The River tab

The River

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                               THE RIVER - Elbow
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Tuning: Standard

I've tabbed an acoustic guitar arrangement of the piano and guitar parts heard in the 
song. Aim to let everything ring on for as long as possible to allow for the sustain pedal.


Intro:

  Bm/D  Em/G  Dmaj7  Amaj7          Dmaj7  Amaj7              (harm.)
e|---------0---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---0---------------------------------------------------------9-----|
G|-------4-------6---------------------6-----------------------------|
D|-4-----5-----4-------6-------------4-------6-----------------------|
A|-5-----------5-----4---------------5-----4-------------------------|
E|-------------------5---------------------5-------------------------|

  Bm/D  Em/G  Dmaj7  Amaj7        Dmaj7  Amaj7        Dmaj7  Amaj7
e|---------0----------------------------------------------------4----------------------|
B|---0--------------------------------------------------------2------------------------|
G|-------4-------6-------------------6--------------------6---2------------------------|
D|-4-----5-----4-------6-----------4-------6------------4------------------------------|
A|-5-----------5-----4-------------5-----4--------------5------------------------------|
E|-------------------5-------------------5---------------------------------------------|

Verse:

  Em/G      C               A         D          E
        "I walked with the river in a kind of a dream..."
e|----0-----0--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------3------------2--------------------0-----0-----0-------------|
G|-4--------5------------------2------2----------1-----1-----1-------------|
D|-5------------------------2------------4-------2-----2-----2-------------|
A|------------------------------------5------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Em/G       C             A           D         E
 "...hand in hand with the all-knowing river in me..."
e|----0------0-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------3----------2---------------------0-----0-----0-------------|
G|-4---------5----------------2--------2---------1-----1-----1-------------|
D|-5-----------------------2--------------4------2-----2-----2-------------|
A|-------------------------------------5-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Em/G          C          A        D         E
    "...to the clamour of rushes         and deeply bowing trees..."
e|----0---------0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------3-------2------------------0------0-----------0----------------|
G|-4------------5-------------2-----2---------1------1-----------1----------------|
D|-5-----------------------2-----------4------2------2-----------2----------------|
A|----------------------------------5---------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Em/G       C            A            D            E
    "...and drunk making blossom that blushed to be seen"
e|----0------0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------3---------2-------------------------0-----0-----0----------------------|
G|-4---------5---------------2---------2------------1-----1-----1----------------------|
D|-5----------------------2---------------4---------2-----2-----2----------------------|
A|-------------------------------------5-----------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------0----------------------|

Instrumental:

  Bm/D  Em/G  Dmaj7  Amaj7        Dmaj7  Amaj7        Dmaj7  Amaj7
e|---------0----------------------------------------------------4----------------------|
B|---0--------------------------------------------------------2------------------------|
G|-------4-------6-------------------6--------------------6---2------------------------|
D|-4-----5-----4-------6-----------4-------6------------4------------------------------|
A|-5-----------5-----4-------------5-----4--------------5------------------------------|
E|-------------------5-------------------5---------------------------------------------|

Verse:

  Em/G      C           A          D            E
        "I told him my sorrows and broken-down dreams..."
e|----0-----0-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------3--------2-----------------------0-----0-----0-------------|
G|-4--------5--------------2-------2------------1-----1-----1-------------|
D|-5--------------------2-------------4---------2-----2-----2-------------|
A|---------------------------------5--------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Em/G       C             A        D            E
      "...confessed every lie,    replayed every scene..."
e|----0------0-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------3----------2---------------------0-----0-----0-------------|
G|-4---------5----------------2-----2------------1-----1-----1-------------|
D|-5-----------------------2-----------4---------2-----2-----2-------------|
A|----------------------------------5--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Em/G       C       A         D           E
      "...he openly wept as he listened to me..."
e|----0------0----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------3----2---------------------0-----0-----0----------------|
G|-4---------5----------2------2-----------1-----1-----1----------------|
D|-5-----------------2------------4--------2-----2-----2----------------|
A|-----------------------------5----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

       Em/G            C          A         D            E
"...and then, with the sun in the west, he showed me the sea"
e|---------0-----------0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------3-------2----------------------0-----0-----0----------------------|
G|------4--------------5-------------2------2------------1-----1-----1----------------------|
D|------5-------------------------2------------4---------2-----2-----2----------------------|
A|------------------------------------------5-----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------0----------------------|

Outro:

  Bm/D  Em/G  Dmaj7  Amaj7          Dmaj7  Amaj7
e|---------0---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---0---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------4-------6---------------------6-----------------------------|
D|-4-----5-----4-------6-------------4-------6-----------------------|
A|-5-----------5-----4---------------5-----4-------------------------|
E|-------------------5---------------------5-------------------------|

  Bm/D  Em/G  Dmaj7  Amaj7        Dmaj7  Amaj7    (harm.) Dmaj7  Amaj7
e|---------0--------------------------------------------------------4-----------------|
B|---0------------------------------------------------9-----------2-------------------|
G|-------4-------6-------------------6------------------------6---2-------------------|
D|-4-----5-----4-------6-----------4-------6----------------4-------------------------|
A|-5-----------5-----4-------------5-----4------------------5-------------------------|
E|-------------------5-------------------5--------------------------------------------|

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