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THE RIVER
By "The Tea Party"
From The Album "Splendor Solice"
Tabbed by Mark Wiebe, rwiebe@mindlink.bc.ca
Standard Tuning E A D G B E
I didn't try to figure out all of the little extra guitar parts or harmonies but I think I got the main stuff. You'll have to figure out the timing for yourself. There is also a lot a wah wah stuff in this song. I didn't indicate which parts use the wah pedal because I thought you could figure that out for yourself if you have one.
This is just an example of the kind of thing Jeff plays for the intro.
I can't write it out exactly, but I know it's based on this scale so it
should give you the basic idea. Variations of this are repeated
throughout various parts of the song.
Fig.1
|-----------------------------------4-5-7-8-10-8-7-5-4-5-7-8-10-8-7----|
|-5h6p5h6p5h6p5h6p5h6p5h6p5h6p--5h6---------------------------------6--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fig. 2 Fig.3
|--------------------------| |-0---------------------0-------------|
|--------------------------| |-0---------------------0-------------|
|--------------------------| |-1---------------------2-------------|
|-2--2--2--2----2--2--2--2-| |-2---------------------3-------------|
|--------------------------| |-2---------------------3-------------|
|--------------------------| |-0---------------------1-------------|
Fig.4 Fig.5
|-0-----0-----0----------------| |--------------------------|
|-0-----0-----0----------------| |--------------------------|
|-1-----1-----1----------------| |--------------------------|
|-2--2--2--2--2----------------| |--------------------------|
|-2--2--2--2--2--------2-3-5---| |-----------------4--5--7--|
|-0--0--0--0--0----3-5-------0-| |-1--1-1--3-1-0-1----------|
Fig.6
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-7-4---4----------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-7-4---4----------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-5-2---2----------|
|------------------------------4--1--0-|
Fig.7
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------5--|
|---------------------------------|
|---0-2---0-2---0-3---0-5---0-7--|
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------|
Solo
|-7-7--7h8p7p5h7--7-7--7h8p7p5h7--7-7-7-8-8/11-8-7h8p7p5-7-7-|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-74--4/7--7-7-74--4/7--7-7-8/10-8-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
Fig.8 Fig.9
|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|
|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|
|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|
|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|
|---0-2---0-2---0--------5------| |-------------------------|
|-0-----0-----0----5-7-8---8-7--| |-5--5-5-8-7-5-7--4--1-0--|
Fig.10
|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------6-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------5-------|
|-5--5-5-8-7-5-7--4-4-4--5-5-5--7--8---8-7---|
Fig.11 Fig.12
|-----B-------------BR--| |-------------------------------|
|-6h8-8-8-6h8-------8---| |-------------------------------|
|-------------9-7-6-----| |-------------------------------|
|-----------------------| |--------------------11--12-14--|
|-----------------------| |-8--8-10-12-10-8-10------------|
|-----------------------| |-------------------------------|
Fig.13 Fig.14
|---------------------------| |--------------------------------------|
|------------------------7--| |--------------------------------------|
|------------6-8-9--8--9----| |-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10------|
|--------7-9----------------| |-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10--7---|
|-7-9-10--------------------| |--8--8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8--8--7---|
|---------------------------| |----------------------------------5---|
Fig.15 Fig.16 Fig.18
|----------------------| |----------------| |----------------------|
|----------------------| |----------------| |----------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-10--| |-9-9-9-9--7-10--| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-10--| |-9-9-9-9--7-10--| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5--8--| |-7-7-7-7--5--8--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
|----------------------| |----------------| |----------------------|
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Fig.2 x4
Fig.2Sailing down
Fig.2Down the sticks again
Fig.2Without you my love
Fig.2I want to return with them
Fig.3I see all my friends
Fig.3They want me to join with them
Fig.3They all melt away
Fig.4Without you alone
Fig.5And a river's running through my veins
Fig.5Lately she don't seem the same
Fig.5And a blind keeps calling out my name
Fig.6
Fig.2I passed by the sins
Fig.2Left by a different man
Fig.2Tides brought them here
Fig.2Cast by a different hand
Fig.3And the wisps of the winds
Fig.3Blow with the sticks again
Fig.3Pushing me on
Fig.4Without you alone
Fig.5And a river's running through my veins
Fig.5Lately she don't seem the same
Fig.5And a blind keeps calling out my name
Fig.6
Fig.7 x19 *Solo is played over Fig.7 twice after the first 8x of Fig.7
Fig.8
Fig.9And the river running down
Fig.9And the river running down
Fig.9And the river running down
Fig.10And the river
Fig.11&12 x3 *Last note in Fig.12 played first 2x only.
Fig.6
Fig.2 x2
Fig.2My will must be strong
Fig.2She rides with a different light
Fig.2My will must be long
Fig.2I'm still pushing for different heights
Fig.3And the wisps of the winds
Fig.3Blow with the sticks again
Fig.3The river runs red
Fig.4And I'm left alone
Fig.5and a river's running through my veins
Fig.5Lately she don't seem the same
Fig.5And a blind keeps calling out my name
Fig.5&13And the rivers runnin yeah
Fig.5&13Help me baby
Fig.5&13Help me baby
Fig.5&13Help me baby
Fig.5&13Help me baby ooh ooh yeah
Fig.14Help me baby
Fig.14Help me baby
Fig.14Help me baby
Yes
Fig.15x2
Fig.16x2
Fig.18
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Key:
h = hammer on p = pull off
b = bend 1 half step B = bend 1 whole step
BR = bend and release / = slide up
= slide down
