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TITLE: River
ARTIST: Opeth
ALBUM: Pale Communion (2014)
(twangy arpeggio in 4/4 time signature)
D   C   G   G
DShow Cme a GsignG  
Of troubles in your heart
Spare me your lies
And tell me that you're mine
And our FboFdies Cfloat on the Griver
N/C    F F    C    G (strum once)  
To the oceans of demi--------------se
(finger picking/arpeggio continues)
D   C   G   G
DMade Cme your GslavGe
To the secrets of your silence
But you told to me stay
And you told me you're mine
FAnd our bodiCes float on tGhe river
       F           C   G(strum once)
To the oceans of demise
(solo)
   D     C     G      G(x4)
   F     C     G      G(x4)        
(keyboard only, time signature shift to 3/4)
GmIn light of all Dmthings to come
A#mWhy do you dDmespair?
GmBecause when you Dmhave no one
A#mNo one would AmcareA  
So don’t Ecare
(arpeggio, first 3 strings for each chord below)
    Am      E      Dm      Am(x2)
       Dm         Am(x4)
(strum once)
GmAnd all things will Dmcome undone
A#mThere is nothing to Dmshare
GmI'll be waiting Dmfor no one
A#mAnd no one is AmthereA  
To Ecare
(freaked-out interlude)
(strum once)
C5Can’t B5see
C5Can’t B5feel
C5You B5run
C5I lB5ong
C5I wB5ait
C5He cB5omes
C5Takes B5you
C5AwaB5y
I can't see, can't feel, you run, I long, I wait, he comes to you… 
(begin strumming 3/4 time signature)
B5In the embers of summer
G5All tF#5hings E5must D5die
B5There's a passage of fire ahead
G5FirF#5e   E5on   D5the other B5side
B5There comes a time when the river runs dry
B5Winter comes and we sacrifice
B5Our lives

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River

by Opeth

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A#m

F#5

TITLE: River

ARTIST: Opeth

ALBUM: Pale Communion (2014)

(twangy arpeggio in 4/4 time signature)

D C G G

Show me a sign

Of troubles in your heart

Spare me your lies

And tell me that you're mine

F F C G

And our bodies float on the river

N/C F F C G (strum once)

To the oceans of demi--------------se

(finger picking/arpeggio continues)

D C G G

Made me your slave

To the secrets of your silence

But you told to me stay

And you told me you're mine

F C G

And our bodies float on the river

F C G

(strum once)

To the oceans of demise

(solo)

D C G G

(x4)

F C G G

(x4)

(keyboard only, time signature shift to 3/4)

Gm Dm

In light of all things to come

A#m Dm

Why do you despair?

Gm Dm

Because when you have no one

A#m Am A

No one would care

So don’t care

(arpeggio, first 3 strings for each chord below)

Am E Dm Am

(x2)

Dm Am

(x4)

(strum once)

Gm Dm

And all things will come undone

A#m Dm

There is nothing to share

Gm Dm

I'll be waiting for no one

A#m Am A

And no one is there

To care

(freaked-out interlude)

(strum once)

C5 B5

Can’t see

C5 B5

Can’t feel

C5 B5

You run

C5 B5

I long

C5 B5

I wait

C5 B5

He comes

C5 B5

Takes you

C5 B5

Away

I can't see, can't feel, you run, I long, I wait, he comes to you…

(begin strumming 3/4 time signature)

In the embers of summer

G5 F#5 E5 D5

All things must die

There's a passage of fire ahead

G5 F#5 E5 D5 B5

Fire on the other side

There comes a time when the river runs dry

Winter comes and we sacrifice

Our lives

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