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                                   PJ Harvey - The River
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Album : Is This Desire (1998)
Tempo : 91
E-mail: gwendal.mollo@orange.fr

I put both version : Guitar and piano.
Normaly the guitar is one step down, there is a slide for the B5, but sound good too with normal tuning.
See my Guitar Pro tab for more

Piano tab :
    B5
E|--------9-------7--|-------------------|
B|------7---7--------|--7----10---9---7--|
G|----7-------7------|----7--------------|
D|--9-----------9----|------9----9---7---|
A|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|

[Verse 1]
         B5                  F# E5
And they came to the river
         B5                  F# E5
And they came from the road
       B5                  F# E5
And he wanted the sun
        B5                  F# E5
Just to call his own

[Verse 2]
         B5                  F# E5
And they walked on the dirt
         B5                  F# E5
And they walked from the road
          B5                  F# E5
'Til they came to the river
          B5                  F# E5
'Til they came up close

[Chorus]
           B5                  G5 F#5
Throw your pain in the river
           B5                  G5 F#5
Throw your pain in the river
           B5                  G5 F#5
Leave your pain in the river
      B5                  G5 F#5   N.C
To be washed away slow

[Verse 3]
       B5                  F# E5
And we walked without words
       B5                  F# E5
And we walked with our lives
    B5                  F# E5
Two silent birds circled by


[Chorus]
       B5                  G5 F#5
Like a pain in the river
        B5                  G5 F#5
And the pain in the river
        B5                  G5 F#5
And the white sun scattered
        B5                  G5 F#5
Washed away this slow

[Instrumental]
B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5
B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5
N.C

[Verse 4]
       B5                  F# E5
And we followed the river
       B5                  F# E5
And we followed the road
       B5                  F# E5
And we walked through this land
       B5                  F# E5
And we called it a home

[Verse 5]
       B5                 D5 G5
But he wanted the sun
      B5                 D5 G5
And I wanted the whole
        B5                 D5 G5
And the white light scatters
        B5                 D5 G5
And the sun sets low

[Chorus]
       B5                  G5 F#5
Like a pain in the river
        B5                  G5 F#5
And the pain in the river
       B5                  G5 F#5
Like a white light scatters
        B5                  G5 F#5
To be washed away slow
       B5                  G5 F#5
Like a pain in the river
       B5                  G5 F#5
Like a pain in the river
         B5                  G5 F#5
Like the way life scattered
      B5                  G5 F#5
To be washed away slow

[Outro]
B5           G5 F#5
    (Reapeat and fade out)


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Piano Version :


[Verse 1]
         Bm
And they came to the river
         Bm
And they came from the road
       Bm
And he wanted the sun
        Bm
Just to call his own

[Verse 2]
         Bm
And they walked on the dirt
         Bm
And they walked from the road
          Bm
'Til they came to the river
          Bm
'Til they came up close

[Chorus]
           Bm                G   G/F#
Throw your pain in the river
           Bm                G   G/F#
Throw your pain in the river
           Bm                G   G/F#
Leave your pain in the river
      Bm                G   G/F#    N.C
To be washed away slow

[Verse 3]
       Bm
And we walked without words
       Bm
And we walked with our lives
    Bm
Two silent birds circled by


[Chorus]
       Bm                G   G/F#
Like a pain in the river
        Bm                G   G/F#
And the pain in the river
        Bm                   G   G/F#
And the white sun scattered
        Bm                G   G/F#
Washed away this slow

[Instrumental]
Bm Bm Bm Bm Bm Bm Bm Bm
N.C

[Verse 4]
       Bm
And we followed the river
       Bm
And we followed the road
       Bm
And we walked through this land
       Bm
And we called it a home

[Verse 5]
       Bm              Bm/D  Bm/G
But he wanted the sun
      Bm              Bm/D  Bm/G
And I wanted the whole
        Bm                    Bm/D  Bm/G
And the white light scatters
        Bm              Bm/D  Bm/G
And the sun sets low

[Chorus]
       Bm                G   G/F#
Like a pain in the river
        Bm                G   G/F#
And the pain in the river
       Bm                   G   G/F#
Like a white light scatters
        Bm                G   G/F#
To be washed away slow
       Bm                G   G/F#
Like a pain in the river
       Bm                G   G/F#
Like a pain in the river
         Bm                G   G/F#
Like the way life scattered
      Bm                G   G/F#
To be washed away slow

[Outro]
Bm     G G/F#
    (Reapeat and fade out)