[Chords]
DDmBbC9GG* FEAE|---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 | GDm | Bb | C9 | GFE
[Verse 1]
DmBb
Rusalka, Rusalka your arms out of water
C9G
Your hair like an alien bloom
DmBb
Dark-eyed Rusalka, your brow tressed in flowers
C9G
Pale in a liminal moon
DmBbC9GGFE
And all that you are is a star on the water
Dm | Bb | C9 | GFE
[Verse 2]
DmBb
When first I went swimming, I heeded no warning
C9G
And dared breach your rippling pool
DmBb
As I lulled and lingered, the ring slipped my finger
C9G
And drifted down the deepening cool
DmBbC9GGFE
And all that I want is to fall in your shallows
Dm | Bb | C9 | GFE
[Verse 3]
DmBb
And now we are wed, the water our bed
C9G
And bank to bank property lake
DmBb
And you are my wild-eyed rusalka, my river bride
C9G
Drag me down, take me away
DmBbC9GDm
And here we will lie, you and I, 'neath the cold, dark sky
Dm | Bb | C9 | GFE
[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]
DC9D
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---------3-3-----|
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Beware the wild rushes, my mother told me that
DC9D
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---------3-3---3-|
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
grow on the banks side along the salt sea but
C9D
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
C9D
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
DC9D
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---------3-3-----|
G|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)--0-0---0-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|-2----(2)--2-2h4p2-|
D|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|-2----(2)--2-2---2-|-0----(0)----0-----|-0----(0)----0-----|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-3----(3)----3-----|-------------------|-------------------|
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]
DC9D
The summer was here and the sun it was high
DC9D
And to the wild rushes I came by and by
C9DC9D
And there took my seat and dipped in my feet
DC9D
And through the wild rushes, a voice sweetly cried:
GD
Ahhh
[Verse 3]
DC9D
Come down, my little darling, come closer to me
DC9D
The water is warm; it is salty and free
C9DC9D
I long for your touch but I won't ask too much
DC9D
And I, being foolish, walked in to my knees
[Verse 4]
DC9D
Come down, little darling, and lay at my breast
DC9D
Oh come a little closer and I'll do the rest
C9DC9D
I waited so long for a lover to come
DC9D
And I, being foolish, walked in to my chest
GD
Ahhh
GD
Ahhh
[Verse 5]
DC9D
Come down, my little darling, oh farther come in
DC9D
For deeper the water, the sweeter the sin
C9DC9D
My lily lies here, if you'd only draw near
DC9D
And I, being foolish, went in to my chin
[Verse 6]
DC9D
Oh come, my little darling, do you feel my cool breath?
DC9D
Do you feel my arms around you so warm and so wet?
C9DC9D
Swept from my feet, she pulled me beneath
DCG
And in the wild rushes, I went to my death
[Instrumental Bridge]
BbC9D
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|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|BbC9F/DFG* 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-------|
[Outro]
Bb | C9 | D | DBb | C9 | F/D | F/D | F/D | FGABb | C9 | D | DBb | C9 | F/D | F/D | F/D | FGABb | C9 | D | DBb | C9 | F/D | F/D | F/D | F/D | F\D | F\DD
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| ^ Arpeggiated/Broken Chord
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