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Garth Brooks - The River (Tab)
Album: Double Live (2008)
Submitter: matellmon (163) on 1/1/03 3 comments
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The River
By Garth Brooks

Tabbed by Matellmon

Bm   x24432	B	X2333X	
G    320033	E	022100
D    XX0232	A/E  	0X222X
D/F# 2X0232	F#m  	24422X 
Em   022000	E/G# 	4X245X
A    X0222X 	B/A  	X0444X 
E9   024100


INTRO:

   G           A/G  G               A/G
e :----------------|-------------------|
B :-0-----3-----2--|-3-------3-------2-|
G :---0-----0---2--|-4---4------4----2-|
D :--0-----0----2--|-5-5-------5-----2-|
A :----------------|-------------------|
E :-3---3-----3-3--|-3-----3------3--3-|

                      You know….
e :---------------------------|
B :-3-----3-----3-----3-3-----|
G :-----2---2-------2-------2-|
D :---0------0----0-------0---|
A :---------------------------|
E :---------------------------|

VERSE1 

   D5                  D              G/D            D
   dream is like a river,    ever changing as it flows
e :--------------------0H2------------3-------3-----0H2---
B :--3-----------3-----------3-3-----------0----3---------
G :-----------------2------2-----2-------0--------4-------
D :--0--------0-------0---0--------0--0-------------0----2
A :----------------------------------------------------0--
E :-------------------------------------------------------

           G                  D/F#            Em                 A    
   And the dreamers just a vessel,  that must follow where it goes
e :--------3-------------3------0h2-----0----------------0--------
B :3-------------3------------3------3----3---------0--------0----
G :-2----------0------------0------2--------2-----0------------0--
D :---0-----------------------------------------2-----------------
A :---------------------------------------------------------------
E :--------3----------------------------------0-------------------

                 D         G/D       D              Bm                   G
   Trying to learn from whats behind you, And never knowing what’s in store
e :--------------2----------3--------2----2--------------------------------
B :-2------2-------------3--3--------3---3----3-------------------3-----0--
G :-----2-----------2-------4--------2-2--------------------4-------4------
D :---2-----2----0----------0--------0------------------4------------------
A :-0---------------------------------------------0-2----------------------
E :-------------------------------------------------------------------3-3—
   
             D       Dsus        D           A                     D Dsus Em/D D
   Makes each day  a constant battle, just to stay between the shores
e :-----------0h2-----3--------2-2-----2-------------------------------3-0-2-2-
B :-----0-----------3--------3-------3---------2--------2-----------3--3-0-3-3-
G :---0-----------2--------2-------2---------0-----2----------0----------0-2-2-
D :-0-------0-0-------0----------0---------0-----2---------2--------0-0------0-
A :--------------------------------------------0-------------------------------
E :----------------------------------------------------------------------------

CHORUS
              D   G/D   D                    G               D
  And I will sail my vessel,        til’ the river runs dry
e-------------2----3----2--------------------3--------3------0h2--------
B-------------3----3---------------3---------------0----0-----------3---
G-------------2----4------------2------0--------0---------0-------2-----
D-------------0----0----0-----0-----------0------------------0---0----0-
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------3--------------------------

          G                 D/F#            Em              A
  Like a bird upon the wind,          these waters are my sky
e---------3---------3--------2------0------------------0---------
B---------------0-----------------3---3------------------0--2----
G-------------0--------0--------2-------2----0-----0-------------
D------------------------0----------------0------2--------2---2--
A--------------------------------------------0--------------0----
E---------3------------------2-----------------------------------

             D        G/D  D           G 
  I’ll never reach my destination,     if I never try
e------------2--------3----2-------2----3--------------
B------3---5-3--------3---------------0---------2--3---
G-2----------2--------4----------2---2-------0--2--4---
D------4---5-0--------0----0--0-----------0------------
A------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------3----------3---
             D        G/D  D                    A                 
   So I will sail      my vessel        til the river runs dry.
e-------------0h2------3----2-------0---------------------------
B-------0--------------3----3---------3-------0h2---------2-----
G----0--------------2--4----2-----2--------0---------2----------
D--0-------0--0---0----0----0---0---0---0----------2--------2---
A---------------------------------------------0---------------0-
E---------------------------------------------------------------




         D5                 D              G/D            D
Too many times we stand aside. And let the waters slip away
            G                D/F#     Em             A  
Til what we put off til tomorrow. Has now become today.
         D         G/D         D         Bm              G
So don’t you sit upon the shoreline. And say your satisfied.
          D         Dsus  D       A                       D  Dsus  Em/D D
Choose to chance the rapids.  And dare to dance the tide.







 Comments (click here to add a non-facebook comment)
hey, this is a great song, and it looks like you did a pretty darn good job of tabbing it. there is only one problem that i am having though. i am just starting to play and all of the chords that are in the song are not tabbed out. if you could help me out i would appreciate it
-jakebrake | 4/14/2004
there are 2 guitars. one is an electric doing some rifts the other is finger picking. the chords are for people who don't want to go learn all the fingerpicking and just want to play the song so they can sing to it. the chords are the basis of the finger picking. allows people to play the song and sing and have it sound good. but not exactly as he has it as it is finger picked in the song.
-Hondor | 10/29/2004
this is quite possibly the best tabbing I've seen in a long time.... However, I was wondering if you had the bridge tabbed out too, it's my favorite part of the song and I'd really like to see it tabbed out, thanks again
-kp110477 | 1/30/2005
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