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"DROPS IN THE RIVER" off EP "Sun Giant"(2008)
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Tabbed by: Les Gibson
Tuning: DROP-D : D A D G B e
This is pretty simple: its all based around the chord of D.
--INTRO: acoustic guitar (0:08)
e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--2--3-3---2--2h3p2-0---0-|------0-------------------|
G|----------------------2---|--0-------2---------------| X2
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--0--0-0---0--0-----0-----|--0---0---0---------------|
--VERSE 1 (Intro part plays under verse) (0:26)
D Dsus4 D
Crown of leaves, high in the window on a gold morning
D Dsus4 D
Young today, old as a railroad tomorrow
Dsus2 D Dsus4 D
Days are just drops in the river to be lost always
Dsus2 D
Only you, only you, you know.
--Fill: intro part + strumming around the D chord starts (1:03)
--VERSE 2 (1:20) :
D Dsus4 D
Years ago, birds of a feather would arrive nightly
D Dsus4 D
Gone you know, held to another like clutched ivy
Dsus2 D Dsus4 D
On the shore, speak to the ocean and receive silence
Dsus2 D
Only you, only you, you know.
--CHORUS: with electric strumming (1:56)
D C D
Here as the caves of my memory fade, I'll hold to the first one
D C D
I wouldn't turn to another you say, on the long night we've made
A6 D6sus2
Let it go
picking part at the end of the chorus:
A6
e|--2--------2-----2--------2-----2--------2-----2--------2----|
B|-------2--------------2--------------2--------------2--------|
G|-----2---2---2------2---2---2------2---2---2------2---2---2--|
D|--2--------------2--------------2--------------2-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------
D6sus2
e|--0--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0------2p0--------|-----|
B|-------0--------------0--------------0---------------3--0--|-3---|
G|-----2-------2------2-------2------2-------2---------------|-2---|
D|--0------0-------0------0-------0------0--------0----------|-0---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----|
--FILL: intro part plays, with strummed D chord in background. (2:24)
--last line of verse + CHORUS: as before. (2:42)
--FILL AFTER CHORUS: (3:18)
e|--2--------2-----2--------2-----2--------2-----2--------2----|
B|-------2--------------2--------------2--------------2--------|
G|-----2---2---2------2---2---2------2---2---2------2---2---2--|
D|--2--------------2--------------2--------------2-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D6sus2
e|--0--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0------0--------0---|
B|-------0--------------0--------------0---------------0-------|
G|-----2-------2------2-------2------2-------2-------2-------2-|
D|--0------0-------0------0-------0------0--------0------0-----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A6
e|--2--------2-----2--------2-----2--------2-----2--------2----|
B|-------2--------------2--------------2--------------2--------|
G|-----2---2---2------2---2---2------2---2---2------2---2---2--|
D|--2--------------2--------------2--------------2-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------
D6sus2
e|--0--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0------2p0--------|-----|
B|-------0--------------0--------------0---------------3--0--|-3---|
G|-----2-------2------2-------2------2-------2---------------|-2---|
D|--0------0-------0------0-------0------0--------0----------|-0---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----|
--POST-CHORUS (3:40):
Speak to me slow my dear, no ghost of course in here
e|-----------0-----2--0-------|-----------0-----2--0-------|
B|-----3--2--2--3--3----3-0---|-----3--2--2--3--3----3-0---|
G|-----2--2--2--2--2--------2-|-----2--2--2--2--2--------2-|
D|--0--0--0-----0-------------|--0--0--0-----0-------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
pleased... clear all is... here.
e|-----------0-----2--0-2-3---|--2--5--3--7--5--9--7---10--|---|
B|-----3--2--2--3--3--3-3-3---|--3--3--3--5--5--7--7-------|-3-|
G|-----2--2--2--2--2--2-2-2---|--2-------------------------|-2-|
D|--0--0--0-----0-------------|--0-------------------------|-0-|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|---|
D|----------------------------|----------------------------|---|
Please comment any needed corrections!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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