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River Runs Red
by Midnight Oil


e----------0-------       -------3--------|
B--------0---0-----       -------0--------|
G------2-------2---  3 times  -------2--------|
D----1-----------1-       -------1--------|
A--2---------------       -------2--------|
E------------------       ----------------|

Intro and Verse:

e|---------------------------------------------------------0-------|
B|---------------------1-----------------------3---------0---0-----|
G|-----0-------2-----2---2-----0-------------2---2-----2-------2---|
D|---2---2---2---2-3---------2---2-----0---0---------1-----------1-|
A|---------0---------------3---------2---2---------2---------------|
E|-0-------------------------------3-------------------------------|


The solos in the Intro:

D|-3--2--0--3--020-3--0------------------|
A|-----------------------020----0--------|
E|---------------------------3------2----|

D|---/4--5--4/2/0------------------------|
A|-----------------/4--5--4/2/0----------|
E|---------------------------------------|

G|--------0------------------------------|
D|-----------2--2-0----------------------|
A|------------------3-2-0----------------|
E|-0-------------------------------------|

and these four chords strummed fast:

  Em F  G  B7   Em
e|--7---8---10---7--------0-|
B|--8---10--12---7--------0-|
G|--9---10--12---8--------0-|
D|--9---10--12---7--------2-|
A|--7---8---10---9--------2-|
E|--0---8---10---7--------0-|


Verse:

    Em           A  F C
So you cut all the tall trees down
   G            D  B7
You poisoned the sky and the sea
    Em             A   F C
You've taken what's good from the ground
     G            D  B7
But you left precious little for me


    Em           A  F C
You remember the flood and the fall
    G           D  B7
We remember the light on the hill
    Em          A  F C
There should be enough for us all
     G           D  G D
But the dollar is driving us still


Chorus:

        Am
The river runs red, black rain falls
      G
Dust in my hand
      F        G
River runs red, black rain falls
         D
 On my bleeding land


    Em            A  F C
So we came and conquered and found
 G           D  B7
Riches of commons and kings
    Em             A  F C
Who strangled and wrestled the ground
     G         D  B7
But they never put back anything
     Em           A  F C
Now I'm trapped like a dog in a cage
   G           D  B7
Whereever the truth is pursued
  Em            A F C
It must be the curse of the age
    G         D   G D
What's taken is never renewed


The last Chorus goes:

        Am
The river runs red, black rain falls
      G
Dust in my hand
      F        G
River runs red, black rain falls
         F C G D
 On my bleeding land

F C G D  F C G D F C G D  F C G D
land.... land   land....  land


Original Tableture by Kai.
luko@informatik.uni-rostock.de
Additions/Corrections by Jonathan Hart
Oils@total.net


Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 14:14:43 +0100
From: jaensch@r5.mnd.fh-wiesbaden.de
Subject: midnight_oil.tab


date: 25/11/97
transcriber: stephan jaensch
e-mail: jaensch@r5.mnd.fh-wiesbaden.de
artist: midnight oil
song: river runs red
album: blue sky mining
author: rob hirst / jim moginie

h: hammer-on
p: pull-off
s: slide
b: bend
r: release

INTRO I
E---------0---------------0---------------0-------3-|
B-------0---0-----------0---0-----------0---0-----0-|
G-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2---2-|
D---1-----------1---1-----------1---1-----------1-1-|
A-2---------------2---------------2---------------2-|
E---------------------------------------------------|

INTRO II/VERSE (originally by piano)
E--------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------1-----------------------3----|
G-----0-------2-----2---2-----0-------------2---2--|
D---2---2---2---2-----------2---2-----0---0--------|
A---------0---------------3---------2---2----------|
E-0---------------1---------------3----------------|

 (skip before chorus)
E---------0--------|
B-------0---0------|
G-----2-------2----|
D---1-----------1--|
A-2----------------|
E------------------|

play before chorus: G D

CHORUS
 Am   G   F   G    D

return to verse, chorus(2x), skip D second time and play:

PART II
E-----0-------0---------------2---|
B---1---1---0---0-----3-----0---0-|
G-------------------4---4---------|
D---------------------------------|
A---------------------------------|
E-1-------0-------3-------2-------|

return to chorus, part II, ending on a G chord

RHYTHM FILL (...the age   what's taken...)
E---------------------------------|
B---------------------------------|
G---------------------------------|
D-2h3-2-0---3p2p0---0-------------|
A---------3-------3---2p0---0-----|
E-------------------------3---2s0-|

INTRO SOLO (light distortion)
E---------------------------------------------0-----------------|
B-------------------------------------------0---0---------------|
G-----2-2---------------------------------2-------2-------------|
D-0h2-3-2-0---3p2p0---0-----------------1-----------1-3s4-5-4s2-|
A-----------3-------3---2p0---0-----0-2-------------------------|
E---------------------------3---2s0-----------------------------|

E---------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-6s7-------------7-7-7-7-5-4---|
B---------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-----10-8-8s10-7-7-7-7-7-5-4-4-|
G-------------------0-------------------------------------------|
D-0-------------2s3---------------------------------------------|
A---3s4-5-4s2-0-------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------|

E-----0-----------------1-1-1-1-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-|
B-5-4-0-0---------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G-----0---0-------------2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D-----2-----2-3-2-0-2---3-3-3-3-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A---------------------3-----------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------|

E-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-|
B-------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-12-12-12-12-|
G-------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-------------------12-12-12-12-|
D-------------------------------------------------------------|
A-0-2b3r2-0---------------------------------------------------|
E-----------3-2-0-0-------------------------------------------|

E-10-10-10-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-0-|
B-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-0-|
G-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-0-|
D----------------------------------------------------------0-|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|

so you cut all the tall trees down
you poisoned the sky and the sea
you've taken what's good from the ground
but you left precious little for me
you remember the flood and the fall
we remember the light on the hill
there should be enough for us all
but the dollar is driving us still

river runs red black rain falls dust in my hand
river runs red black rain falls on my bleedin land

so we came and conquered and found
riches of commons and kings
who strangled and wrestled the ground
but they never put back anything
now i'm trapped like a dog in a cage
wherever the truth is pursued
it must be the curse of the age
what's taken is never renewed

river runs red...

so this is how i could work it out. if any one has any
corrections, additions or whatever please add it to my tab or
send it to me.

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