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EVERY RIVER (Kim Richey, Angelo, & Tom Littlefield)
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[Recorded in Bb; capo 3.  Each chord is one 4/4 measure.]
[The G* measures in the intro have Gsus4 and G(9) mixed in.
 See the tab at the end for details, or just wing it.]

G*  G*  G*  G*
[intro, building up]
Em  G   Em  G   C   G   Em  G   G
[intro, with lead guitar]

Em             G   Em                   G
  Once upon a time, somewhere in your past
C                 G               Em            G   G
  Someone said forever, but the promise didn't last
Em                 G   Em              G
  Now you don't believe love is ever true
C                      G                   Em            G
  You steel yourself against the day when I stop loving you

C           C                      D       D
  When the day comes that I don't love you
Em                 C                D   D
  Every star will fall out of the sky
C             C          G        C
  And every mountain will tumble down
Em        D         G
  And every river run dry

For every drop of rain that ever touched the ground
For every tear that ever fell and never made a sound
I'll be there, to hear you call
And I'll be there to catch you, baby, should you ever fall

When the day comes that I don't love you
Every star will fall out of the sky
And every mountain will tumble down
And every river run dry

Em  G  Em  G  C  G  Em  G  G
[guitar solo]

When the day comes that I don't love you
Every star will fall out of the sky
C             C          G        C    C
  And every mountain will tumble down
Em        D          G    G
  And every river run dry
C         D          G    G.
  And every river run dry


ACOUSTIC GUITAR

Intro:

E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----------------|----------------|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-000-0-0-00|
D ----0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-000-0-0-00|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-000-0-0-00|
A ----2-2-0-2-2-3-|3-2-2-220-2-2-22|2-2-2-2-0-2-2-3-|3-2-2-220-2-2-22|
E 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-333-3-3-33|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-333-3-3-33|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
Accent on the backbeat; start quiet and build up 'til the band comes in.


LEAD GUITAR

[Note: Almost all of the bends shown here (e.g., 0~) are done with
 the whammy bar.  Use lots of reverb.]

Intro:

       Em               G                Em               G
E ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----|----------------|0~--------------|--------------0-|--------------0-|
D ----|----------------|0~--------------|--------------02|--0-----------0-|
A ----|--------0-2-----|2~--------------|--------0-2-----|------0---2-----|
E 3-2-|0-----0---------|3~----------3-2-|0-----0---------|----------------|
       ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

  C                G
E ----------------|----------------|
B --------1~------|----------------|
G -----0--0~----0-|----------------|
D ---2----2~----0-|----------------|
A 3---------------|----0-2---------|
E triplet---------|--3---------3-2-|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

  Em               G                G
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|--------------3-|----------------|
G ----------------|0~--------------|--4---2---0-2=4-|
D ----------------|0~--------------|----------------|
A --------0-2-----|2~--------------|----------------|
E 0-----0---------|3~--------------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .


Riff in verse 1:

  G                G             Em
E ----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|
G ----------------|--------------0-|
D ----------------|--------------2-|
A ----2---0-2---23|--2---0-----0-2-|
E ------3-3-3---3-|--3---3---3-----|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .


Solo:

       Em               G                Em               G
E ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----|----------------|0~--------------|--------------0-|--------------0-|
D ----|----------------|0~--------------|--------------02|--0-----------0-|
A ----|--------0-2-----|2~--------------|--------0-2-----|------0---2-----|
E 3-2-|0-----0---------|3~----------3-2-|0-----0---------|----------------|
       ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

  C                G
E ----------------|----------------|
B --------1~------|----------------|
G -----0--0~----0-|----------------|
D ---2----2~----0-|-----------45-4-|
A 3---------------|----0=2---------|
E triplet---------|--3-3-----------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

  Em               G                G
E ----------------|--------------bend---------------|------
B --0---0---0---0-|----0---------35|3-1-1-0-0-0-3-3-|1---1~
G --------0---2---|2=4---4~------0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0---0~
D 2---4-----------|0---------------|----------------|2---2~
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|------
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|------
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ [chorus]



- transcribed by Adam Schneider, http://adamschneider.net/

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