Buffalo River Home Tab by John Hiatt

Buffalo River Home tab by John Hiatt

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BUFFALO RIVER HOME - John Hiatt
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Intro:
E   A   E   A   E

           B                                       E
 I've been taking off + landing but ....
              A                         E             B
 and how much thicker this ...
A
 Just when you think ....
   E                          /F# /G# A
 reality sneaks off and ...
E          B/D#      C#m     B
 As if you ever ...
 A          G#m      F#m
 takin' you down ...

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 CHORUS:
  B                   E
  Tearing through the ...
         A
  of the South running ...
                   E    B/D#   C#m
  Down through the Mississ...
  B       A                  B
  with no place to ...
            E
  Mixing up drinks with ...
  A
  all along the paint ...
             E      B/D#         C#m
  down to an Indian ....
  B       A            G#m       F#m
  with no rider in the ...
                  A             E
  Lookin' for his ....
.-------------

Chords used:   John    Michael  Alternatively
            E- 022100  022xxx
            A- x02200  577xxx
            B- x2440x  799xxx
         B/D#- x69xxx  x69xxx   x6444x
          C#m- x46xxx  x466xx   x46654
          G#m- 4664xx  466xxx   466444
          F#m- 2442xx  244xxx   244222

On the album, John strums along (in  the left channel, clean) with the
chords shown  above,  whilst  Michael  (in  the  right  channel,  with
distortion), aside  from  the links between the verses and fills shown
below, plays mostly  power   chords  as  shown  above. The alternative
chords are fuller chords that you can use if playing it by yourself.
Note also that Michael's  part  on  the  first  and  third line of the
chorus goes like this:
  + + + +   + + + +   + + + +   + + + +
|----0---0|----0----|----0---0|----0----|
|------0--|--0---0--|------0--|--0---0--|
|---------|---------|-2-------|---------|
|-2-------|---------|-2-------|---------|
|-2-------|---------|-0-------|---------|
|-0-------|---------|---------|---------|

If you want to improvise your own  links  and fills you will note that
Michael uses E major pentatonic all the way.

Intro:
  +     +     +     +       +     +     +     +       +     +     +    +
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-9-----12-9~~~~~---------|-9-----12-9~~~~~---------|
|----------------9--------|----11----------11-9-----|----11----------11-9-----|
|----------9-/11----11-9--|----------------------11-|----------------------11-|
|----7-/11----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

  +  +  +  +    +     +     +     +       +     +     +     +
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------|----------9--------------|-9-----12-9~~~~~---------|
|-9~~~~~~~~~~~|------/11----11-9--------|----11----------11-9-----|
|-------------|-------------------11-9--|----------------------11-|
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

  +     +     +     +       +     +     +     +       +  +  +     +
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|---
|-9-----12-9~~~~~---------|-9-----------------------|-------------------|---
|----11----------11-9-----|----11-9-/11----9-----9--|----------9--------|---
|----------------------11-|-------------------11----|------/11----11-9--|-9-
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|---
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|---

Link to v2:
  +     +     +     +       +     +     +     +       +     +     +     +
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-9-----12-9~~~~~---------|-9-----12-9~~~~~---------|-9-----------------------|
|----11----------11-9-----|----11----------11-9-----|----11-9-/11----9-----9--|
|----------------------11-|----------------------11-|-------------------11----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

  +  +  +     +       +     +     +     +       +     +     +     +
|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-9-----12-9~~~~~---------|-9-----12-9~~~~~---------|
|----------9--11-9--|----11----------11-9-----|----11----------11-9-----|
|------/11----------|----------------------11-|----------------------11-|
|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

    +  +  +  +    +   +     +     +       +
|---------------|-----------------------|-----
|---10----------|-----9--10-12--10--9---|-----
|---9-----------|----x------------------|-9---
|--x------------|----x------------------|-----
|-x-------------|---x-------------------|-----
|-rake----------|--rake-----------------|-----

Fills in v2:
              +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +
            |--------------|-------------|
            |--------------|-------------|
            |--------------|-------------|
            |-2--------6-7-|-9-7-6-------|
            |-2------------|-------7-----|
            |-0------------|-------------|
down at Times Square
                 +   +   +   +     +
               |-----------------|----
               |-----------------|----
               |---------8---9---|-8--
               |-9--------/9---9-|----
               |-9---------------|----
               |-7---------------|----
but nothing fits there

Link to v3/solo:
  +     +     +     +       +     +     +     +       +  +  +     +
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-9-----12-9~~~~~---------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|----11----------11-9-----|-9-----11-9~~~~~---------|-------------------|
|----------------------11-|----11----------11-9-----|----------------9--|
|-------------------------|---------------------\9--|-7--------7-/11----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|

  +         +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +       +     +     +
|-----------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
|------9-11b13---b13----|b13---b13-b13----|b13-r11p9---9------------9-|
|/11--------------------|-----------------|---------11-------11-9h11--|
|-----------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|

  +  +  +  +    +   +   +   +     +
|-------------|-----------------|-----
|-10----------|---10----9---10--|-12--
|-9-----------|-----9-----9---9-|-9---
|-------------|-11----11--------|-----
|-------------|-----------------|-----
|-------------|-----------------|-----

Fills in v3:
                       +   +     +     +       +   +   +
                     |-----------------------|------------
                     |-----------------------|------------
                     |--------------9-----9--|------------
                     |-2------------9--11-9--|------------
                     |-2-----/7-/11----------|\9-7---7----
                     |-0---------------------|-----9------
but I forget what they are
              +   +   +   +     +
            |-----------------|-----
            |-----------------|-----
            |---------11--13--|-11--
            |-9----/13--13--13|-13--
            |-9---------------|-----
            |-7---------------|-----
or wishing on stars

Outro:
  +     +   +   +     +     +   +     +     +   +     +   +
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------9-----------|---------------------|-------------9-11-9--|
|/11-9----11--9-----|-------------------9-|-7------7-/11--------|
|--------------\9-7-|/11-9--7-7----7-/11--|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

   + + +          +      + +          +   +       +  +     +    +
|----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|-------/14-12b14-b14-12-|-------9-/12-9------|
11b13------r11-11b13r11|b13---------------------|---------------11-9-|
|----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|

   +       +   +  +    +  +  +  +     +    +   +        +
|--------------------|--------------|------12-----------------|
|--------------------|------------12|-14-12--14~~~-12---------|
11b13-r11p9--9-------|---------/13--|----------------13b14r13-|
|----------11--------|--------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------|-------------------------|

  +    +   +   +      +   +       +  +      +      +   +   +
|------12----------|----------------------|--------------------|
|-14-12--14~-12----|----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------13--11b13--9h11p9----------|--------------------|
|------------------|-----------------11-9-|--------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|\9--7-9b11---b11----|
|------------------|----------------------|--------------------|

  +    +   +   +     +        +     +         +      +   +    +    +
|------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------------|-----12---12---12-10~|
|------------------|-----9-11b13---b13--r11p9-11-9-|-9------9----9-------|
|--------------9-11|/11----------------------------|---------------------|
|b11r9-7-7--/11----|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------|

  +    +    +    +      +
|---------------------|----||
|~~~---10---10p9------|----||
|----9----------------|-9--||
|----------------11-9-|-9--||
|---------------------|----||
|---------------------|----||

Notation used:
   + = beat marker
   h = hammer-on
   p = pull-off
   / = slide
   b = bend        eg 11b13---b13--r11-  means bend from the 11
   r = release       fret up 2 frets, re-bend, and then release
   ~ = vibrato

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