Song : River of Tears Album : Pilgrim Artist : Eric Clapton (/Simon Climie) Author : Al Watson
Bound to become a classic - I have seen a fairly accurate transcription of this and have a fairly good interpretation myself. This is my first transcription so I have just invented the Tab as I went along. There is quite a lot of arpeggioed rhythm guitar which is repeated so please excuse me for not writing it out each time. There were I suspect at least 3 guitar tracks on the original:
1 - Main Rhythm (arpeggioed chords) 2 - Lead / Rhythm 3 - Slide
I have not transcribed the slide part yet but could try - this is because of the difficulty of getting accurate intonation and the difference between players have the slide on the neck to acheive a certain note.
As usual you will need to listen to the track for all the timings.
Guitar 1 - Intro / PART A
Played Twice
C F E----------0--------I---------0-------I--------1--------I-------1----------|I B--------1-------1--I------1------1---I-----1-------1---I-----1-----1-3----|I G------0-------0----I----0------0-----I---2-------2-----I---2--------------|I D-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I A---3---------------I-3---------------I-----------------I------------------|I E-------------------I-----------------I-1---------------I-1----------------|I
Am D7 E----------0--------I--------0--------I--------5--------I--------5---------|I B--------1------1---I------1------1---I------3------3---I------3------3----|I G------2------2-----I----2------2-----I----5------5-----I----5------5------|I D-------------------I-----------------I-0---------------I-0----------------|I A---0---------------I-0---------------I-----------------I------------------|I E-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I
Gsus4 G F E----------3--------I--------3--------I--------1--------I--------1---------|I B--------3------3---I------3------3---I------1------1---I------1------1----|I G------5------5-----I----4------4-----I----2------2-----I----2------2------|I D-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I A-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I E---3---------------I-3---------------I-1---------------I-1----------------|I
Part A Part A / Part C Part B / Part D Part A / Verse 1 (Start of Part E) Part B / Part E Part A / Chorus / Part E cont. (Start Part F) Part A / Part F (Parts A & C together) Part A / Verse 2 Part B / Part E Part A / Chorus Part A / Part F Part B / Part E (Start of End on last F) / Two bars of chorus End (Two bars of C)
Guitar 2 - PART C
G7sus4 C F E-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I B-------6~~~~~~~~5--I--5~~~~~~~-------I-----------------I------------------|I G-------------------I-----------------I--------------7--I--p5--------------|I D---5---------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I A-------------------I-----------------I-------5/7-------I------------------|I E-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I
C F E-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I B-------8--p5~~-----I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I G----------------7--I-7(9)r7--p5~~~---I-------------7---I--p5~~~~----------|I D---5---------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I A-------------------I-----------------I-----5/7---------I------------------|I E-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I
Am D7 E-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I B-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I-------------8----|I G------5~~~~~-------I---4/5 7/97-----I-----------------I------7h9~~~------|I D--5h7--------------I-----------------I--4------7-------I--7---------------|I A-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I E-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I
Gsus4 G F E-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I B-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I G-97~~~~-----------I-----------------I-----5~~~--7-----I--5---------------|I D-------------------I------------5--5-I-5h7---------7---I-------------5----|I A-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I E-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I
G7 Am D7 E-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I B------3/5--3---1--I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I G-------------------I--2--------------I-------2/4---5---I-2----------------|I D------3/5--3------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I A-------------------I--3--------------I-----3-3/5---7---I-3----------------|I E-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I
Gsus4 G F E-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I B-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I G---2/4--5----------I---4-------------I-----------0-----I--2----------5---|I D-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I A---3/5--7----------I---5-------------I-----------2-----I--3--------7-7---|I E-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I
F Dm7 E-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I B----53-p1---------I-------6---5-----I--1-------------I-------5/6---8----|I G-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I D----53-p2---------I--5/7--7---5-----I--2-------------I-------5/7--------|I A-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I E-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I
G7sus4 E-------------------I-----------------} B----65-p3---------I------6--5-------} G-------------------I-----------------} Straight onto Part F D----75-p3---------I--5/7----5-------} A-------------------I-----------------} E-------------------I-----------------}
PART F
G7 C F E-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I B---3------6~~~-5---I-5-3/5------6----I-53-p1----------I----------6---5---|I G-------------------I-----------------I--------------7--I-p5---------------|I D---3---5-----------I---3/5------7----I-53-p2----------I------5/7-----5---|I A-------------------I-----------------I----------5/7----I------------------|I E-------------------I-----------------I-----------------I------------------|I
F C E-------------------I-----------------I------------------|I B--1----------------I--3/5------6-----I--53-p1----------|I G--2----------------I-----------------I------------------|I D-------------------I-----------------I------------------|I A--3----------------I--3/5------7-----I--53-p2----------|I E-------------------I-----------------I------------------|I
It's three miles to the river that would carry me away, and two miles to the dusty street that I saw you on today, It's four miles to my lonely room where I'm gonna hide my face, and about half a mile to the downtown bar that I ran from in disgrace
Lord how long have I got to keep on running? Seven hours, seven days or seven years? All I know is since you've been gone, feel like I'm drowning in a river Drowning in a river of tears Drowning in a river Feel like I'm drowning, drowning in a river
In three more days, I leave this town, and disappear without a trace, a year from now maybe settle down, where no one knows my face, I wish that I could hold you one more time to ease the pain, But my times run out and I got to go, got to run away again
Still I catch myself thinking one day I'll find my way back here And you'll save me from drowning, Drowning in a river, drowning in a river of tears Drowning in a river, Feels like I'm drowning, Drowning in a river Lord how long must this go on?
Drowning in a river, drowning in a river of tears.
Tab
/ = Slide up = Slide down (7) = Target pitch h = hammer onto following note p = pull off from previous note to new note
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