The River


Artist: Anathallo Song: The River Album: Canopy Glow Tabbed by: Don Tago Email: recebedou@yahoo.com Standard Tuning: [capo III] Chords used: EADGBe D: 000232 D6:000432 G: 320003 Intro/verse tab w/chords: (some variation within verses) D6 G e|---2---2---2---2-----2---2----3---3---3---3-----3---3-| B|---3-----3-----3-3-----3------0-----0-----0-0-----0---| G|---4-----------4--------------0-----------0-----------| D|-0-----------0----------------0-----------0-----------| A|------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------3-----------3-------------| Intro: play intro tab x3 (or just play chords) Verse 1 chords: D6 G High water carried her down stream D6 G She watched the water's living things D6 G She thought, it's not a mound with six planks of wood D6 The cardinal points to hold you up G* Or a mountain where a shed self could Verse 2 chords: (repeat x2) D6 G Feed the roots and honor the tongues of the animals D6 G Drift into the moss and bloat where the peat bog pulls Interlude: play intro tab x3 (or just play chords) Verse 3: (use verse 1 chords) Rolled like a felled tree with arms as useless as such Death's panic came, a calmness stayed, you couldn't do much Just watch the water chip away at the bank eroding Cut and crumbling through the spate Verse 4 chords: D6 G It took a father, it covered his daughter D6 G Took her down, down, down D6 With the glass bottles, books, a tire G D6 Collected hair tufts in the weeds G D Snagged and wrapped in the peats dammed and trapped Chorus Chords: (repeat x3) D You said, is this the ceremony? G I don't know, well I don't mind The way we all fall in and roll down D Pushed through the veins and trafficked byes G And when your ears sit underhead is half submerged down below D Pooling all accounts of peace while passed beneath the canopy glow G D G canopy glow, canopy glow, canopy glow