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River Blindness by The J. Geils Band







     River Blindness 








Tuning: E A D G B E

Chord voicing for bridge:
Gm xx0786
F xx7565
Ebmaj7 xx5333
Dm7 xx0211
 
in the outro:
Gm 355333
F 133211
Ebmaj7 x65333
Dm x00231
 
[Intro]
Gm Gm Gm Gm
 
[Verse 1]
Gm               F
River blindness, river blindness
Gm                      Dm
Black flies rise as the water flows
Gm               F
Human kindness - River blindness
Gm                Dm
Angels cry as the fever grows
Gm          F
Indications Demographics
    Gm                   Dm
Control of the basics is all you see
Gm              F
Combinations Disintegrations
   Gm                 Dm      Eb7
Cessation - of life expectancy
 
[Chorus 1]
              Gm
Got to face it
                       Eb7
Can't erase it (or the tropical lands) or the tropical (man?)
        D5
(Or the tropical lands) got to rip up Tinsel
Gm  Gm Gm Gm
Town
 
[Verse 2]
Gm                   F
(blueprint mortality) twist off neutrality
     Gm                   Dm
This must be reality this must be the place
Gm                       F
Just imbalance trickling down from the fall
          Gm                            Dm
Trickling down from the fall, trickling down, trickling down, trickling down
Gm               F
River blindness, river blindness
Gm                      Dm
Black flies rise as the water flows
Gm               F
Human kindness - River blindness
Gm                Dm         Eb7
Angels cry as the fever grows
 
[Chorus 2]
              Gm
Got to face it
                       Eb7
Can't erase it (or the tropical land) or the tropical (man?)
        D5
(Or the tropical land) got to rip up Tinsel
Gm  Gm Gm Gm
Town
 
N.C
 
[Bridge]
Gm F Ebmaj7 Dm7 x6
Gm F
 
[Outro]
Gm Gm Gm   Gm Gm F   Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7   Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 Dm
(staccato)








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