The River chords

10 Years

Key: 

Simplify chords 

  			Tuning: Drop C# (C#,G#,C#,F#,A#,D#) 

Riff 1 (light distortion, let all notes/chords ring out)   "Just keep digging, digging..." 
D#|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A#|---------------------------------(3)-------------------------------| 
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------0~-| 
C#|-0-----3~--------0-----3---2~---------0-----3~--------0-----3---2~-| 
G#|----0--5~-----------0--5---3~------------0--5~-----------0--5---3~-| 
C#|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Riff 2 (light distortion)   "Here we go around that halo of hope..." 
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A#|---------------------------3~-------------------------------------3~-| 
F#|-----------------------0---0~-----------------------2-------------0~-| 
C#|-0-----3~--------0-----3---2~---------0-----3~----3-----0-----3---2~-| 
G#|----0--5~-----------0--5---3~------------0--5~-------------0--5---3~-| 
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Riff 3 (full distortion)   "The river won't tell us which way to go..." 
D#|------------------------------------------------------------| 
A#|------------------------------------------------------------| 
F#|------------------------------------------------------------| 
C#|------------------------------------------------------------| 
G#|------------5h7----------------------5h7--------------------| 
C#|-5*-5*-5*-0-----0-5h7-0-7h8-0-8h10-0-----0-5h7-0-7h8-0-8h10-| 
    ^  ^  ^ these harmonics are only played first time 

D#|---------------------------------------------------| 
A#|---------------------------------------------------| 
F#|---------------------------------------------------| 
C#|---------------------------------------------------| 
G#|---7h8----------------------7h8--------------------| 
C#|-0-----0-5h7-0-7h8-0-8h10-0-----0-5h7-0-7h8-0-8h10-| 

Play Riff 3 x2   "Filling that hole with our way to go..." 

Fill 1 
D#|--------------------| 
A#|--------------------| 
F#|--------------------| 
C#|-0~-----------------| 
G#|-0~-----------------| 
C#|-0~-----------------| 

Play Riff 2 x1   "Voices clashing, causing a prophecy..." 
Play Riff 3 x2   "The river won't tell us which way to go..." 

Riff 4   "Confusion of the cross..." 
D#|----------------------------------------------------| 
A#|----------------------------------------------------| 
F#|-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| 
C#|-0-0-10-0-0-0-0--0-10-0-0--0-0-10-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 
G#|-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| 
C#|-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| 
                                           * * * * * * 

Riff 5 
D#|-------------------------------------------------| 
A#|-------------------------------------------------| 
F#|-------------------------------------------------| 
C#|-------7---7-------7---5-----------3-------2---0-| 
G#|-0-0-0-8-0-8-0-0-0-8-0-7-0-0-0-3h5---0-0-0-3-0-1-| 
C#|-0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0-------0-0-0---0---| 
    * * *   *   * * *   *   * * *       * * *   * 

Play Riff 5 x2 
Play Riff 4 x1   "Confusion of the lost..." 
Play Riff 5 x1   "In the land of scatter-brains..." 
Play Riff 4 x1   "Chaos comes from the cross..." (w/o palm mutes at the end) 
Play Riff 5 x2   "Involuntary masquerade..." 

Riff 6 
D#|--------------0~-----| 
A#|--------------3~-----| 
F#|--------------2~-----| 
C#|-7--8--10\-0--0~-----| 
G#|-7--8--10\-0--0~-----| 
C#|-7--8--10\-0--0~-----| 

Play Riff 6 x2 
Play Riff 3 x2   
Play Riff 4 x1  
Play Riff 6 x1