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Down River by The Temper Trap
Down River
Intro: D, G, D, G
D G
Finally
D G
We have seen some things
Bm A
Some awfully nice
C#m Em
Some dreadfully bad
D G
But we will sing
D G
Wash the blood, off our knees
Bm A
Cause our love breaks
C#m Em
Through rough seas, our ship will sail it
D G
I, don't, understand
D G
How this world will work
Bm A
Cause time will tell us nothing
C#m Em
I'll take a chance on something
D, D, D, D (muted)
feeling old, feelings this time take you
Bm Bm
Down river, down river
A A
Down river, down…
D, D, D, D (muted)
walk these stairs, put the pieces back together
Bm Bm
Go, don't stop, go, don't stop
A G
Go, don't stop, go, don't stop
Now go..
D, G, D, G
D G
Finally
D G
We have seen some things
Bm A
But bells in your hallways
C#m Em
Don't move you in the right place
D G
So we will sing
D G
Cast our hopes out to sea
Bm A
Though our hears break
C#m Em
Through violent winds, our ship will sail it
D G
I, don't, understand
D G
How this world will work
Bm A
Cause time will tell us nothing
C#m Em
I'll take a chance on something
D, D, D, D (muted)
feeling old, feelings this time take you
Bm Bm
Down river, down river
A A
Down river, down¦
D, D, D, D (muted)
walk these stairs, put the pieces back together
Bm Bm
Go, don't stop, go, don't stop
A G
Go, don't stop, go, don't stop
Now go..
D G
Go, don't stop, go, don't stop
D G
Go, don't stop, go, don't stop
Bm A
Go, don't stop, go, don't stop
C#m Em7
Go, don't stop, go, don't stop
Outro: D, G, D, G,
Bm, A, C#m, Em7,
D
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version 2
Tuning: standard (EADGBe)
INTRO:
e|---------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|
G|-11~-----11\4~----4/11~----11\4~----4/-| |----11~-----11~-----11\--4~----4~----4/-|
D|-0~------0--0~----0-0~-----0--0~----0--| |-------0~------0~----------0~----0~-----|
A|-x-------x--x-----x-x------x--x-----x--| |----------------------------------------|
E|-10~-----10\3~----3/10~----10\3~----3/-| then |-10~-----10~-----10~--\3~----3~----3~-/-|2x
VERSE: Guitar 1 (I tried to tab the strumming pattern)
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-11--111111--11--111111--11\4--444--4--444--4/-|
D|-0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0--0--000--0--000--0--|
A|-x---x-x-x---x---x-x-x---x--x--xxx--x--xxx--x--|
E|-10--101010--10--101010--10\3--333--3--333--3/-|2x
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7--777--7--777--7\6--666--6--666--6/9--999--9--999--9/12--121212--12-121212--12\-|
D|-0--000--0--000--0-0--000--0--000--0-0--000--0--000--0-0---0-0-0---0--0-0--0--0---|
A|-x--xxx--x--xxx--x-x--xxx--x--xxx--x-x--xxx--x--xxx--x-x---x-x-x---x--x-x-x---x---|
E|-7--777--7--777--7\5--555--5--555--5/9--999--9--999--9/12--121212--12-121212--12\-|
VERSE: Guitar 2 (comes in when ^^^ is played)
e|---------------------------------------------------------7~----------14\-|
B|-------7~----------------5~-----------------8~-----------8~----------12\-|
G|-----7~----------------6~-----------------9~-------------9~----------12\-|
D|---9~----------------7~----------------11~-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-10~----10\3~----3/10~----10-10\3~----3/-|
G|-11~----11\4~----4/11~----11-11\4~----4/-|
D|-0------0--0-----0-0------0--0--0-----0--|
A|-x------x--x-----x-x------x--x--x-----x--|
E|-10~----10\3~----3/10~----10-10\3~----3/-|2x
PRE-CHORUS: Guitar 1
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----11~-----11~-----11~-----11~----11~-------11~-----11~-----11~---11~-------12--14-|
D|-------0~------0~------0~------0~-----0~--------0~------0~------------0~------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-10~-----10~-----10~-----10~-----9~-----9/10~-----10~-----10~---10~-----10/12--14---|
CHORUS: Guitar 1 (I tried tabbing the strumming pattern again)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7--777--7--777--7-7-7--777--7--777--7-7\5--555--5--555--5-5/8--888--8--888--8-8-|
G|-7--777--7--777--7-7-7--777--7--777--7-7\6--666--6--666--6-6/9--999--9--999--9-9-|
D|-0--000--0--000--0-0-0--000--0--000--0-0-0--000--0--000--0-0-0--000--0--000--0-0-|
A|-x--xxx--x--xxx--x-x-x--xxx--x--xxx--x-x-x--xxx--x--xxx--x-x-x--xxx--x--xxx--x-x-|
E|-7--777--7--777--7-7-7--777--7--777--7-7\5--555--5--555--5-5/9--999--9--999--9-9-|
Pre-Chorus 1x
Chorus 1x
Intro 1x
Verse 3x
Pre-Chorus 1x
Chorus 1x
Pre-Chorus 1x
Chorus 1x
OUTRO:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10-101010-10-101010-10\3-333-3-333-3/10-101010-10-101010-10\3-333-3-333-3--|
G|-11-111111-11-111111-11\4-444-4-444-4/11-111111-11-111111-11\4-444-4-444-4--|
D|-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-000-0-000-0-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-000-0-000-0--|
A|-x--x-x-x--x--x-x-x--x--x-xxx-x-xxx-x-x--x-x-x--x--x-x-x--x--x-xxx-x-xxx-x--|
E|-10-101010-10-101010-10\3-333-3-333-3/10-101010-10-101010-10\3-333-3-333-3/-|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-777-7-777-7\5-555-5-555-5/8-888-8-888-8/12-121212-12-121212-12\-|
G|-7-777-7-777-7\6-666-6-666-6/9-999-9-999-9/12-121212-12-121212-12\-|
D|-0-000-0-000-0-0-000-0-000-0-0-000-0-000-0-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0---|
A|-x-xxx-x-xxx-x-x-xxx-x-xxx-x-x-xxx-x-xxx-x-x--x-x-x--x--x-x-x--x---|
E|-7-777-7-777-7\5-555-5-555-5/9-999-9-999-9/12-121212-12-121212-12\-|the entire outro, 2x
End on:
e|-----|
B|-10~-|
G|-11~-|
D|-0~--|
A|-x---|
E|-10~-|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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version 3
Chords used:
G: (320033)
G2: (x20030)
Em7: (022033)
Cadd9: (032033)
Intro: G, Em7, G, Em7
(You can mute the chords and just play
the top two strings for a better sound.)
G Em7
Finally
G Em7
We have seen some things
G Em7
Some awfully nice
G Cadd9
Some dreadfully bad
G Em7
But we will sing
G Em7
Wash the blood, off our knees
G Em7
Cause our love breaks
G Cadd9
Through rough seas, our ship will sail it
G Em7
I, don't, understand
G2 Cadd9
How this world will work
G Em7
Cause time will tell us nothing
G2 Cadd9
I'll take a chance on something
G, G, Em7, Em7 (muted)
G
Down river, down river
Em7
Down river, down…
G, G, Em7, Em7 (muted)
G
Go, don't stop, go, don't stop
Em7
Go, don't stop, go, don't stop
Now go..
(same pattern for the rest of the song)
Finally
We have seen some things
But bells in your hallways
Don't move you in the right place
So we will sing
Cast our hopes out to sea
Though our hears break
Through violent winds, our ship will sail it
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version 4
Intro
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|--11--11/4-4-4/11-11-11/4-4-4/11---|
D|--------/-----/--------/-----/-----|
A|--------/-----/--------/-----/-----|
E|--10--10/3-3-3/10-10-10/3-3-3/10---|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|----11-------11-------11---4-----4-----4--|
D|-------12-------12-----------5-----5------| X2
A|------------------------------------------|
E|--10------10-------10----3-----3-----3----|
Verse
e|------|-----|------|-----|-----|-----|------|------|
B|------|-----|------|-----|-----|-----|------|------|
G|--11--|--4--|--11--|--4--|--8--|--6--|--10--|--13--|
D|--12--|--5--|--12--|--5--|-----|-----|------|--14--|
A|------|-----|------|-----|--9--|--7--|--11--|------|
E|--10--|--3--|--10--|--3--|--7--|--5--|--9---|--12--|
Chorus
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|----11-------11-------11-------11------11----|
D|-------12-------12-------12-------12------10-|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|--10------10-------10-------10-------9-------|
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|----11-------11-------11-------11------13----|
D|-------12-------12-------12-------12------14-|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|--10------10-------10-------10-------12------|
e|------|------|------|------|
B|------|------|------|------|
G|--13--|--13--|--10--|--10--|
D|--14--|--14--|------|------|
A|------|------|--11--|--11--|
E|--12--|--12--|--9---|--9---|
Order:
Intro
Verse x3
Chorus x2
Intro
Verse x3
Chorus x2
Verse x2
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version 5
Standard Tuning
No Capo
For the original sound, a classical guitar is required for the intro and lead.
D G D G
e|-------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------|
d|--11---\---4---/---11---/---4--|
g|--0----\---0---/---0----/---0--|
b|-------\-------/--------/------|
E|--10---\---3---/---10---/---3--|
D G
e|---------------------------------------------|
a|---------------------------------------------|
d|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-\-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
g|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-\-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
b|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-\-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-\-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
D G
e|---------------------------------------------|
a|---------------------------------------------|
d|-----11------11-----------\---4------4-------|
g|----------12----12----12--\--------5---5---5-|
b|--------------------------\------------------|
E|--10---10----------10-----\-3---3--------3---|
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