• Song:

    The Riverboat Song

  • Artist:

    Ocean colour scene

  • Album:

    The Riverboat Song

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This is pretty much bang on!!!!  I play this live with my band, and it always 
goes down VERY well!!!!!!

It looks a little intimidationg, as the structure is quite complex, but 
this song is EASY!!  It is the same riff in 5 different positions.  Learn them 
one at a time, and then try and put them together.

Good luck.

This is my first ever tab!!!!!!!!

JimmyJamJerusalem



Intro

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------| (Pos 1)
A|-----------5--7----5--7---------|
E|--------7-------7---------------| x6

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------12-14----12-14----------| (Pos 2)
A|-----14-------14----------------|
E|--------------------------------| x4

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------| (Pos 3)
A|--------------------------------|
E|------0--3--5--0--3--5------------| x2

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------| (Pos 1)
A|-----------5--7----5--7---------|
E|--------7-------7---------------| x2

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------7--9----7--9------------| (Pos 4)
A|-----9-------9------------------|
E|--------------------------------| x2

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------| (Pos 1)
A|-----------5--7----5--7---------|
E|--------7-------7---------------| x2

Verse 1 & 2

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------| (Pos 1)
A|-----------5--7----5--7---------|
E|--------7-------7---------------|               Switch Between Pos 1 and 5 throughout 
                                                  verses
G|--------------------------------|
D|-----------5--7-----5--7--------| (Pos 5)
A|--------7--------7--------------|
E|--------------------------------| 

Then  at "more or less the same as the things that you said"

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|-----2-2-2-3-3-3-5-5-5-5/7------| let last note ring out

There is a 2 bar pause after 1st verse

Chorus

"Anyway, for all the things you know........"
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7--------------|
E|--7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-------------5-5-5-5-5-5--| x2
                         
                          then

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------9-7------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7----9-8-7------------------------------------|
E|7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------------10-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-|

There is a 1 bar pause after 1'st chorus (into verse 3)
  "    " " 4 bar pause after 2'nd chorus (into solo)


Verse 3

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------| (Pos 1)
A|-----------5--7----5--7---------|
E|--------7-------7---------------| x4

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------12-14----12-14----------| (Pos 2)
A|-----14-------14----------------|
E|--------------------------------| x4

G|--------------------------------|
D|-----------5--7-----5--7--------| (Pos 5)
A|--------7--------7--------------|
E|--------------------------------| 

Then alternate between Pos 1 and Pos 5 again, as in all the verses.

Then  at "more or less the same as the things that you said"

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|-----2-2-2-3-3-3-5-5-5-5/7------| let last note ring out



Chorus



Solo

Bass part here is pretty much identical to the intro (you are just on pos 1 
for 4 measures instead of 8 at the start).

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------| (Pos 1)
A|-----------5--7----5--7---------|
E|--------7-------7---------------| x4

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------12-14----12-14----------| (Pos 2)
A|-----14-------14----------------|
E|--------------------------------| x4

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------| (Pos 3)
A|--------------------------------|
E|------0--3--5--0--3--5----------| x2

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------| (Pos 1)
A|-----------5--7----5--7---------|
E|--------7-------7---------------| x2

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------7--9----7--9------------| (Pos 4)
A|-----9-------9------------------|
E|--------------------------------| x2


G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------| (Pos 1)
A|-----------5--7----5--7---------|
E|--------7-------7---------------| x2

The rest is the same, except one part at 03:47 where there is a nifty little 
bass run


G|--------------------------0--2--4---------0--2--4--------0--2-------------------------|
D|--------------------0--2---------------2--------------2-----------7-9----7-9----------|
A|--7--------0--1--2------------------2--------------2------------9------9--------------|
E|-----0--3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Any corrections please mail me   JimmyJamJerusalem@Hotmail.com
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