The River Chords & Tabs

by PJ Harvey

[Content]
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PJ Harvey - The River
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Album : Is This Desire (1998)
Tempo : 91
E-mail: gwendal.mollo@orange.fr
Tabbed by: newg    (http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/newg/)
I put both version : Guitar and piano.
Normaly the guitar is one step down, there is a slide for the B5, but sound good too with normal tuning.
See my Guitar Pro tab for more
Piano tab :
    B5                                    
e|--------9-------7--|-------------------|
B|------7---7--------|--7----10---9---7--|
G|----7-------7------|----7--------------|
D|--9-----------9----|------9----9---7---|
A|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|

[Verse 1]
         B5               F# E5
And they came to the river
         B5                F# E5
And they came from the road
       B5            F# E5
And he wanted the sun
        B5          F# E5
Just to call his own

[Verse 2]
         B5                F# E5
And they walked on the dirt
         B5                  F# E5
And they walked from the road
          B5               F# E5
'Til they came to the river
          B5           F# E5
'Til they came up close

[Chorus]
           B5               G5 F#5
Throw your pain in the river
           B5               G5 F#5
Throw your pain in the river
           B5               G5 F#5
Leave your pain in the river
      B5              G5 F#5 C
To be washed away slow

[Verse 3]
       B5                  F# E5
And we walked without words
       B5                  F# E5
And we walked with our lives
    B5                  F# E5
Two silent birds circled by

[Chorus]
       B5               G5 F#5
Like a pain in the river
        B5               G5 F#5
And the pain in the river
        B5                 G5 F#5
And the white sun scattered
        B5           G5 F#5
Washed away this slow

[Instrumental]
B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5
B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5
N.C

[Verse 4]
       B5                F# E5
And we followed the river
       B5               F# E5
And we followed the road
       B5                  F# E5
And we walked through this land
       B5              F# E5
And we called it a home

[Verse 5]
       B5            D5 G5
But he wanted the sun
      B5              D5 G5
And I wanted the whole
        B5                 D5 G5
And the white light scatters
        B5          D5 G5
And the sun sets low

[Chorus]
       B5               G5 F#5
Like a pain in the river
        B5               G5 F#5
And the pain in the river
       B5                  G5 F#5
Like a white light scatters
        B5            G5 F#5
To be washed away slow
       B5               G5 F#5
Like a pain in the river
       B5               G5 F#5
Like a pain in the river
         B5                G5 F#5
Like the way life scattered
      B5              G5 F#5
To be washed away slow

[Outro]
B5       G5 F#5       
(Reapeat and fade out)
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Piano Version :

[Verse 1]
         Bm               
And they came to the river
         Bm                
And they came from the road
       Bm            
And he wanted the sun
        Bm          
Just to call his own

[Verse 2]
         Bm                
And they walked on the dirt
         Bm                  
And they walked from the road
          Bm               
'Til they came to the river
          Bm           
'Til they came up close

[Chorus]
           Bm               GG/F#
Throw your pain in the river
           Bm               GG/F#
Throw your pain in the river
           Bm               GG/F#
Leave your pain in the river
      Bm              GG/F# C
To be washed away slow

[Verse 3]
       Bm                  
And we walked without words
       Bm                   
And we walked with our lives
    Bm                     
Two silent birds circled by

[Chorus]
       Bm               GG/F#
Like a pain in the river
        Bm               GG/F#
And the pain in the river
        Bm                 GG/F#
And the white sun scattered
        Bm           GG/F#
Washed away this slow

[Instrumental]
Bm Bm Bm Bm Bm Bm Bm Bm
N.C

[Verse 4]
       Bm                
And we followed the river
       Bm               
And we followed the road
       Bm                      
And we walked through this land
       Bm              
And we called it a home

[Verse 5]
       Bm            Bm/D Bm/G
But he wanted the sun
      Bm              Bm/D Bm/G
And I wanted the whole
        Bm                  Bm/D Bm/G
And the white light scatters
        Bm          Bm/D Bm/G
And the sun sets low

[Chorus]
       Bm               GG/F#
Like a pain in the river
        Bm               GG/F#
And the pain in the river
       Bm                  GG/F#
Like a white light scatters
        Bm            GG/F#
To be washed away slow
       Bm               GG/F#
Like a pain in the river
       Bm               GG/F#
Like a pain in the river
         Bm                GG/F#
Like the way life scattered
      Bm              GG/F#
To be washed away slow

[Outro]
Bm G G/F#             
(Reapeat and fade out)