River Of Tears tab by Eric Clapton

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           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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