Tea Party

Tea Party - The River guitar tab

THE RIVER

By "The Tea Party"

From The Album "Splendor Solice"

Tabbed by Mark Wiebe, rwiebe@mindlink.bc.ca

Standard Tuning E A D G B E

I didn't try to figure out all of the little extra guitar parts or harmonies but I think

I got the main stuff. You'll have to figure out the timing for yourself. There is also

a lot a wah wah stuff in this song. I didn't indicate which parts use the wah pedal because

I thought you could figure that out for yourself if you have one.

This is just an example of the kind of thing Jeff plays for the intro.

I can't write it out exactly, but I know it's based on this scale so it

should give you the basic idea. Variations of this are repeated

throughout various parts of the song.

Fig.1

|-----------------------------------4-5-7-8-10-8-7-5-4-5-7-8-10-8-7----|

|-5h6p5h6p5h6p5h6p5h6p5h6p5h6p--5h6---------------------------------6--|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Fig. 2 Fig.3

|--------------------------| |-0---------------------0-------------|

|--------------------------| |-0---------------------0-------------|

|--------------------------| |-1---------------------2-------------|

|-2--2--2--2----2--2--2--2-| |-2---------------------3-------------|

|--------------------------| |-2---------------------3-------------|

|--------------------------| |-0---------------------1-------------|

Fig.4 Fig.5

|-0-----0-----0----------------| |--------------------------|

|-0-----0-----0----------------| |--------------------------|

|-1-----1-----1----------------| |--------------------------|

|-2--2--2--2--2----------------| |--------------------------|

|-2--2--2--2--2--------2-3-5---| |-----------------4--5--7--|

|-0--0--0--0--0----3-5-------0-| |-1--1-1--3-1-0-1----------|

Fig.6

|--------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|

|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-7-4---4----------|

|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-7-4---4----------|

|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-5-2---2----------|

|------------------------------4--1--0-|

Fig.7

|---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|

|-----------------------------5--|

|---------------------------------|

|---0-2---0-2---0-3---0-5---0-7--|

|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------|

Solo

|-7-7--7h8p7p5h7--7-7--7h8p7p5h7--7-7-7-8-8/11-8-7h8p7p5-7-7-|

|------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------|

|-7-7-74--4/7--7-7-74--4/7--7-7-8/10-8-|

|----------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------|

Fig.8 Fig.9

|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|

|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|

|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|

|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|

|---0-2---0-2---0--------5------| |-------------------------|

|-0-----0-----0----5-7-8---8-7--| |-5--5-5-8-7-5-7--4--1-0--|

Fig.10

|--------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------6-|

|--------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------5-------|

|-5--5-5-8-7-5-7--4-4-4--5-5-5--7--8---8-7---|

Fig.11 Fig.12

|-----B-------------BR--| |-------------------------------|

|-6h8-8-8-6h8-------8---| |-------------------------------|

|-------------9-7-6-----| |-------------------------------|

|-----------------------| |--------------------11--12-14--|

|-----------------------| |-8--8-10-12-10-8-10------------|

|-----------------------| |-------------------------------|

Fig.13 Fig.14

|---------------------------| |--------------------------------------|

|------------------------7--| |--------------------------------------|

|------------6-8-9--8--9----| |-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10------|

|--------7-9----------------| |-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10--7---|

|-7-9-10--------------------| |--8--8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8--8--7---|

|---------------------------| |----------------------------------5---|

Fig.15 Fig.16 Fig.18

|----------------------| |----------------| |----------------------|

|----------------------| |----------------| |----------------------|

|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-10--| |-9-9-9-9--7-10--| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|

|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-10--| |-9-9-9-9--7-10--| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|

|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5--8--| |-7-7-7-7--5--8--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|

|----------------------| |----------------| |----------------------|

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Fig.2 x4

Fig.2 Sailing down

Fig.2 Down the sticks again

Fig.2 Without you my love

Fig.2 I want to return with them

Fig.3 I see all my friends

Fig.3 They want me to join with them

Fig.3 They all melt away

Fig.4 Without you alone

Fig.5 And a river's running through my veins

Fig.5 Lately she don't seem the same

Fig.5 And a blind keeps calling out my name

Fig.6

Fig.2 I passed by the sins

Fig.2 Left by a different man

Fig.2 Tides brought them here

Fig.2 Cast by a different hand

Fig.3 And the wisps of the winds

Fig.3 Blow with the sticks again

Fig.3 Pushing me on

Fig.4 Without you alone

Fig.5 And a river's running through my veins

Fig.5 Lately she don't seem the same

Fig.5 And a blind keeps calling out my name

Fig.6

Fig.7 x19 *Solo is played over Fig.7 twice after the first 8x of Fig.7

Fig.8

Fig.9 And the river running down

Fig.9 And the river running down

Fig.9 And the river running down

Fig.10 And the river

Fig.11&12 x3 *Last note in Fig.12 played first 2x only.

Fig.6

Fig.2 x2

Fig.2 My will must be strong

Fig.2 She rides with a different light

Fig.2 My will must be long

Fig.2 I'm still pushing for different heights

Fig.3 And the wisps of the winds

Fig.3 Blow with the sticks again

Fig.3 The river runs red

Fig.4 And I'm left alone

Fig.5 and a river's running through my veins

Fig.5 Lately she don't seem the same

Fig.5 And a blind keeps calling out my name

Fig.5&13 And the rivers runnin yeah

Fig.5&13 Help me baby

Fig.5&13 Help me baby

Fig.5&13 Help me baby

Fig.5&13 Help me baby ooh ooh yeah

Fig.14 Help me baby

Fig.14 Help me baby

Fig.14 Help me baby

Yes

Fig.15x2

Fig.16x2

Fig.18

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Key:

h = hammer on p = pull off

b = bend 1 half step B = bend 1 whole step

BR = bend and release / = slide up

= slide down

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