GRASS ROOTS - "the river is wide" Tablature

Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 16:21:05 -0400
From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>
Subject: g/grass_roots/the_river_is_wide.crd

"The River Is Wide"
(Knight - Admire)

Like at least a couple other Grass Roots hits, someone else did this first -
in this case the Forum, whose 1967 semi-hit version I much prefer.

Intro:

F Eb/F F
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-/-----------|-x--x--x--x--|-/-----------|-/--------X--
^^^^^^^^^^ bass drum ^ snare

Verse 1:

Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F
v v v v v v v v
-/-----/-/---/---|-/-----/-/---/---

Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F
The sky was clear ...
Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F
'Til the clear blue sky ...
Eb /Bb Eb /Bb Eb /Bb Eb /Bb
The lightning flashed, ...
F /C F /C F /C F
Then fell a drop of rain ...

Chorus:

Ebm7 Ab
[1: Let the river get wide], ...
[2: And the river gets wide]
Dbmaj7 Bbm
The water runs deep as ...
Ebm7 Ab
So baby, don't you fight ...
1: Fm7/Bb [hold 2 bars]
2: Fm7/Bb [hold 6 bars]
3-5: Fm7-5/Cb Bb
To me

Verse 2:

Upon the roof we heard the ...

[repeat chorus 3X; fade 3rd time]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers