Seven Seas Chords

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"Seven Seas"
Performed by Echo And The Bunnymen
Transcribed by Duke
 
Standard tuning; no capo
 
Chords: C F G Em
 
[Intro]
 
C F (x4)
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
             C
Stab a sorry heart
                    F
With your favourite finger
                      C
Paint the whole world blue
                         F
And stop your tears from stinging
                 C
Hear the cavemen singing
                  F
Good news they're bringing
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G     C
Seven seas
G                C
Swimming them so well
G       C
Glad to see
   G
My face among them
C                    G
Kissing the tortoise shell
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
          C
A longing for
             F
Some fresher feeling
          C
Belonging or
             F
Just forever kneeling
                      C
Where is the sense in stealing
                     F
Without the grace to be it
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G     C
Seven seas
G                C
Swimming them so well
G       C
Glad to see
   G
My face among them
C                    G
Kissing the tortoise shell
 
 
[Interlude]
 
F Em F
 
 
[Bridge]
 
C                      F
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors
C                        F
Turning to see if you're cowardly
C                        F
Burning the witches with mother religious
       C                      F
You'll strike the matches and shower me
   C
In water games
 
Washing the rocks below
           F
Taught and tamed
   C
In time with tear flow
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G     C
Seven seas
G                C
Swimming them so well
G       C
Glad to see
   G
My face among them
C                    G
Kissing the tortoise shell
 
G     C
Seven seas
G                C
Swimming them so well
G       C
Glad to see
   G
My face among them
C
Kissing the tortoise 
 
G     C
Seven seas
G                C
Swimming them so well
G       C
Glad to see
   G
My face among them
C                    G
Kissing the tortoise shell
 
 
 
That's it! Pretty simple.
 
Alternately, you can play a 'C' though the verses with an 'F' on the 3rd line;
I play it this way to give it some variety, and to keep from getting bored while
playing it.
 
Hope you enjoy it!
-Duke
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Seven Seas – Echo & the Bunnymen

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I don't agree it should be played straight ahead C - F - C - F on the verses,instead if you want to emulate the original song from Ocean Rain its better to strum an open C chord and as that chord rings out without changing your hands positioning (on the open C chord shape) play the notes G F E to do that as the C chord is ringing ,play the G string open followed by the note F (by using your pinkie to play the 3rd fret of the D string) then lift your pinkie up and simply strike the D string again which is already on the 2nd fret as your hand is already in the open C chord shape and that's it until you get to the chorus everything else here is correct - tho if you are more comfortable just strumming then an Fsus2 (X-3-3-O-1-1) would be closer than a standard F imo , either way thanks for taking the time to create this, The Bunnymen were amazing while Pete was alive. sorry for the lengthy response - X6

What sort of strumming pattern works with this song please

F7 works better for the intro.