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The River

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1/22

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Position

Step 1 / 22Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Standard Tuning: [capo III]
Chords used:
D: 000232
D6:000432
G: 320003
Intro/verse tab w/chords: (some variation within verses)
e|-D6--2---2---2---2-----2---2--G--3---3---3---3-----3---3-|
B|---3-----3-----3-3-----3------0-----0-----0-0-----0---|
G|---4-----------4--------------0-----------0-----------|
D|-0-----------0----------------0-----------0-----------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------3-----------3-------------|
Intro: play intro tab x3 (or just play chords)
Verse 1 chords:
D6High water carried her dGown stream
D6She watched the water's Gliving things
D6She thought, it's not a mGound with six planks of wood
D6The cardinal points to hold you up
G*
Or a mountain where a shed self could
Verse 2 chords: (repeat x2)
D6Feed the roots and honor the Gtongues of the animals
D6Drift into the moss and Gbloat where the peat bog pulls
Interlude: play intro tab x3 (or just play chords)
Verse 3: (use verse 1 chords)
Rolled like a felled tree with arms as useless as such
Death's panic came, a calmness stayed, you couldn't do much
Just watch the water chip away at the bank eroding
Cut and crumbling through the spate
Verse 4 chords:
D6It took a father, it coGvered his daughter
Took her D6down, down, Gdown
With the D6glass bottles, books, a tire
Collected Ghair tufts in the wD6eeds
Snagged and wrapped in the peats dammed and tGrappedD  
Chorus Chords: (repeat x3)
DYou said, is this the ceremony?
I don't know, well I don't Gmind
The way we all fall in and roll down
Pushed through the veins and trafficked Dbyes
And when your ears sit underhead is half submerged down Gbelow
Pooling all accounts of peace while passed beneath the canDopy glow
canoGpy glow, canoDpy glow, canGopy glow

All chords in this song (3)

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The River

by Anathallo

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Standard Tuning: [capo III]

Chords used:

: 000232

:000432

: 320003

Intro/verse tab w/chords: (some variation within verses)

D6 G

e|---2---2---2---2-----2---2----3---3---3---3-----3---3-|

B|---3-----3-----3-3-----3------0-----0-----0-0-----0---|

G|---4-----------4--------------0-----------0-----------|

D|-0-----------0----------------0-----------0-----------|

A|------------------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------3-----------3-------------|

Intro: play intro tab x3 (or just play chords)

Verse 1 chords:

D6 G

High water carried her down stream

D6 G

She watched the water's living things

D6 G

She thought, it's not a mound with six planks of wood

The cardinal points to hold you up

Or a mountain where a shed self could

Verse 2 chords: (repeat x2)

D6 G

Feed the roots and honor the tongues of the animals

D6 G

Drift into the moss and bloat where the peat bog pulls

Interlude: play intro tab x3 (or just play chords)

Verse 3: (use verse 1 chords)

Rolled like a felled tree with arms as useless as such

Death's panic came, a calmness stayed, you couldn't do much

Just watch the water chip away at the bank eroding

Cut and crumbling through the spate

Verse 4 chords:

D6 G

It took a father, it covered his daughter

D6 G

Took her down, down, down

With the glass bottles, books, a tire

G D6

Collected hair tufts in the weeds

G D

Snagged and wrapped in the peats dammed and trapped

Chorus Chords: (repeat x3)

You said, is this the ceremony?

I don't know, well I don't mind

The way we all fall in and roll down

Pushed through the veins and trafficked byes

And when your ears sit underhead is half submerged down below

Pooling all accounts of peace while passed beneath the canopy glow

G D G

canopy glow, canopy glow, canopy glow

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