R.E.M. - FIND THE RIVER
 Tuning: Drop D 

   I noticed that other chord sets for this song, while correct,
sound rather boring to me.  Tuning to Drop D allows you to 
play the bass line along with the chords for a sound much more 
like the record.


Intro Riff:
         E ---
         B ---
         G ---
         D -0-
         A ---
         D ---

-----2--------
--3--3-------3
2----2-----0--
-----0---2----
--------------
--------------

--2---|
--3---|
--0---|   x 2
--2---|
------|
------|

Chords Used:

                            

   E|---2-----
   B|---3-----
   G|---2-----
   D|---0-----
   A|---0-----
   D|---0-----

1------0------
3------3------
2------0------
0------2------
x------x------
3------2------

3-----0-----0-
3-----3-----2-
0-----0-----2-
0-----2-----2-
x-----0-----0-
5-----x-----x-

---0---
---0---
---0---
---2---
---2---
---2---
                        

Intro:  -  -  - 
        -  - 



             
Hey now little

          
 speedy head, 

           
the read on th

       
e speedmeter s

ays
             
you have to go

          
 the task in t

   
he city.
             
Where people d

          
rown and peopl

           
e serve, Don't

             
 be shy, your 

just deserve
             
is only just l

          
ight years to 


go.

             
Me, my thought

             
s are flower s

             
trewn, ocean s

           
torm, bayberry

 moon.
             
I have got to 

             
leave to find 

   
my way
             
Watch the road

             
 and memorize 

             
this life that

           
 pass before m

y eyes,
             
  nothing is g

           
oing my way


    -  -  - 
    -  - 


             
The ocean is t

          
he rivers goal

           
, a need to le

              
ave the water 


knows.
             
We're closer n

          
ow than light 

          
years to go.

             
I have got to 

             
find the river

             
, bergamot and

   
 vetiver
             
 Run through m

             
y head and fal

      
l away.
             
Leave the road

             
 and memorize 

             
this life that

        
 pass before m

y eyes,
             
  nothing is g

          
oing my way.


 *REPEAT INTRO RIFF*

 
             
There's no one

          
 left to take 

              
the lead, but 

           
I tell you and

 
 you can see
             
We're closer n

          
ow and light y

        
ears to go.
             
Pick up here a

          
nd chase the r

           
ide.  The rive

           
r empties to t

he tide;
             
Fall into the 

        
ocean.

             
The river to t

             
he ocean goes,

             
 a fortune for

        
 the undertow.
             
  None of this

             
 is going my w


ay.
             
There is nothi

             
ng left to thr

             
ow of ginger, 

        
lemon, indigo,
             
  Coriander st

             
em and rose of

    
 hay.
             
Strength and c

             
ourage overrid

             
es these privi

              
leged and wear


y eyes of
            
River poet sea

           
rch naivete.
             
Pick up here a

             
nd chase the r

             
ide, the river

             
 empties to th


e tide.
             
 All of this i

             
s coming your 

    
way.


Outro:

E|-----------5
B|--------7---
G|-----7------
D|--7---------
A|------------
D|------------

--5--|
--7--|
--7--| x 4
--7--|
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