Tea Party – River tab

THE RIVER
By "The Tea Party"
From The Album "Splendor Solice"

Tabbed by Mark Wiebe, rwiebe@mindlink.bc.ca

Standard Tuning  E A D G B E

I didn't try to figure out all of the little extra guitar parts or harmonies but I think I got the main stuff.  You'll have to figure out the timing for yourself.  There is also a lot a wah wah stuff in this song.  I didn't indicate which parts use the wah pedal because I thought you could figure that out for yourself if you have one.

This is just an example of the kind of thing Jeff plays for the intro. 
I can't write it out exactly, but I know it's based on this scale so it
should give you the basic idea.  Variations of this are repeated
throughout various parts of the song.

Fig.1|-----------------------------------4-5-7-8-10-8-7-5-4-5-7-8-10-8-7----||-5h6p5h6p5h6p5h6p5h6p5h6p5h6p--5h6---------------------------------6--||----------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fig. 2 Fig.3|--------------------------| |-0---------------------0-------------||--------------------------| |-0---------------------0-------------||--------------------------| |-1---------------------2-------------||-2--2--2--2----2--2--2--2-| |-2---------------------3-------------||--------------------------| |-2---------------------3-------------||--------------------------| |-0---------------------1-------------|
Fig.4 Fig.5|-0-----0-----0----------------| |--------------------------||-0-----0-----0----------------| |--------------------------||-1-----1-----1----------------| |--------------------------||-2--2--2--2--2----------------| |--------------------------||-2--2--2--2--2--------2-3-5---| |-----------------4--5--7--||-0--0--0--0--0----3-5-------0-| |-1--1-1--3-1-0-1----------|
Fig.6|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-7-4---4----------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-7-4---4----------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-5-2---2----------||------------------------------4--1--0-|
Fig.7|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||-----------------------------5\--||---------------------------------||---0-2---0-2---0-3---0-5---0-7\--||-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------|
Solo|-7-7--7h8p7p5h7--7-7--7h8p7p5h7--7-7-7-8-8/11-8-7h8p7p5-7-7-||------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7\4--4/7--7-7-7\4--4/7--7-7-8/10-8-||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|
Fig.8 Fig.9|-------------------------------| |-------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------||-------------------------------| |-------------------------||---0-2---0-2---0--------5------| |-------------------------||-0-----0-----0----5-7-8---8-7--| |-5--5-5-8-7-5-7--4--1-0--|
Fig.10|--------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------6-||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||------------------------------------5-------||-5--5-5-8-7-5-7--4-4-4--5-5-5--7--8---8-7---|
Fig.11 Fig.12|-----B-------------BR--| |-------------------------------||-6h8-8-8-6h8-------8---| |-------------------------------||-------------9-7-6-----| |-------------------------------||-----------------------| |--------------------11--12-14--||-----------------------| |-8--8-10-12-10-8-10------------||-----------------------| |-------------------------------|
Fig.13 Fig.14|---------------------------| |--------------------------------------||------------------------7--| |--------------------------------------||------------6-8-9--8--9----| |-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10------||--------7-9----------------| |-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10--7---||-7-9-10--------------------| |--8--8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8--8--7---||---------------------------| |----------------------------------5---|
Fig.15 Fig.16 Fig.18|----------------------| |----------------| |----------------------||----------------------| |----------------| |----------------------||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-10--| |-9-9-9-9--7-10--| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\---||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-10--| |-9-9-9-9--7-10--| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\---||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5--8--| |-7-7-7-7--5--8--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\---||----------------------| |----------------| |----------------------|
============================================================== Fig.2 x4 Fig.2 Sailing down Fig.2 Down the sticks again Fig.2 Without you my love Fig.2 I want to return with them Fig.3 I see all my friends Fig.3 They want me to join with them Fig.3 They all melt away Fig.4 Without you alone Fig.5 And a river's running through my veins Fig.5 Lately she don't seem the same Fig.5 And a blind keeps calling out my name Fig.6 Fig.2 I passed by the sins Fig.2 Left by a different man Fig.2 Tides brought them here Fig.2 Cast by a different hand Fig.3 And the wisps of the winds Fig.3 Blow with the sticks again Fig.3 Pushing me on Fig.4 Without you alone Fig.5 And a river's running through my veins Fig.5 Lately she don't seem the same Fig.5 And a blind keeps calling out my name Fig.6 Fig.7 x19 *Solo is played over Fig.7 twice after the first 8x of Fig.7 Fig.8 Fig.9 And the river running down Fig.9 And the river running down Fig.9 And the river running down Fig.10 And the river Fig.11&12 x3 *Last note in Fig.12 played first 2x only. Fig.6 Fig.2 x2 Fig.2 My will must be strong Fig.2 She rides with a different light Fig.2 My will must be long Fig.2 I'm still pushing for different heights Fig.3 And the wisps of the winds Fig.3 Blow with the sticks again Fig.3 The river runs red Fig.4 And I'm left alone Fig.5 and a river's running through my veins Fig.5 Lately she don't seem the same Fig.5 And a blind keeps calling out my name Fig.5&13 And the rivers runnin yeah Fig.5&13 Help me baby Fig.5&13 Help me baby Fig.5&13 Help me baby Fig.5&13 Help me baby ooh ooh yeah Fig.14 Help me baby Fig.14 Help me baby Fig.14 Help me baby Yes Fig.15x2 Fig.16x2 Fig.18 =============================================================== Key: h = hammer on p = pull off b = bend 1 half step B = bend 1 whole step BR = bend and release / = slide up \ = slide down
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