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The River

Key:  Am More
The River Key EmEm
The River Key FmFm
The River Key F#mF#m
The River Key GmGm(one step down)
The River Key G#mG#m(half step down)
The River Key AmAm(original key)
The River Key A#mA#m(half step up)
The River Key BmBm(one step up)
The River Key CmCm
The River Key C#mC#m
The River Key DmDm
The River Key D#mD#m 
	  		***Guitar 1 plays the chords at all times, Guitar 2 plays riffs where  
indicated 
 
4/4 time 
In the key of A minor 
 

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INTRO 
Guitar 1: strum           |Am-->                     G 
 
Guitar 2: 
e|------------------------0--0--0---------3-3/5--------| 
B|-1p0--------------------1--0--1---3--5---------------| 
G|-----2p0----------------2--2--2----------------------| 
D|---------2p0---------------------------------------0-| 
A|-------------3p0------0~~--------------------------2-| 
E|-----------------0--3------------------------------3-|
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VERSE 1 
Am                      F     G 
I stood and watched my Daddy die 
Am            F        Em 
No one could help his plight 
Am                F        G 
He was trying to save our home 
Am                   F     Em 
On the day that the river rose 
Am               F          G 
It came alive I heard them say 
           RIFF #1 
           Am               F        Em     Am 
"There was nothing we could do as he washed away" 
 

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Guitar 2: 
RIFF #1 
e|-------------------------------------| 
B|-----1---------1---------0-----------| 
G|-------2---------2---------0---------| 
D|---2---------3-----------------------| 
A|-0---------3-----------2-------0~~---| 
E|---------------------0---------------|
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CHORUS 
Am                F        G 
Running from the heart of it 
Am              F       Em 
Right into the core of it 
Am                F        G 
Running from the heart of it 
Am              F        Em 
 
VERSE 2 
Am                      F    G 
I'm a man now, but I'm only seven 
Am                          F       Em 
It's been hard since Daddy went to heaven 
Am                       F      G 
"We're staying now," my mother said 
Gtr2:RIFF #1 
     Am          F        Em      Am 
"He worked this land his life is here." 


tabchorus
Am                F        G 
Running from the heart of it 
Am              F        Em 
Right into the cause of it 
Am                F        G 
Running from the heart of it 
Am              F        Em 
Right into the cause of it 
Am                F        G 
Running from the heart of it 
Am              F        Em 
Right into the cause of it 
Am                F        G 
Running from the heart of it 
Am              F        Em
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SOLO 

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(v=vibrato) 
Guitar 2: 
e|------------------------------------------------------8------7------| 
B|-1p0-1-0---------0---1p0-1-0-----3/5-8/10-10~-10-8-10---10-----10---| 
G|---------2p0-2-2-------------2/5---------------------------9------9-| 
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
e|-8----7-----8-10-8------8-7h8-7-5-------8-5~----------------------------| 
B|--10----10---------10v------------8-8\5------8/10\8-8-5-----------------| 
G|----9-----9---------9v----------------------------------7-5-------------| 
D|------------------------------------------------------------7-5---------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------7-5-----| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------8-5~|
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VIOLIN SOLO 
Am F G x8 
 
VERSE 3 
Am                   F       G 
Won't you follow me late at night 
Am                     F       Em 
To the river when the moon is bright 
Am               F       G 
We can wash our sorrows down 
Am               F       Em 
Underneath that shining round 
Am              F           G 
Sitting in the still night air 
Am                  F     Em 
Can't you feel our Daddy there 
Am                         F        G 
There's life and death in all this power 
Am                F       Em 
Underneath these shining stars 


tabchorus
Am                F        G 
Running from the heart of it 
Am              F        Em 
Right into the cause of it 
Am                F        G 
Running from the heart of it 
Am              F        Em 
Right into the cause of it 
Am                F        G 
Running from the heart of it 
Am              F        Em 
Right into the cause of it 
Am                F        G 
Running from the heart... 
Am              F        Em
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OUTRO 
Am F G x8 
(violin outro) 
End on Am

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