Ocean Colour Scene – Riverboat Song tab

Intro

B(v.1) B(v.2) E(v.1) B(v.1)e|--------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------|b|--------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------|g|--------------|x8|--------------------|x4|----12--14----12-14-|x2|--------------|x2d|--------------| |----12--14----12-14-| |14---------14-------| |--------------|a|---5--7---5-7-| |14---------14-------| |--------------------| |---5--7---5-7-|E|7-------7-----| |--------------------| |--------------------| |7-------7-----|
F# B(v.1)e|--------------------| |--------------|b|--------------------| |--------------|g|--------------------|x2|--------------|x2d|--------------------| |--------------|a|----12--14----12-14-| |---5--7---5-7-|E|14---------14-------| |7-------7-----|
(Steve plays this riff beginning on F#. This bit I am unsure about!)
H Pe|10--7--10--7--10--7--10-12BU(14)BD12-10-10-12-10----10---------------------------|b|------------------------------------------------12----10--------------10BU(12)---|g|---------------------------------------------------------11----------------------|d|------------------------------------------------------------12-129---------------|a|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1 B(v.1) x4 I see double up ahead
E(v.2) x2e|--------------------|b|--------------------|g|--------------------|d|--------------------|a|----10--12----10-12-|E|12---------12-------|Where the riverboat swayed beneath the sun
B(v.1) x2 Is where the river runs red E(v.2) x2 Like a king who stalks the wings and shoots a dove B(v.1) x2 And frees an eagle instead
e|----------------------------------------------------||------------|b|----------------------------------------------------||------------|g|----------------------------------------------------||------------|d|----------------------------------------------------||------------|a|----------------------------------------------------||----0---0-2-|E|---0----------------2-----------7-------------------||0-2---2-----|It's more or less the same as the things that you said.
Verse 2 (same as Verse 1) I see trouble up the road Like the thing you found in love are by the way And like to cheat on your soul Like the best and worst of thoughts that lose control Before you lie on your bed It's more or less the same as the things that you said. Chorus
E/F# F#/A A/B E(1st time) E(2nd time) Pe|-------------------------------------||---------||17-17-14---P------|b|--------------------------10BU(12)vv-||---------||---------17-15-17-|g|9BU(11)vv---11BU(14)vv---------------||---------||------------------|x2d|-------------------------------------||14vvvvvv-||------------------|a|-------------------------------------||---------||------------------|E|-------------------------------------||---------||------------------|Anyway for all the things you knowTell me why does the river not flowAnyway for all the things you saidTell me why does the river run red
A/B B/D D/Ee|-------------------------10BU(12)-|b|10BU(12)vv---12BU(15)vv-----------|g|----------------------------------|d|----------------------------------|a|----------------------------------|E|----------------------------------|Anyway for all the things you've seen
Pe|17-14----14---P-------------------|b|------17----17-15----15---P-------|g|------------------16----16-14-----|d|-------------------------------16-|a|----------------------------------|E|----------------------------------|Tell me when will the river run green
e|------------------------------------||------------|b|------------------------------------||------------|g|------------------------------------||------------|d|------------------------------------||------------|a|------------------------------------||----0---0-2-|E|7---5-----------------------------2-||0-2---2-----|And anyway for all the things you knowTell me why does the river not flow
Verse 3 B(v.1) x4 B(v.2) x4
e|--------------||---------||-------------||---------|b|--------------||---------||-------------||---------|g|--------------||---------||-------------||---------|d|17-(let ring)-||------12-||9-(let ring)-||------12-|a|--------------||---------||-------------||---------|E|--------------||---------||-------------||---------|It's more or less the things you fail to say in your own wayThat's your troubleLike a king who stalks the wings and shoots the moon and the starsAnd his double
e|----------------------------------------------------||------------|b|----------------------------------------------------||------------|g|----------------------------------------------------||------------|d|----------------------------------------------------||------------|a|----------------------------------------------------||----0---0-2-|E|---0----------------2-----------7-------------------||0-2---2-----|It's more or less the same as the things that you said
Chorus (as above) Solo B min Pentatonic (with wah wah pedal) played over the following: B(v.1) x4 B(v.2) x4 E(v.2) x2 B(v.1) x2 F# x2 B(v.1) x2 Outro
e|----------------------------|b|--------------P-H---P-------|g|9BU(10)---19 9-7-9---7------|d|-----------------------9----|a|----------------------------|E|----------------------------|
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