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)--
A|-------------------|-------------------|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-----------
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------

E|--------| 
B|3-3-----| 
G|2-2h4p2-| 
D|--0-----| 
A|--------| 
E|--------| 

   to the wild         rushes the          wind carried        me

   D
   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .   1 . . 2 . . 3 . .
E|-------------------|-------------------| 
B|-3---------3-3-----|-3---------3-3-----| 
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-| 
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----| 
A|-------------------|-------------------| 
E|-------------------|-------------------| 

                                   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

[Verse 3]
     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

[Verse 4]
     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

[Verse 5]
     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

[Verse 6]
   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

[Instrumental Bridge]
   Bb            C9            D
   1 . . 2 . .   1 . . 2 . .   1 . . 2 . .  ^1 . . 2 . .
E|-------------|-------------|-------2-----|-3-2---0-----| 
B|-------3-----|-------3-----|-----3---3---|-3---3---3---| 
G|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|---2-------2-|-2---------0-| 
D|---0-------0-|---0-------0-|-0-----------|-0-----------| 
A|-1-----------|-3-----------|-------------|-------------| 
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| 

   Bb            C9            F/D                                       F   G*  A
   1 . . 2 . .   1 . . 2 . .   1 . . 2 . .   1 . . 2 . .   1 . . 2 . .   1 . . 2 . .
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| 
B|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| 
G|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------2---| 
D|---0-------0-|---0-------0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3---5---2---| 
A|-1-----------|-3-----------|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3---5---0---| 
E|-------------|-------------|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3-0---0---0-|-3---5-------| 

[Otro]
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

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| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| ^   Arpeggiated/Broken Chord
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