The River People
WalkaboutsVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
**you can see the small riff I've found at the end of the tab) :
Down here everyone says that the River People don't really belong here.
Dl
I know what it's like to be a stranger and divide a town beside a frontier.
People want your business and little more
I've watched shadows lengthen from a closed door.
Mountains wide, nothing is clearer to the River People than what the others try and hide.
You spoke, pushed your chair back at the meeting and I could tell that you were petrified.
You said the best people can suddenly oppose
The sight of good will and then it arose.
Two people, four people crossed the floor
I saw children run, I wept amidst the uproar
Around here your stranded face before the moonlight, the color of the sea.
You came up to the house after swimming on sunset and the flattened sea.
The sky had opened, it had gone bust
You and I watched the River People swim before us
The sky had opened, it had gone bust
You and I watched the river people swim before us
You said the best people can suddenly oppose
The sight of good will and then it arose.
Two people, four people crossed the floor
I saw children run, I wept amidst the uproar
Down here . . .
You came . . .
: Dm
For each chord at the beginning, I heard something like :
e |-------1----------------0---------------3-------------|
B |-----3---3------------1---1-----------3---3-----------|
G |---2-------2--------2-------2-------0-------0---------|
D |-0----------------------------------------------------|
A |------------------0-----------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------3-------------------|
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Readable chord sheet for The River People by Walkabouts
**you can see the small riff I've found at the end of the tab) :
[Dm] [Dm] [Am] [G] [G] [Dm] [Dm]
[Dm] [Dm] [Am] [G] [G] [Dm] [Dm]
[G] [G] [Dm] [Dm] [Am] [G] [Dm] [Dm]
[G] [G] [Dm] [Dm] [Am] [G] [G] [G]
[Dm]
Down here [Am]everyone says that the [G]River People don't really [Dm]belong here.
Dl [Am] [G] [Dm]
I know what it's like to be a stranger and divide a town beside a frontier.
[G] People want your business and li[Dm]ttle more
[Am] I've watched s[G]hadows lengthen from [Dm]a closed door.
[Dm] [Am] [G]
Mountains wide[Dm], nothing is clearer to the River People than what the others try and hide.
[Dm] [Am] [G]
You spoke, pu[Dm]shed your chair back at the meeting and I could tell that you were petrified.
[G] You said the best people can suddenly o[Dm]ppose
[Am] The sight of [G]good will and then it [Dm]arose.
[G] Two people, four people crossed the [Dm]floor
[Am] I saw children [G]run, I wept amidst [Dm]the uproar
[Dm] [Am] [G] [Dm]
[Dm] [Am] [G] [Dm]
[Dm] [STOP] [Am] [G] [Dm]
Around here your stranded face before the moonlight, the color of the sea.
[Dm] [STOP] [Am] [G] [Dm]
You came up to the house after swimming on sunset and the flattened sea.
[G] The sky had opened, it had go[Dm]ne bust
[Am] You and I w[G]atched the River People swi[Dm]m before us
[G] The sky had opened, it had gone [Dm]bust
[Am] You and I w[G]atched the river people swi[Dm]m before us
[Dm] [Am] [G] [Dm]
[Dm] [Am] [G] [Dm]
[G] You said the best people can suddenly o[Dm]ppose
[Am] The sight of g[G]ood will and then it a[Dm]rose.
[G] Two people, four people crossed the [Dm]floor
[Am] I saw children [G]run, I wept amidst [Dm]the uproar
[Dm]
Down here . . . [Am] [G] [Dm]
[Dm]
You came . . . [Am] [G] [Am] [G] [Dm] [Am] [Dm]
[THE END] : Dm
For each chord at the beginning, I heard something like :
[Dm] [Am] [G]
e |-------1----------------0---------------3-------------|
B |-----3---3------------1---1-----------3---3-----------|
G |---2-------2--------2-------2-------0-------0---------|
D |-0----------------------------------------------------|
A |------------------0-----------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------3-------------------|