TEA PARTY - "river" Tablature

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

|-7-7-7\4--4/7--7-7-7\4--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 ...
Fig.2 Down the ...
Fig.2 Without yo...
Fig.2 I want to ...

Fig.3 I see all ...
Fig.3 They want me to ...
Fig.3 They all ...
Fig.4 Without ...

Fig.5 And a river's ...
Fig.5 Lately she don't seem ...
Fig.5 And a blind keeps ...
Fig.6

Fig.2 I passed by ...
Fig.2 Left by a ...
Fig.2 Tides brought ...
Fig.2 Cast by a ...

Fig.3 And the wisps of ...
Fig.3 Blow with the ...
Fig.3 Pushing ...
Fig.4 Without ...

Fig.5 And a river's running ...
Fig.5 Lately she ...
Fig.5 And a blind keeps ...
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 ...
Fig.9 And the river ...
Fig.9 And the river ...
Fig.10 And the ...

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

Fig.6
Fig.2 x2
Fig.2 My will must ...
Fig.2 She rides with a ...
Fig.2 My will must ...
Fig.2 I'm still pushing for ...

Fig.3 And the wisps ...
Fig.3 Blow with the ...
Fig.3 The river ...
Fig.4 And I'm ...

Fig.5 and a river's running ...
Fig.5 Lately she ...
Fig.5 And a blind keeps ....
Fig.5&13 And the rivers ...
Fig.5&13 Help me ...
Fig.5&13 Help me ...
Fig.5&13 Help me ...
Fig.5&13 Help me baby ...
Fig.14 Help ...
Fig.14 Help ...
Fig.14 Help me ...
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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