Harlem River Tab

by Kevin Morby
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Author TZM [a] 2,429. Last edit on Oct 16, 2014
Kevin Morby - Harlem River
 
(this is the 9 minutes version on youtube)
 
INTRO
 
   C#m        E
 
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|----1---------1-----------|
D|----2---------2-----------|   this continues throughout the song, unless another chord is tabbed.
A|-4----------2-------------|
E|--------------------------|
 
 
VERSE 1
Harlem River, talk to me
Tell me what you think about
Harlem River I'm in love, love, love, love
 
Harlem River talk to me!
Where we heading now?
Harlem River I'm in love, love, love, love
All because of you!
 
(drum and bass kick in here)
 
VERSE 2
In my pearl and my diamond shoes
I've climbed the cloud that will store the moon
On the river
All because of you!
 
 
POST-VERSE
 
Ooooh, ooooh
 
 
VERSE 3
And Harlem River swallow me
Put your hands around my neck
And Harlem River, I can't breath
You've got the lights down now
 
And Harlem River, give me wings
Put my head up in the clouds
And Harlem River all because
Oh, I know where now
 
 
CHORUS
Harlem River, tell me, is it true?
That in my pearl and my diamond shoes
I've climbed the cloud, now I stole the moon
Harlem River, all because of you!
 
 
POST-CHORUS
 
A
 
- then back to the main chords:
 
Oooh, oooh
 
 
VERSE 4
I don't know, I don't know
Just where I'm going
'Cause I've never been
And I don't know, I don't know
Just where I'm going
Or where I've been
A          A7
Oh, Harlem River, like a diamond
 
 
SOLO
                                                                             /-repeat-\
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-------6p4h6p4----------4h6---6-6-6-6p4h6p4---------------------------------------|
D|----------------6------4h6-------------------6-6p4h6p4----------------------------6-|
A|--------------------4h7-------------------------------7--4--4-----4h7p4----2--2/4-4-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------4h7------------------|
 
 
VERSE 5
And ride on that easy rider
Flow like that Harlem River
Ride on that easy rider
Flow like that Harlem River
 
I ride for you
I ride for you
I ride for you
I ride for you
 
 
OUTRO
 
- you could consider the last three minutes as a big outro. Not much changes in here, the only notable
  variations are tabbed below:
 
[6:43-7:00]
 
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-6p4---| the solo guitar plays these notes at some points, listen to the song to get it right.
D|-------|
A|-------|
E|-------|
 
 
[7:44-7:49]
 
You only play the C#m here for a short bit.
 
[7:50-8:30]
 
Instead of an E, you play a Dm, so like this:
 
C#m Dm (again, listen to the song to get the rhythm right)
 
[8:31-end]
 
From here it's just back to the main chords (C#m E) till the end.
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2 comments
joao_vgarcia1
Good tab!! just need to check the lyrics, some parts are different from the version
+1
akmay1
I've seen him play this starting on 9th fret E string, same notes just on the bottom three strings around 6th, 7th and 9th frets. Maybe not on recorded version though?
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