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River Of Tears Tab by Eric Clapton

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:

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

Guitar intro:
   G                     C                 F
E|-----------------------|-----------------|
B|----6--------5--5~~~~~~|-----------------|
G|-----------------------|------------7-5--|
D|-5---------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------------|--5/7------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------|

    F                     Dm                  G
E|-----------------------|--------------------|
B|------8-----6---6------|-5h6p5--------------|
G|-----------------------|------------7p5h7---|
D|--7--------------------|--------------------|
A|-----------------------|--------------------|
E|-----------------------|--------------------|

   G                         C                            F
E|----------------------------------|---------------------|
B|-----8p5--------------------------|---------------------|
G|---------------7-7/9-5------------|-----------------5--7|
D|-5--------------------------------|---------------------|
A|----------------------------------|---------5/7---------|
E|----------------------------------|---------------------|

   F                   Dm                   G
E|----------------------|---------------------|
B|----5h6----5-5h6p5----|-----5h6--5----------|
G|--------------------7-|---------------7p5-7-|
D|-7--------------------|---------------------|
A|----------------------|---------------------|
E|----------------------|---------------------|

   G                    Am           D9          G
E|----------------------|------------|------------|
B|----------------------|------------|------8-----|
G|-------------5--------|--4/5^×7/9-5-|--7/9---9-7-|
D|-5---5-5h7------------|------------|------------|
A|----------------------|------------|------------|
E|----------------------|------------|------------|

   G                           F                               C
E|----------------------------|---------------|----------------|
B|----------------------------|---------------|----------------|
G|------------5-----5h7---5---|----------5----|------5h7---5~~~|
D|-5^×-5-5h7-------------7-----|-5^×-5-5h7------|----------7-----|
A|----------------------------|---------------|----------------|
E|----------------------------|---------------|----------------|



Verse:
        C                   F               Dm               G       x2
        (Fill 1)
Fill 1:

B|--------------|
G|-5-7/9-7^×5----|
D|------------7-|



Chorus:
   Am   Fill 2:        D9              G    Fill 3:        F         C
            B|------------|               B|------------|
            G|------------|               G|------------|
            D|-7--/9-10-9-|               D|-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...

                               B|------------|
                               G|-7/9-10-9-5-|
                               D|------------|
Drowning in a river...

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

                               B|--------------|
                               G|-7/10-12-10-7-|
                               D|--------------|

Drowning in a river...
                               B|------------|
                               G|-7/9-10-9-5-|
                               D|------------|

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|-----------------------|-----------------|
B|----6--------5--5~~~~~~|-----------------|
G|-----------------------|------------7-5--|
D|-5---------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------------|--5/7------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------|

2nd guitar:              and:
B|------------|          B|------------|
G|-7/9-10-9-5-|          G|-5-7/10-9-5-|
D|------------|          D|------------|



1st guitar               ♫                    ♫
E|-----------------------|--------------------|
B|------8-----6---6------|-5h6p5--------------|
G|-----------------------|------------7p5h7---|
D|--7--------------------|--------------------|
A|-----------------------|--------------------|
E|-----------------------|--------------------|

2nd guitar:
B|--------------| B|------------|
G|-7/10-12-10-7-| G|-7/9-10-9-5-|
D|--------------| D|------------|



Verse:
C                   F               Dm               G       x2
(Fill 1)


Chorus:
Am   (Fill 2)       D9              G    (Fill 3)    F       C


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|------------------------|
B|-8/10~~~~~~-------------|

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


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


    Drowning in a river...
E|--------|
B|--------|
G|-----7-5|
D|--------|
A|-5/7----|
E|--------|
           2nd guitar
           B|------------|
           G|-5-7/10-9-5-|
           D|------------|


      Feel like im drowning
1st guitar:
E|-----------------------|
B|------8-----6---6------|
G|-----------------------|
D|--7--------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|

                          2nd guitar:
                          B|--------------|
                          G|-7/10-12-10-7-|
                          D|--------------|


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


   Lord how long must this go on^Å
E|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|---------5h7p5~~~~~~|
D|-7---7/9------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|


E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|-7/9-7---5~~~~~~|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|


E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-7/10-9-10~~~~~~-|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|


e------------------|
b|-----------------|
G|10/12~~10-10~~~~-|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|


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


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


e|-------------|
b|-10^  -8-8---|
g|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|


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


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



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




i hope you like it, any coments, suggestions,
and tips, please e-mail me: axe_linsky@hotmail.com



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