River Runs Red Transcribed by...Kai Lukoschek (luko@informatik.uni-rostock.de) Corrections by... Jonathan Hart (The notation C(g" f" e" d" c") means you play C major plus the line g" f" e" d" c", where g" means the note g on the upper E string etc.) e----------0------- -------3-------- H--------0---0----- -------0-------- G------2-------2--- 3 times -------2-------- D----1-----------1- -------1-------- A--2--------------- -------2-------- E------------------ ---------------- Intro and Verse: e|---------------------------------------------------------0------- B|---------------------1-----------------------3---------0---0----- G|-----0-------2-----2---2-----0-------------2---2-----2-------2--- D|---2---2---2---2-3---------2---2-----0---0---------1-----------1- A|---------0---------------3---------2---2---------2--------------- E|-0-------------------------------3------------------------------- The solos in the Intro: D|-3--2--0--3--020-3--0------------------ A|-----------------------020----0-------- E|---------------------------3------2---- D|---/4--5--4/2/0------------------------ A|-----------------/4--5--4/2/0---------- E|--------------------------------------- G|--------0------------------------------ D|-----------2--2-0---------------------- A|------------------3-2-0---------------- E|-0------------------------------------- and these four chords strummed fast: Em F G B7 Em e|--7---8---10---7--------0- B|--8---10--12---7--------0- G|--9---10--12---8--------0- D|--9---10--12---7--------2- A|--7---8---10---9--------2- E|--0---8---10---7--------0- Verse: Em A F C So you cut all the tall trees down G D B7 You poisoned the sky and the sea Em A F C You've taken what's good from the ground G D B7 But you left precious little for me Em A F C You remember the flood and the fall G D B7 We remember the light on the hill Em A F C There should be enough for us all G D G D But the dollar is driving us still Chorus: Am The river runs red, black rain falls G Dust in my hand F G River runs red, black rain falls D On my bleeding land Em A F C So we came and conquered and found G D B7 Riches of commons and kings Em A F C Who strangled and wrestled the ground G D B7 But they never put back anything Em A F C Now I'm trapped like a dog in a cage G D B7 Whereever the truth is pursued Em A F C It must be the curse of the age G D G D What's taken is never renewed The last Chorus goes: Am The river runs red, black rain falls G Dust in my hand F G River runs red, black rain falls F C G D On my bleeding land F C G D F C G D F C G D F C G D land.... land land.... land