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