Grass Roots - The river is wide
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Tuning: G C E A
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 16:21:05 -0400
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: g/grass_roots/the_river_is_wide.crd
"The River Is Wide"
(Knight - Admire)
Like at least a couple other Grass Roots hits, someone else did this first -
in this case the Forum, whose 1967 semi-hit version I much prefer.
Intro:
Fv v v v v v v v Eb/F v v v v Fv v v v
-/-----------|-x--x--x--x--|-/-----------|-/--------X--
^^^^^^^^^^ bass drum ^ snare
Verse 1:
Bb v v v Eb/F v Bbv v v Eb/F v
-/-----/-/---/---|-/-----/-/---/---
TBbhe skyEb/F was cBblear on Eb/Fthat wBbindy day Eb/F Bb Eb/F
'BbTil the clear Eb/Fblue Bbsky beganEb/F to tBburn to gray Eb/F Bb Eb/F
Eb /Bb Eb /Bb Eb /Bb Eb /Bb
The lightning flashed, the thunder roared above
F /C F /C F /C F
Then fell a drop of rain to start our love
Chorus:
[1: Let the river get Ebm7wide], the river gets lAbong, now
[2: And the river gets wide]
The water runsDbmaj7 deep as our love gets strBbmong now
So baby, don't you Ebm7fight and say you belAbong now
1: Fm7/Bb [hold 2 bars]
2: Fm7/Bb [hold 6 bars]
3-5: Fm7-5/Cb Bb
To me
Verse 2:
Upon the roof we heard the gentle rain
With the rhythm of our heartbeats, down it came
As it hit each drop our hearts could feel the pain
No one on earth can stop a drop of rain
[repeat chorus 3X; fade 3rd time]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers