Bruce Springsteen - The River
"I come from down in the valley, where mister when you're young" - Great lyrics, great melody and haunting harmonica. Let me show you how to put it all together
The River - Bruce Springsteen
Lesson Info
Difficulty: Medium. Guitar and harmonica separately are fairly easy.
Lesson Length: 6:05
Instructor: George Goodman
Help File
The following link supplies the chords, lyrics and the harmonica tabs for The River.
The River Chords, Lyrics and Tabs download pdf link - for educational purposes only.
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Video Timeline
00:23 - Introduction
There are basically 3 parts to the song. We have the intro. We have the verse and the progression for the verse is the same as the harmonica solo in the middle. We have 4 verses with choruses.
0:55 - Chords
For the intro, start with Em to G to D to C.
The C is also played as C add 9. This adds D which is the 3rd fret, 2nd string.
Then we walk down to Am, then to G, then C or C add 9.
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2:15 - Harmonica Tabs and Demonstration
Intro – G Harmonica
Em G D Cadd9
-6 -7 7 8 -8 7 -6
Am G C
8 -8 7 -8 -6
4:05 - Verses and Harmonica Solo
HARMONICA SOLO AND VERSE CHORDS
Em G D Cadd9
-6 -6 -7 7 8 -8 7 -6
Em G C G
8 8 9 9 8 9 -10 -10 -10 9 9
C G G/F# Em
-10 9 -10 -10 10 8 -8 7 -6
Am G C
8 -8 7 -8 7 -6 6 7 -7 -6
5:05 - Chorus
Em C D G
Em C D C(add9).
Okay, so that's all the chords, all the patterns. You have the intro, verses, choruses, harmonica solo and that should be everything you need to put that all together.
Peace. Stay in tune.
George
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