River Of Tears tab by Eric Clapton

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River of tears
Music by: Eric Clapton
From the album: Pilgrim
Transcribed by: Axel Alvarez


I toke my time tabbing this song,
I apologize for any mistake,
this song wasn^Òt in the archive so^Å I tabbed it,
this is all my own work, it's my first tab so hope you like it,
and so it begins:


Intro: C-F-Dm-G (arpeggiated)I think the bass plays this intro part

Guitar intro:
  G+G           C majorC         FF
E MajorE|-----------------------|-----------------|
BB|----6--------5--5~~~~~~|-----------------|
G+G|-----------------------|------------7-5--|
D MajorD|-5---------------------|-----------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|--5/7------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------|-----------------|

  FF           DmDm         G+G
E MajorE|-----------------------|--------------------|
BB|------8-----6---6------|-5h6p5--------------|
G+G|-----------------------|------------7p5h7---|
D MajorD|--7--------------------|--------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|--------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------|--------------------|

  G+G             C majorC              FF
E MajorE|----------------------------------|---------------------|
BB|-----8p5--------------------------|---------------------|
G+G|---------------7-7/9-5------------|-----------------5--7|
D MajorD|-5--------------------------------|---------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|---------5/7---------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|---------------------|

  FF          DmDm          G+G
E MajorE|----------------------|---------------------|
BB|----5h6----5-5h6p5----|-----5h6--5----------|
G+G|--------------------7-|---------------7p5-7-|
D MajorD|-7--------------------|---------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------|---------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------|---------------------|

  G+G          A minorAm      D9D9     G+G
E MajorE|----------------------|------------|------------|
BB|----------------------|------------|------8-----|
G+G|-------------5--------|--4/5^×7/9-5-|--7/9---9-7-|
D MajorD|-5---5-5h7------------|------------|------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------|------------|------------|
E MajorE|----------------------|------------|------------|

  G+G              FF                C majorC
E MajorE|----------------------------|---------------|----------------|
BB|----------------------------|---------------|----------------|
G+G|------------5-----5h7---5---|----------5----|------5h7---5~~~|
D MajorD|-5^×-5-5h7-------------7-----|-5^×-5-5h7------|----------7-----|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|---------------|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|---------------|----------------|

Verse:
    C majorC          FF        DmDm        G+G    x2
    (Fill 1)
Fill 1:

BB|--------------|
G+G|-5-7/9-7^×5----|
D MajorD|------------7-|


Chorus:
  A minorAm  Fill 2:    D9D9       G+G  Fill 3:    FF     C majorC
      BB|------------|        BB|------------|
      G+G|------------|        G+G|------------|
      D MajorD|-7--/9-10-9-|        D MajorD|-7-9-9/10-7-|





In this part you can hear the 2nd guitar playing some riffs:
Drowning...     in a river...
Drowning... in a river... of tears...

                BB|------------|
                G+G|-7/9-10-9-5-|
                D MajorD|------------|
Drowning in a river...

                BB|------------|
                G+G|-5-7/10-9-5-|
                D MajorD|------------|
I fell like I^Òm drowning...

                BB|--------------|
                G+G|-7/10-12-10-7-|
                D MajorD|--------------|

Drowning in a river...
                BB|------------|
                G+G|-7/9-10-9-5-|
                D MajorD|------------|

And then the 1st guitar repeats some riffs from of the intro, with the
2nd guitar playing some riffs,
I^Òll write s symbol (♫) to indicate when the second guitar comes
in:


1st guitar        ♫         ♫
E MajorE|-----------------------|-----------------|
BB|----6--------5--5~~~~~~|-----------------|
G+G|-----------------------|------------7-5--|
D MajorD|-5---------------------|-----------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|--5/7------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------|-----------------|

2nd guitar:       and:
BB|------------|     BB|------------|
G+G|-7/9-10-9-5-|     G+G|-5-7/10-9-5-|
D MajorD|------------|     D MajorD|------------|


1st guitar        ♫          ♫
E MajorE|-----------------------|--------------------|
BB|------8-----6---6------|-5h6p5--------------|
G+G|-----------------------|------------7p5h7---|
D MajorD|--7--------------------|--------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|--------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------|--------------------|

2nd guitar:
BB|--------------| BB|------------|
G+G|-7/10-12-10-7-| G+G|-7/9-10-9-5-|
D MajorD|--------------| D MajorD|------------|


Verse:
C majorC          FF        DmDm        G+G    x2
(Fill 1)


Chorus:
A minorAm  (Fill 2)    D9D9       G+G  (Fill 3)  FF    C majorC


Here comes the solo part, I putted the 2nd guitar licks, down on the 1st
guitar licks, hope you get it so^Å here it is:

You^Òll save me from drowning
Drowning...
E MajorE|------------------------|
BB|-8/10~~~~~~-------------|

Drowning^Åin a river^Å
1st guitar (solo)
E MajorE|------------------------|
BB|-8/10~~~~~~-------------|


Drowning...   In a river of tears...
1st guitar:
E MajorE|-----------------------|
BB|----6--------5--5~~~~~~|
G+G|-----------------------|
D MajorD|-5---------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------|
             2nd guitar:
             BB|------------|
             G+G|-7/9-10-9-5-|
             D MajorD|------------|


  Drowning in a river...
E MajorE|--------|
BB|--------|
G+G|-----7-5|
D MajorD|--------|
A augmentedA|-5/7----|
E MajorE|--------|
      2nd guitar
      BB|------------|
      G+G|-5-7/10-9-5-|
      D MajorD|------------|


   Feel like im drowning
1st guitar:
E MajorE|-----------------------|
BB|------8-----6---6------|
G+G|-----------------------|
D MajorD|--7--------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------|

             2nd guitar:
             BB|--------------|
             G+G|-7/10-12-10-7-|
             D MajorD|--------------|


Drowning in a river...
1st guitar:
E MajorE|--------------------|
BB|-5h6p5--------------|
G+G|------------7p5h7---|
D MajorD|--------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------|
            2nd guitar:
            BB|------------|
            G+G|-7/9-10-9-5-|
            D MajorD|------------|


  Lord how long must this go on^Å
E MajorE|--------------------|
BB|--------------------|
G+G|---------5h7p5~~~~~~|
D MajorD|-7---7/9------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------|


E MajorE|----------------|
BB|----------------|
G+G|----------------|
D MajorD|-7/9-7---5~~~~~~|
A augmentedA|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|


E MajorE|-----------------|
BB|-----------------|
G+G|-7/10-9-10~~~~~~-|
D MajorD|-----------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|


e------------------|
b|-----------------|
G+G|10/12~~10-10~~~~-|
D MajorD|-----------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|


e|---------------|
b|6/8--6/10~~~~--|
g|---------------|
D MajorD|---------------|
A augmentedA|---------------|
E MajorE|---------------|


e|-5-7-7/8-5---|
b|-------------|
g|-------------|
D MajorD|-------------|
A augmentedA|-------------|
E MajorE|-------------|


e|-------------|
b|-10^ -8-8---|
g|-------------|
D MajorD|-------------|
A augmentedA|-------------|
E MajorE|-------------|


e|-------------|
b|-6/8---8-8~~~|
g|-------------|
D MajorD|-------------|
A augmentedA|-------------|
E MajorE|-------------|


Drowning...
e|--------|
b|5/6~~~~~|
g|--------|
D MajorD|--------|
A augmentedA|--------|
E MajorE|--------|


In a river of tears...
BB|------------|
G+G|-7/9-10-9-5-|
D MajorD|------------|
and the song ends



i hope you like it, any coments, suggestions,
and tips, please e-mail me: [email protected]


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