Wait By The River Chords

by Lord Huron
21,250 views, added to favorites 1,559 times
Chords and simple bass line of Wait by the River by Lord Huron - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY50XnGKvRE.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: C
Capo: no capo
Author williammibus [a] 162. Last edit on May 4, 2018

Chords

C
F

Strumming

Edit
Is this strumming pattern correct?
1
2
3
4
The chords sound nice with some melody on the low strings as well. The bass lick is roughly tabbed below.
Play the C Chord lick when playing C and vice versa.
 
C Chord                    F Chord
 e|-------------------|     e|-------------------|
 B|-------------------|     B|-------------------|
 G|-------------------|     G|-------------------|
 D|-------------------|     D|----------2---0----|
 A|-3--------2---0----|     A|------0-3--------3-|
 E|------0-3--------3-|     E|-1-----------------|
 
[Verse 1]
C
I will wait by the river
C
In the light of the moon
C
At the edge of the city
C
I will wait for you
F
Though I can't wait forever
F
Someday I'll be dead and gone
F
And I won't be forgiven
F                   C
For what I've done
 
 
[Hook]
C
I will wait by the river
C
I will wait by the river
C
I will wait by the river
C
I will wait by the river
 
 
[Verse 2]
C
I will cry out to heaven
C
As it rains down on me
C
I will beg for forgiveness
C
Get down on my knees
F
If I can't change the weather
F
Maybe I can change your mind
F
If we can't be together
F                         C
What's the point of life
 
 
[Bridge]
C
Baby, I didn't mean the things I said
C
I don't honestly wish you were dead
C
I'm a fool; I'm just a man
C
If I only could hold you again
 
 
[Verse 3]
F
And the stars fill the river
F
As it flows into the sky
F
And the mind leaves the body
F
And floats higher and higher
F
If we can't be together
F
I will leave this world behind
F
If I can't touch your body
F                      C
Can I touch the sky?
 
 
[Hook]
C
I will wait by the river
C
I will wait by the river
C
I will wait by the river
C
I will wait by the river
X
By helping UG you make the world better... and earn IQ
Create correction
Please rate this tab
 
×
Wait By The River – Lord Huron
How to play
"Wait By The River"
Font
Transpose
6 comments
cassandradani
After every c and f, add an em. Thank you for tabbing this!!!
+3
chris.kyger11
I'm hearing C and Am on and off then F with and without 3/4 notes in the chord alternating through this song
0
matthewecunningham
the album is pretty much just one slow strum at the start of each line, but the piano is plucking 8th notes, so I usually strum with an almost rockabilly-ballad type pattern. heavy on the bass for the first down strum, ring that for a beat, then down, up, down, up, down, up quickly.
0