Find The River Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

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Chords

Dsus2

Dsus4/G

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[Intro Riff]
 
e|--------2---------0----|
B|-----3--3------3--3----|
G|---2----2----0----0----|  x2
D|-0------0--2------2----|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
 
 
[Intro]
 
D  Dm  Dsus2  Dsus4/G
D  Dm  Dsus2
 
 
[Verse]
D                Dm             Dsus2           Dsus4/G
Hey now little speedy head, the read on the speedmeter says
D                  Dm         Dsus2
you have to go to task in the city
 
      D                  Dm
Where people drown and people serve,
Dsus2              Dsus4/G          D        Dm             Dsus2
Don't be shy, your just deserve is only just light years to go.
 
 
[Chorus]
G                     A            D                Em
Me, my thoughts are flower strewn, ocean storm, bayberry moon.
G               A               D
I have got to leave to find my way
 
G                   A             D                Em
Watch the road and memorize this life that pass before my eyes,
 G             A        D
   nothing is going my way
 
 
D  Dm  Dsus2  Dsus4/G
D  Dm  Dsus2
 
 
[Verse]
   D                Dm               Dsus2            Dsus4/G
The ocean is the rivers goal, a need to leave the water knows.
      D                 Dm           Dsus2
We're closer now than light years to go.
 
 
[Chorus]
G              A               D            Em
I have got to find the river, bergamot and vetiver
G                A              D
 Run through my head and fall away.
 
G                   A             D                Em
Leave the road and memorize this life that pass before my eyes,
G             A        D
  nothing is going my way.
 
e|--------2---------0----|
B|-----3--3------3--3----|
G|---2----2----0----0----|  x2
D|-0------0--2------2----|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
 
 
[Verse]
        D               Dm               Dsus2          Dsus4/G
There's no one left to take the lead, but I tell you and you can see
        D             Dm            Dsus2
We're closer now and light years to go
 
 D                Dm                  Dsus2         Dsus4/G
Pick up here and chase the ride.  The river empties to the tide;
D              Dm       Dsus2
Fall into the ocean.
 
 
[Chorus]
     G              A           D              Em
The river to the ocean goes, a fortune for the undertow.
G                A        D
None of this is going my way.
 
G                 A                D             Em
There is nothing left to throw of ginger, lemon, indigo,
G            A               D
 Coriander stem and rose of hay.
 
   G                  A                D             Em
Strength and courage overrides these privileged and weary eyes of
G            A          D
River poet search naivete.
 
G                  A                  D            Em
Pick up here and chase the ride, the river empties to the tide.
G               A           D
All of this is coming your way.
 
e|--------2-|
B|-----3--3-|
G|---2----2-|  x4
D|-0------0-|
A|----------|
E|----------|
X

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nope. this tab rocks, and it is accurate as is. check out official REM book and this is what it says: D Dm Dsus2 Dsus4/G yup. good job!

There is nothing left to **grow** of ginger, lemon, indigo, Coriander stem and **rows** of hay. :)

Wow that worked like magic... Let's try that again. Kamelion's correction is spot on. It seems that folks interpret the 2nd strumming chord incorrectly as a Dmin. The bass note played on the 2nd chord is an F; the hard-LR-panned doubled acoustic guitar is playing a Fmin7sus2add6 chord (I think...or else it's a Dminadd2add11. I personally think the descending bass line (F, E, D) compellingly implies a shift to Fmin, but I'm probably wrong about this harmonic analysis). The 4th chord, also, is typically simplified as Gmaj. It is a G6add9 chord, but it's fairly subtle and you have to listen closely because the bass drowns out the colors of the chord and the strumming pattern is different for most verses. This is by ear, and I'm not 100% confident that the G6add9 isn't both acoustic guitars playing different variations of that chord (one Gmaj and the other G6add9); you can hear that the g string is not played open in this chord, the g string is fretted at the 2nd fret (A = 2nd/9th of G). ^ = strum up d = strum down Dmaj Fm7sus2add6 A7sus4 G6add9 (sometimes the open e is played in the up-strum) e |-2----0------------0-------(0)--------| B |-3----3------------3--------3---------| G |-2----0------------0--------2---------| D |-0----3------------2--------0---------| A |-----(0)-----------0--------x---------| E |----------------------------3---------| The A "(0)" in the 2nd chord is subtle and sometimes not played.