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Down by the River  Neil Young

Subject: TAB: DOWN BY THE RIVER by Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 18:40:31 GMT
Down By The River By Neil Young
and Crazy Horse (formerly The Rockets)
from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
********************************************************************
This is pretty much how I play it. See bottom for MY version of
ASCII tab. May I recommend getting hold of a copy of Neil and
Bruce Springsteen doing this, acoustic at the Bridge Beni...
-kbarron@mindspring.com
Can someone please post Cortez full tab!!!
********************************************************************
RYTHYM:
0:00
Em7 A 18x
 
 |------------------------------|-0-x-0---0---0-x-0-x--0--x-0-x -||
 |------3---3-x-3-x-3---3-x-3-x-|-2-x-2---2---2-x-2-x--2--x-2-x -||
 |------0---0-x-0-x-0---0-x-0-x-|-2-x-2---2---2-x-2-x--2--x-2-x -||
 |------2---2-x-2-x-2---2-x-2-x-|-2-x-2---2---2-x-2-x--2--x-2-x -||
 |------2---2-x-2-x-2---2-x-2-x-|-0-x----------------------------||
 |-0--0-------------------------|--------------------------------||

Repeat this for 18 meas. whilst this intro solo over it:
LEAD:
[Em7] [A]  
 
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|----------------3------|
 |-----------------------|------------2/4---4\2--0
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|

[Em7] [A] [Em7]  
 
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|--------------3--------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|---0------/4-----\2--0-|-----------------------|
 |-2---------2-0-2-0-2--0|-2---------------------|--2--------2-0-2-0---0-|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------2---|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

[A] [Em7] [A]  
 
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|------2-----------2----|
 |------------/4-\2------|-------------0---------|------2-----------2----|
 |-----------------------|-------------0---------|------2-----------2----|
 |-2--0------------------|------0_1_2------0_1_2-|-0---------0--0--------|
 |-----------------------|-0---------------------|-----------------------|

1st: Be on my side I'll be on your side, there is no reason
2nd: You take my hand I'll take your hand together we may get
[Em7] [A] [Em7]  
 
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|--------2-----0--------|---------------0000----|
 |------------0-------0--|-----2-----2-------2---|------------0-------0--|
 |------0_1_2-----/2-----|--0-------------0------|------0_1_2------------|
 |-0---------------------|-----------------------|-0---------------------|

you to hide. It's so hard for me staying here all alone
away. This much madness is too much sorrow
[A] [Em7] [A]  
 
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|--------------3333-----|-----------------------|
 |-----2---2-------------|--------------0000-----|-----2----2------------|
 |---2-----------2-------|--------------2222----0|---2------------2------|
 |-0-----0----0----------|--------0_1_2------/2--|-0------0----0---------|
 |-----------------------|-0---------------------|-----------------------|

when you could be takin me for a ride.
It's impossible to make it today
[Em7] [A]  
 
 |-----------------------|------------0---0------|
 |-----------------------|------2_3--------------|
 |---------------00------|-----------------------|
 |------------0----------|---2-------------------|
 |------0_1_2-------0_1_2|-0---------------------|
 |-0---------------------|-----------------------|

0:55
Ohh la,la,la ohh la, la la, la She could drag me
Ohh la,la,la ohh la, la la, la She could drag me
[C] [Bm] [C]  
 
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |--1-----1-----1-----1--|--3----3-----3---------|--1----1----1----1-----|
 |--0-----0-----0-----0--|--4----4-----4---------|--0----0----0----0-----|
 |--2-----2-----2-----2--|--4----4-----4---------|--2----2----2----2-----|
 |--3-----3-----3-----3--|--2----2-----2---------|--3----3----3----3-----|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

RYTHYM comps out:
C (5 pos.) / / // //// Bm / //////////// / / / C / / //
//// etc.
over the rainbow. And send me away
over the rainbow. And send me away
[Bm] [C] [Bm] [D]  
 
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------2-----------|
 |--3---3-----3----------|---1----1----1----1----|--3---3----3-----------|
 |--4---4-----4----------|---0----0----0----0----|--4---4----2-----------|
 |--4---4-----4----------|---2----2----2----2----|--4---4----0-----------|
 |--2---2-----2----------|---3----3----3----3----|--2---2----------/5\---|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

[Bm] [/] D[////////////]own by t[/]he[/] [/] r[C]iv [/]- er[/] [//] [////] [Bm] [/] I[D] shot
my
Down by the riv - er I shot
my
[G] [D] [D] [A] [G] [D]  
 
 |-3{--------2----------|-2------0---------------|-3---------2-----------|
 |-3{--------3----------|-3------2---------------|-3---------3-----------|
 |-4{--------2----------|-2------2---------------|-4---------2-----------|
 |-5{--------0----------|-0------2---------------|-5---------0-----------|
 |-5{--------0----------|--------0----00000000---|-5---------------------|
 |-3{-------------------|------------------------|-3---------------------|

baby. Down by the river . . .
baby. Down by the river . . .
[D] [A] [G] [D] [D] [A]  
 
 |-2-----0--------------|-3---------2-----------|-2-------0-------------|
 |-3-----2--------------|-3---------3-----------|-3-------2-------------|
 |-2-----2--------------|-4---------2-----------|-2-------2-------------|
 |-0-----2--------------|-5---------0-----------|-0-------2-------------|
 |-0-----0----00000000--|-5---------0-----------|---------0----0000000--|
 |----------------------|-3---------------------|-----------------------|

**** SECOND TIME AROUND STOP!!!! And go to 2nd solo! *****
dead. Ohh shot her dead
[Em7] [A] [Em7]  
 
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-------2-----0---------|-----------------------|
 |------------0-------0--|----2-----2--------2---|---------0------0------|
 |-----0_1_2------/2-----|-0--------------0------|---0_1_2----/2---------|
 |-0---------------------|-----------------------|-0---------------------|

Em7==(vibrato) A== E5==
[A] [Em7] [A]  
 
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |--------2-----0--------|-----------------------|-------2----0----------|
 |-----2-----2--------2--|----------0-------0----|----2----2--------2----|
 |--0--------------0-----|----0_1_2-----/2-------|-0-------------0-------|
 |-----------------------|-0---------------------|-----------------------|

A== Em7== A==
Em7 A Em7 1:54
 
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|--------2-----0--------|-----------------------|
 |-----------0-------0---|-----2-----2--------2--|-2-2-2-2--22--22--22-2-|
 |-----0_1_2-----/2------|--0--------------0-----|-----------------------|
 |-0---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

Em7== A==
Repeat opening rythym for what seems like 32 or 34 bars (Em7 / A)
 
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-2-2-2-2-2--2-2--------|-2-2-2-2-2--22--2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2-2---22--------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|--/8----------------8--|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|--------_7_9-9-7_9-----|
 |/5-5-5_7--7-7-5-7-75---|-----------------7----7|-----------------------|
 |---------------------7-|-7777-7---7--7-----7---|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-0_2-----2--3_2_0------|-----------------------|
 |-7=======---7--7---7-9-|------------------2-0-2|--)--------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-7--5------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|------77575-7575---5-77|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7--77--7|-7-7----7--7---7--7-7--|
 |-----------------------|-8-8-8-8--8--8-8--88--8|-8-8----8--8---8--8-8--|
 |-----------------------|-9-9-9-9--9--9-9--99--9|-9-9----9--9---9--9-9--|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-5-7-7--57-57--77--775-|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |------12---------------12---12---12---12|---12---12---12-------------------|
 |------12--/17---15^--15^--15^--15^--15^-|15^--15^--15^----15^-^------------|
 |------12--/16---------------------------|----------------------14^12--12-14|
 |----------------------------------------|----------------------------14----|
 |----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------|-------------15^--15^-15^-15^-15^-|
 |12--14-12--14-12--14--12---12-14-12---12|--14--12-/16----------------------|
 |------------------------------------14--|----------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 |-----15^--15^-15-12--12|-12-12---12------------|-----------------------|
 |15^---------------15^--|-------15--------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|------------15^15^15^15^-14-14-14-14-14-etc...-|
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 |14-14-14--14--12-------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |----------------14-----|7^7^7^7^7^7^7^--77--777|7777--5-7--5-----------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------7-7-5-7--5|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

3:17
 
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-7_5-7---5-7--5-7--5-7-5-7-5-7--7---5-7---57-57|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|----------------57-----|-0___________----------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------15^====---12|
 |--------------17-------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-2--------/15^--14^-12-|-12-14-12-14-12====----|-----------------------|
 |-2---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|------------/9--7--9---|
 |-----------8-8-7-x---7^|-----------------------|--7^-------------------|
 |-----------------------|-7---------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

3:40
 
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |------this is where the rythym gets all scratchy and funky-------------|
 |--------------------props to the late Danny Whitten--------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-15====--------15--15===--12===--12/15--12-15-12
 |-----------------------|-17====--------17--17===--14===----------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |------------------/12--|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |15-12----12-----10-12-10-12/12--12==12==12==12=12====12=12=12===12=12=12
 |-----------------------|---/15--15==15==15==15=15=15=15=15=15==15==15=15
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |12===12==12===12=12=10=10=10=10=10---10----10----10-10====-----------10-|
 |15=15====15===15=15=13=13=13=13=--12----12----12------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
 |10==--10-12-10-12-10-12--10-12|-12-12-12-12-11--12----12-12-12-12-|
 |------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 |------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 |------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 |------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 |------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 |-----10-10-10-10-10\7--------------|-----------------------------|
 |----------------------12-10-10-10--\-8-8---8-8\7----8-7-5--------|
 |-----------------------------------|---------------------7-9-7-9-|
 |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
 |-----------------------|---/0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0|--------------0--------|
 |------------5--5-5-8-10-8--/8-8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8|--\5-5--5---0-5--------|
 |-9-7-9---9--7^---------|--9/9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9|--\6-6--6-----6--------|
 |-------8---------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--------------|-------------------------|
 /8-8-8-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8-8--5-5--------------|-------------------------|
 /9-9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9-9--6-6--------------|-------------------------|
 |-----------------------|-----------------7^_5----|-------------------------|
 |-----------------------|-------------------------|-7-----------------------|
 |-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

[A] [Em7] [A]  
 
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-------------------------|----3--------------------|-------------------------|
 |-------------------------|-/4------------3-\-2--0--|-------------------------|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|--2--------------------0-|
 |-------------------------|---------------0---------|-----------------0_1_2---|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

****** END OF FIRST SOLO (return to verse up top) *******
****** SECOND SOLO STARTS HERE: *******
dead. dead ohh ohh shot
her dead
[Em7] [A] [Em7]  
 
 |-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-3-----------------------|---5--5---5--5-53---3-2--|-3-2-0-0----------0-2-3--|
 |-0-----------------------|-----------------4-------|-------------------------|
 |-2-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-2-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

shot her dead (I thinks she's dead Neil, do you?)
[A] [Em7] [A]  
 
 |---------4---------------|---2-3--2-0---0----------|----------------------0-0|
 |------------5---5--------|-0----------3--3--2-3-2-0|-3-2-0--0-0--0--0-2-3----|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|------2------------------|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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 |-------------------------|-0--2--3--2--0---0-----0-|--0----------------------|
 |-3-5--3-2--3-2-0--0-3---3|----------------3--2-3---|--3----------------------|
 |----------------2--------|-------------------------|--0----------------------|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|--2----------------------|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|--2-------------------0--|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|--0----------------------|
 |-0-------------0-0-0-0---|--0----------------------|-------------------------|
 |-2-------------2-2-2-2---|--3-----------------2----|-------------------------|
 |-2-------------2-2-2-2---|--0-----------------2----|-------------------------|
 |-2-------------2-2-2-2---|--2-----------------2----|-------------------------|
 |-0-----------------------|--2-------------0---0----|-------------------------|
 |-------------------------|--0----------------------|-------------------------|
 12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-7-|-7-5-5-5-5-5-3-2--3-2-0--|---0-0-------0--0--0--0--|
 |-------------------------8------------------------3|-3---3-------3--3--3--3--|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|-----0-------0--0--0--0--|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|-----2-------------------|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|-----2-------------------|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|-----0-------------------|

[A] [(A)] [Em7] [A]  
 
 |--0-0-0-0--------0-x-----|--7---7---7---------7----|-9----------9----9-------|
 |--2-2-2-0---2-3--2--x----|--8---8---8--10-----9----|-10---------10---10------|
 |--2-2-2-2---2-2--2---x---|--9---9---9--------------|-9----------9----9-------|
 |--2-2-----------------x--|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |--0--------------------x-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |12--12-------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|
 |12--12-------17-----12--14=====--------------------|-3-----------------------|
 |12--12---14^^---12--12--14=====------------14_12---|-0-----------------------|
 |-------------------------|-----------------------14|-2-----------------------|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|-2-----------------------|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|
 |-0-----------0---0---0---|-0------------0-----0----0---------0--0--0---------|
 |-2-------------3---3---0-|----------0-3------------|-3--0--------------------|
 |-2-----------------0-----|--2^_0-----------2^^--2^^|-------2^-2^-2^----------|
 |-2-----------------------|------2------------------|-----------------2~0~~~~-|
 |-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-------------------------|--------0----------------|-------------------------|

For this part, it's best to just kinda "wing it". Very much like Jimmy
Page's
Heartbreaker solo... same year by the way.
 
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |------------20204020202--0202042002020--0-----202042420402040204------------0|
 |252525252525-----------02|------------02-22020-----|------------02---2--0-2--|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------252-22-----|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-------333555-222-320----|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |---------------------30-2^2^======-----------------|-------------------------|
 |--0----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |2---2-0------------------|--------757^-------------|-------------------5-7-5-|
 |-------------------------|--------------757----777-|7-7-7--5-7---7_5-7-------|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-------------------------|-0-x-0--0-0-x-0-x--0--x-0|-------------------------|
 |---5--3--3-x-3-x--3-x-3--|-2-x-2--2-2-x-2-x--2--x-2|---5--3--3-x-3-x--3-x-3--|
 |/4----0--0-x-0-x--0-x-0--|-2-x-2--2-2-x-2-x--2--x-2|/4----0--0-x-0-x--0-x-0--|
 |------2--2-x-2-x--2-x-2--|-2-x-2--2-2-x-2-x--2--x--|------2--2-x-2-x--2-x-2--|
 |------2--2-x-2-x--2-x-2--|-0-x----0----------------|------2--2-x-2-x--2-x-2--|
 |------0------------------|-------------------------|------0------------------|
 |-0-x-0--0-0-x-0-x--0--x-0|
 |-2-x-2--2-2-x-2-x--2--x-2|
 |-2-x-2--2-2-x-2-x--2--x-2|
 |-2-x-2--2-2-x-2-x--2--x -|
 |-0-x----0----------------|
 |-------------------------|

Down by the riv - er I shot
my
[G] [D] [D] [A] [G] [D]  
 
 |-3{--------2----------|-2------0---------------|-3---------2-----------|
 |-3{--------3----------|-3------2---------------|-3---------3-----------|
 |-4{--------2----------|-2------2---------------|-4---------2-----------|
 |-5{--------0----------|-0------2---------------|-5---------0-----------|
 |-5{--------0----------|--------0----00000000---|-5---------------------|
 |-3{-------------------|------------------------|-3---------------------|

baby. Down by the river . . .
baby. Down by the river . . .
[D] [A] [G] [D] [D] [A]  
 
 |-2-----0--------------|-3---------2-----------|-2-------0-------------|
 |-3-----2--------------|-3---------3-----------|-3-------2-------------|
 |-2-----2--------------|-4---------2-----------|-2-------2-------------|
 |-0-----2--------------|-5---------0-----------|-0-------2-------------|
 |-0-----0----00000000--|-5---------0-----------|---------0----0000000--|
 |----------------------|-3---------------------|-----------------------|

fades out? should I do Cowgirl now???
TAB: / slide up
=== vibrato
\ slide down
{ arpeggio
x muted string
^ bend up, 1/2,1,1 1/2
you figure how much

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