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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

From: ginalollobrigida@mindspring.com (kb)
Subject: TAB: DOWN BY THE RIVER by Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 18:40:31 GMT

Down By The River  By Neil Young 
				and Crazy Horse (formerly The Rockets)
from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
********************************************************************
This is pretty much how I play it. See bottom for MY version of 
ASCII tab. May I recommend getting hold of a copy of Neil and
Bruce Springsteen doing this, acoustic at the Bridge Beni...
					-kbarron@mindspring.com
Can someone please post Cortez full tab!!!
********************************************************************

RYTHYM:
0:00
Em7				 A			  18x
|------------------------------|-0-x-0---0---0-x-0-x--0--x-0-x -||
|------3---3-x-3-x-3---3-x-3-x-|-2-x-2---2---2-x-2-x--2--x-2-x -||
|------0---0-x-0-x-0---0-x-0-x-|-2-x-2---2---2-x-2-x--2--x-2-x -||
|------2---2-x-2-x-2---2-x-2-x-|-2-x-2---2---2-x-2-x--2--x-2-x -||
|------2---2-x-2-x-2---2-x-2-x-|-0-x----------------------------||
|-0--0-------------------------|--------------------------------||
Repeat this for 18 meas. whilst this intro solo over it: 

LEAD:
Em7				 A
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------3------|
|-----------------------|------------2/4---4\2--0
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 Em7			  A			 Em7
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------3--------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|---0------/4-----\2--0-|-----------------------|
|-2---------2-0-2-0-2--0|-2---------------------|--2--------2-0-2-0---0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------2---|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 A			  Em7		         A
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------2-----------2----|
|------------/4-\2------|-------------0---------|------2-----------2----|
|-----------------------|-------------0---------|------2-----------2----|
|-2--0------------------|------0_1_2------0_1_2-|-0---------0--0--------|
|-----------------------|-0---------------------|-----------------------|

1st:    Be on my side I'll be on your side,	there is no reason
2nd:	You take  my  hand  I'll take your hand	 together  we may get
 Em7			  A			    Em7
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------2-----0--------|---------------0000----|
|------------0-------0--|-----2-----2-------2---|------------0-------0--|
|------0_1_2-----/2-----|--0-------------0------|------0_1_2------------|
|-0---------------------|-----------------------|-0---------------------|

 you to hide.		It's so hard for me	staying here all alone
away.			This much madness is  too   much sorrow
A			   Em7			    A
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------3333-----|-----------------------|
|-----2---2-------------|--------------0000-----|-----2----2------------|
|---2-----------2-------|--------------2222----0|---2------------2------|
|-0-----0----0----------|--------0_1_2------/2--|-0------0----0---------|
|-----------------------|-0---------------------|-----------------------|

  when you could be takin me for a ride.
It's impossible  to  make it   today
 Em7			   A			    
|-----------------------|------------0---0------|
|-----------------------|------2_3--------------|
|---------------00------|-----------------------|
|------------0----------|---2-------------------|
|------0_1_2-------0_1_2|-0---------------------|
|-0---------------------|-----------------------|

0:55
 Ohh		la,la,la   ohh  la, la la, la      She could drag me
 Ohh		la,la,la   ohh  la, la la, la      She could drag me
 C			   Bm			 C
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--1-----1-----1-----1--|--3----3-----3---------|--1----1----1----1-----|
|--0-----0-----0-----0--|--4----4-----4---------|--0----0----0----0-----|
|--2-----2-----2-----2--|--4----4-----4---------|--2----2----2----2-----|
|--3-----3-----3-----3--|--2----2-----2---------|--3----3----3----3-----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
RYTHYM comps out:
C (5 pos.) / /  // ////  Bm / //////////// / / /  C    /   /  //
//// etc.

   over the rainbow.	     And send me  away
   over the rainbow.	     And send me  away
 Bm			    C			 Bm	    D
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------2-----------|
|--3---3-----3----------|---1----1----1----1----|--3---3----3-----------|
|--4---4-----4----------|---0----0----0----0----|--4---4----2-----------|
|--4---4-----4----------|---2----2----2----2----|--4---4----0-----------|
|--2---2-----2----------|---3----3----3----3----|--2---2----------/5\---|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 Bm / //////////// / / / C   /   /   //   ////    Bm   /    D
     Down   by    the   riv  - er			   I   shot
my
     Down   by    the   riv  - er			   I   shot
my
  G         D		  D      A		  G         D	
|-3{--------2----------|-2------0---------------|-3---------2-----------|
|-3{--------3----------|-3------2---------------|-3---------3-----------|
|-4{--------2----------|-2------2---------------|-4---------2-----------|
|-5{--------0----------|-0------2---------------|-5---------0-----------|
|-5{--------0----------|--------0----00000000---|-5---------------------|
|-3{-------------------|------------------------|-3---------------------|

  baby.			     Down   by     the   river  . . .
  baby.			     Down   by     the   river  . . .
  D	  A		  	 G	     D		 D       A	
|-2-----0--------------|-3---------2-----------|-2-------0-------------|
|-3-----2--------------|-3---------3-----------|-3-------2-------------|
|-2-----2--------------|-4---------2-----------|-2-------2-------------|
|-0-----2--------------|-5---------0-----------|-0-------2-------------|
|-0-----0----00000000--|-5---------0-----------|---------0----0000000--|
|----------------------|-3---------------------|-----------------------|

**** SECOND TIME AROUND STOP!!!! And go to 2nd solo! *****

dead.			            Ohh		       shot her dead
 Em7			       A 			       Em7
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-------2-----0---------|-----------------------|
|------------0-------0--|----2-----2--------2---|---------0------0------|
|-----0_1_2------/2-----|-0--------------0------|---0_1_2----/2---------|
|-0---------------------|-----------------------|-0---------------------|
 Em7==(vibrato) 		     A==	        E5==

 A			       Em7			       A
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------2-----0--------|-----------------------|-------2----0----------|
|-----2-----2--------2--|----------0-------0----|----2----2--------2----|
|--0--------------0-----|----0_1_2-----/2-------|-0-------------0-------|
|-----------------------|-0---------------------|-----------------------|
	A==		   Em7==		    A==

 Em7			   A			    Em7 1:54
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------2-----0--------|-----------------------|
|-----------0-------0---|-----2-----2--------2--|-2-2-2-2--22--22--22-2-|
|-----0_1_2-----/2------|--0--------------0-----|-----------------------|
|-0---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Em7==			   A==			 

 Repeat opening rythym for what seems like 32 or 34 bars (Em7 / A)
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2--------|-2-2-2-2-2--22--2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2-2---22--------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--/8----------------8--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------_7_9-9-7_9-----|
|/5-5-5_7--7-7-5-7-75---|-----------------7----7|-----------------------|
|---------------------7-|-7777-7---7--7-----7---|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-0_2-----2--3_2_0------|-----------------------|
|-7=======---7--7---7-9-|------------------2-0-2|--)--------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-7--5------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------77575-7575---5-77|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

|-----------------------|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7--77--7|-7-7----7--7---7--7-7--|
|-----------------------|-8-8-8-8--8--8-8--88--8|-8-8----8--8---8--8-8--|
|-----------------------|-9-9-9-9--9--9-9--99--9|-9-9----9--9---9--9-9--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5-7-7--57-57--77--775-|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

|------12---------------12---12---12---12|---12---12---12-------------------|
|------12--/17---15^--15^--15^--15^--15^-|15^--15^--15^----15^-^------------|
|------12--/16---------------------------|----------------------14^12--12-14|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------14----|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------15^--15^-15^-15^-15^-|
|12--14-12--14-12--14--12---12-14-12---12|--14--12-/16----------------------|
|------------------------------------14--|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|-----15^--15^-15-12--12|-12-12---12------------|-----------------------|
|15^---------------15^--|-------15--------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|------------15^15^15^15^-14-14-14-14-14-etc...-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|14-14-14--14--12-------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------14-----|7^7^7^7^7^7^7^--77--777|7777--5-7--5-----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------7-7-5-7--5|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
						    3:17
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-7_5-7---5-7--5-7--5-7-5-7-5-7--7---5-7---57-57|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------57-----|-0___________----------|

|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------15^====---12|
|--------------17-------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-2--------/15^--14^-12-|-12-14-12-14-12====----|-----------------------|
|-2---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------/9--7--9---|
|-----------8-8-7-x---7^|-----------------------|--7^-------------------|
|-----------------------|-7---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 3:40
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------this is where the rythym gets all scratchy and funky-------------|
|--------------------props to the late Danny Whitten--------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

|-----------------------|-15====--------15--15===--12===--12/15--12-15-12
|-----------------------|-17====--------17--17===--14===----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------/12--|-----------------------|-----------------------|

|15-12----12-----10-12-10-12/12--12==12==12==12=12====12=12=12===12=12=12
|-----------------------|---/15--15==15==15==15=15=15=15=15=15==15==15=15
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

|12===12==12===12=12=10=10=10=10=10---10----10----10-10====-----------10-|
|15=15====15===15=15=13=13=13=13=--12----12----12------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|

|10==--10-12-10-12-10-12--10-12|-12-12-12-12-11--12----12-12-12-12-|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----10-10-10-10-10\7--------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------12-10-10-10--\-8-8---8-8\7----8-7-5--------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------7-9-7-9-|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|

|-----------------------|---/0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0|--------------0--------|
|------------5--5-5-8-10-8--/8-8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8|--\5-5--5---0-5--------|
|-9-7-9---9--7^---------|--9/9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9|--\6-6--6-----6--------|
|-------8---------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

|0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--------------|-------------------------|
/8-8-8-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8-8--5-5--------------|-------------------------|
/9-9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9-9--6-6--------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------7^_5----|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-7-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

 A			     Em7	 		 A
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|----3--------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-/4------------3-\-2--0--|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--2--------------------0-|
|-------------------------|---------------0---------|-----------------0_1_2---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

****** END OF FIRST SOLO  (return to verse up top) *******

****** SECOND SOLO STARTS HERE: *******

 dead.				  dead    ohh 		 ohh   shot
her dead	
 Em7			    A				 Em7
|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-----------------------|---5--5---5--5-53---3-2--|-3-2-0-0----------0-2-3--|
|-0-----------------------|-----------------4-------|-------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

       shot her dead (I thinks she's dead Neil, do you?)
 A			    Em7			     A
|---------4---------------|---2-3--2-0---0----------|----------------------0-0|
|------------5---5--------|-0----------3--3--2-3-2-0|-3-2-0--0-0--0--0-2-3----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------2------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-0--2--3--2--0---0-----0-|--0----------------------|
|-3-5--3-2--3-2-0--0-3---3|----------------3--2-3---|--3----------------------|
|----------------2--------|-------------------------|--0----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--2----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--2-------------------0--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--0----------------------|

|-0-------------0-0-0-0---|--0----------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-------------2-2-2-2---|--3-----------------2----|-------------------------|
|-2-------------2-2-2-2---|--0-----------------2----|-------------------------|
|-2-------------2-2-2-2---|--2-----------------2----|-------------------------|
|-0-----------------------|--2-------------0---0----|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--0----------------------|-------------------------|

12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-7-|-7-5-5-5-5-5-3-2--3-2-0--|---0-0-------0--0--0--0--|
|-------------------------8------------------------3|-3---3-------3--3--3--3--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----0-------0--0--0--0--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----2-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----2-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----0-------------------|
 A			 (A)     Em7			     A	
|--0-0-0-0--------0-x-----|--7---7---7---------7----|-9----------9----9-------|
|--2-2-2-0---2-3--2--x----|--8---8---8--10-----9----|-10---------10---10------|
|--2-2-2-2---2-2--2---x---|--9---9---9--------------|-9----------9----9-------|
|--2-2-----------------x--|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--0--------------------x-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|12--12-------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|
|12--12-------17-----12--14=====--------------------|-3-----------------------|
|12--12---14^^---12--12--14=====------------14_12---|-0-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------14|-2-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-2-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|

|-0-----------0---0---0---|-0------------0-----0----0---------0--0--0---------|
|-2-------------3---3---0-|----------0-3------------|-3--0--------------------|
|-2-----------------0-----|--2^_0-----------2^^--2^^|-------2^-2^-2^----------|
|-2-----------------------|------2------------------|-----------------2~0~~~~-|
|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------0----------------|-------------------------|

For this part, it's best to just kinda "wing it". Very much like Jimmy
Page's 
Heartbreaker solo... same year by the way.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------20204020202--0202042002020--0-----202042420402040204------------0|
|252525252525-----------02|------------02-22020-----|------------02---2--0-2--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------252-22-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------333555-222-320----|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------30-2^2^======-----------------|-------------------------|
|--0----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|2---2-0------------------|--------757^-------------|-------------------5-7-5-|
|-------------------------|--------------757----777-|7-7-7--5-7---7_5-7-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-0-x-0--0-0-x-0-x--0--x-0|-------------------------|
|---5--3--3-x-3-x--3-x-3--|-2-x-2--2-2-x-2-x--2--x-2|---5--3--3-x-3-x--3-x-3--|
|/4----0--0-x-0-x--0-x-0--|-2-x-2--2-2-x-2-x--2--x-2|/4----0--0-x-0-x--0-x-0--|
|------2--2-x-2-x--2-x-2--|-2-x-2--2-2-x-2-x--2--x--|------2--2-x-2-x--2-x-2--|
|------2--2-x-2-x--2-x-2--|-0-x----0----------------|------2--2-x-2-x--2-x-2--|
|------0------------------|-------------------------|------0------------------|

|-0-x-0--0-0-x-0-x--0--x-0|
|-2-x-2--2-2-x-2-x--2--x-2|
|-2-x-2--2-2-x-2-x--2--x-2|
|-2-x-2--2-2-x-2-x--2--x -|
|-0-x----0----------------|
|-------------------------|

      Down   by    the   riv  - er			   I   shot
my
 G	     D		  D      A		     G 	 	D	
|-3{--------2----------|-2------0---------------|-3---------2-----------|
|-3{--------3----------|-3------2---------------|-3---------3-----------|
|-4{--------2----------|-2------2---------------|-4---------2-----------|
|-5{--------0----------|-0------2---------------|-5---------0-----------|
|-5{--------0----------|--------0----00000000---|-5---------------------|
|-3{-------------------|------------------------|-3---------------------|

  baby.			     Down   by     the   river  . . .
  baby.			     Down   by     the   river  . . .
 D	A		  G	     D		   D       A	
|-2-----0--------------|-3---------2-----------|-2-------0-------------|
|-3-----2--------------|-3---------3-----------|-3-------2-------------|
|-2-----2--------------|-4---------2-----------|-2-------2-------------|
|-0-----2--------------|-5---------0-----------|-0-------2-------------|
|-0-----0----00000000--|-5---------0-----------|---------0----0000000--|
|----------------------|-3---------------------|-----------------------|

fades out…			should I do Cowgirl now???

TAB:	/   slide up
	===  vibrato  
	\   slide down   
	{   arpeggio
	x   muted string	
        ^   bend up, 1/2,1,1 1/2 
	     you figure how much

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