Find The River
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People (1992)

~72 BPM

Ensemble:
Drums
Bass
Piano
Organ
2x acoustic guitars (doubled) (panned hard L/R)
Mellotron
Bells
Backing vocals
Vocals
Click track in the intro?  (I can't tell if this is an actual (percussion) instrument or a click track)

[Intro]

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

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


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-3-3----|
-0-0----|
-0-0----|
-0-0----|
-3-3----|



            
e|-2-2--2-2--1
B|-3-3--3-3--3
G|-2-2--2-2--2
D|-0-0--0-0--3
A|------------
E|------------

         
-1--1-1--0--0-
-3--3-3--3--3-
-2--2-2--0--0-
-3--3-3--2--2-
---------0--0-
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-0-0--0--0-0--
-3-3--3--3-3--
-0-0--0--0-0--
-2-2--2--2-2--
-0-2--0--0-0--
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[Verse 1]
             
Hey, now littl

            
e speedy head,

          
 the read on t

            
he old speedme

tter says
             
you have to go

            
 the task in t

  
he city.
             
Where people d

         
rown and peopl

e serve,
          
don't be shy, 

             
your just dess

             
ert is only ju

            
st light years

    
 to go.

[Chorus]
             
Me, my thought

             
s are flower s

             
trewn, of ocea

            
n storm, baybe

rry moon.
             
  I have got t

             
o leave to fin

     
d my way.
             
Watch the road

             
 and memorize,

             
 this life tha

         
t pass before 

my eyes,
           
 nothing is go

ing my way.

[Break]
      
    

[Verse 2]
             
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.

[Chorus]
             
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 go

       
ing my way.

[REPEAT INTRO RIFF]

[Verse 3]
             
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 river

         
 empties to th

e tide;
             
Fall into the 

     
ocean.

[Chorus]
             
The river to t

             
he ocean goes,

             
 a fortune for

     
 the undertow.
             
 None of this 

           
is going my wa

y.
             
There is nothi

             
ng left to thr

             
ow of ginger, 

       
lemon, indigo,
            
 Coriander ste

              
m, and rows of

 
 hay.

[Chorus]
             
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 is

            
 coming your w

ay.


[***Outro]
This can be played in 5th position as well, which in my opinion mimics
both guitar parts a little more accurately in terms of which notes ring.
However, this introduces a different timbre; the recording sounds like
both guitars are played in open position.

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

5--2----------
---3--------2-
---2-----3----
---0----------
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-5--3-|
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------|    x  4
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**There is debate whether this is dessert, desserts, or deserve.  I think
it sounds closer to "dessert" than "deserve" on the recording, but Stipes
says "deserve" in some live versions where he annunciates more clearly.
I don't pretend to make sense of his lyrics.  Ever.

***This is both acoustic guitars combined into one line of tablature

NOTE: Concerning the chord FMaj7sus2add6...There are tablature books that
label this as a Dmin chord, which obviously isn't correct if you play
with the recording - there are more colors in that chord than a minor triad.
I'm more inclined to label it as an FM7sus2add6 chord because the bass plays
an F on that chord.  There are probably several ways to interpret this chord.