Artist - The Tea Party
Song - The River
Album - Splendor Solis
Tabbed by - Alec MacDonald
Special Thanks To - Mark Webber

I'm pretty sure this is right. The hardest part was the final chorus
so if there's mistakes, they'll probably be there. This is a pretty hard
song to play so good luck.

Normal Tuning


(0:29) Intro/Verse
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|  x 7
A|---0--2-----0--2-----2-----0--2-----0--2--5--3--|
E|0--------0--------0-----1--------1--------------|

(0:59) Verse "I want to return..."
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------| 
A|---0--2-----0--2-----2-----0--2-----2---5---7---|
E|0--------0--------0-----1--------1--------------|

(1:03) Verse "I see all my friends..."
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------| 
A|---0--2-----0--2-----2-----0--2-----2---5---7---|
E|0--------0--------0-----1--------1--------------|
  ^
The guitar plays
the wah-filled 
chord here

(1:07) Verse "They want me to join but then..."
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|  x 2
A|---0--2-----0--2-----2-----0--2-----0--2--5-5---|
E|0--------0--------0-----1--------1--------------|

(1:16) Prechorus "Without you alone..."
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|1--0--------1--0--------1--0-----------|

(1:20) Chorus "And the river's runnin through my veins..."
G||------------| ----------------------------------------------------- |
D||----------2-|*3--------3-3-5--3--2--3--------------------------3h5-*|  x 2
A||----2-3-5---|*-------------------------4--------5--7---------------*|
E||3-5---------| ----------------------------------------------------- |

(1:29) "And the blood keeps calling out my name..."
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|3--------3-3-5--3--2--3--------------------------| 
A|-------------------------4--------5--7-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

(1:33) End of Chorus
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|777777777885--------2-------------------------|
E|--------------------------------4------1------|

(1:38) Interlude/Verse
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|  x 5
A|---0--2-----0--2-----2-----0--2-----0--2--5--3--|
E|0--------0--------0-----1--------1--------------|

(2:00)Verse "Cast by a different hand..."
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------| 
A|---0--2-----0--2-----2-----0--2-----2---5---7---|
E|0--------0--------0-----1--------1--------------|

(2:04)Verse "And the wisps of the wind..."
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|---0--2-----0--2-----2-----0--2-----2---5---7---|
E|0--------0--------0-----1--------1--------------|

(2:08)Verse "Blow with the Styx again..."
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|  x 2
A|---0--2-----0--2-----2-----0--2-----0--2--5-5---|
E|0--------0--------0-----1--------1--------------|

(2:17)Prechorus "Without you alone..."
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|1--0--------1--0--------1--0-----------|

(2:20)Chorus "And the river's runnin through my veins..."
G||------------| ----------------------------------------------------- |
D||----------2-|*3--------3-3-5--3--2--3--------------------------3h5-*|  x 2
A||----2-3-5---|*-------------------------4--------5--7---------------*|
E||3-5---------| ----------------------------------------------------- |

(2:30) Chorus "And the blood keeps calling out my name..."
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|3--------3-3-5--3--2--3--------------------------| 
A|-------------------------4--------5--7-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

(2:34) End of Chorus
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|777777777885--------2-------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------4------1------0-----------|

(2:41) Breakdown
G|---------------------------- ---|
D|---------------------------- ---|  x  3
A|---------------------------- ---|
E|---------------------------12--|

(2:47) Breakdown
G|---------------------------- ----|
D|---------------------------- ----|
A|---------------------------- ----|
E|---------------------------12--\|

(2:50) Guitar Solo 1
G|---------------------------- ---|
D|---------------------------- ---|  x 15 
A|---------------------------- ---|
E|0h5h7-0h5h7-0h7h8-0h8h10-0-12--|

(3:22) "And the river... running down..."
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|------------------2-5-3-2-0--------0h2-3--2--0--2-----------------------2h3-0--------|
E|0h5h7-0h5h7-0-4-5----------------------------------4--------1--0---------------------|

(3:29) "And the river... running down..."
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------| 
A|0h2-3--2--0--2-----------------------5h7-3--------|
E|----------------4--------1--0---------------------|

(3:33) "And the river... running down..."
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|----2---------------------------------------------| 
A|3-5----5--3--5-----------------------5h7-3--------|
E|----------------4--------1--0---------------------|

(3:38) "And the river..."
G|----------------------------------- --------|
D|----2------------------------------ --------|
A|3-5----5--3--5--------------------- --------|
E|----------------4-4-4-5-5-5-7-7-7-10--8--7--|
                Rit-------------->^A la tempo


(3:41) Guitar Solo 2
G|------------2------------------------------------|
D|3-------3h5----5--3--5--2--------9--11-------3h5-|  x 3
A|------------------------------------- -----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

(3:54) End of Solo
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|777777777885--------2-------------------------|
E|--------------------------------4------1------|

(3:58) Interlude/Verse "My will must be strong..."
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|  x 5
A|---0--2-----0--2-----2-----0--2-----0--2--5--3--|
E|0--------0--------0-----1--------1--------------|

(4:20) Verse "I'm still pushing for different heights..."
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------| 
A|---0--2-----0--2-----2-----0--2-----2---5---7---|
E|0--------0--------0-----1--------1--------------|

(4:24) Verse "And the wisps of the wind..."
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------| 
A|---0--2-----0--2-----2-----0--2-----2---5---7---|
E|0--------0--------0-----1--------1--------------|
  
(4:28) Verse "Blow with the Styx, again..."
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|  x 2
A|---0--2-----0--2-----2-----0--2-----0--2--5-5---|
E|0--------0--------0-----1--------1--------------|

(4:37) Prechorus "And I'm left alone..."
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|1--0--------1--0--------1--0-----------|

(4:40) Final Chorus "And the river's runnin through my veins..."
G||------------| ----------------------------------------------------- |
D||----------2-|*3--------3-3-5--3--2--3--------------------------3h5-*|  x 3
A||----2-3-5---|*-------------------------4--------5--7---------------*|
E||3-5---------| ----------------------------------------------------- |

(4:54) Final Chorus "And the river's runnin yeah..."
G|-------------------------9--------7--9--7--9----|
D|3--------3-3-5--3--2--3--------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

(4:58) Final Chorus "Help me baby"
G|----------21--19--21--19-----14-- -14-----9--7-----|
D|3---------- --- --- --- --7--- -14-- --7--------9--| 
A|----------- --- --- --- ------ -- -- --------------|
E|----------- --- --- --- ------ -- -- --------------|

(5:02) Final Chorus "Help me baby"
G|10--------21--19--21--19-----14-- -14-- -14-- -14-- -14-- -|
D|- --------- --- --- --- --7--- -14-- -14-- -14-- -14-- -14-| 
A|- --------- --- --- --- ------ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -|
E|- --------- --- --- --- ------ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -|

(5:07) Final Chorus "Help me baby"
G|----------21--19--21--19--14--------------------|
D|3---------- --- --- --- --- --------------------| 
A|----------- --- --- --- --- --------------------|
E|----------- --- --- --- --- --------------------|

(5:11) Final Chorus "Help me baby, oooohh yeah"
G|----------21--19--21--19---------------9--7-----|
D|3---------- --- --- --- --7---------7--------9--| 
A|----------- --- --- --- ------------------------|
E|----------- --- --- --- ------------------------|

(5:15) Final Chorus "Help me BABY"
G|------------------------ --------- --- -- --- -- --- --- --- --|
D|------------------------ --------- --- -- --- -- --- --- --- --|  x 3
A|8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8--12--------12--14-14--14/16--16--17--17--|
E|------------------------ --------- --- -- --- -- --- --- --- --|
  Normal                            >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Decrescendo
  Volume                                 

(5:28) Outro "yes"
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|7-7-7-7-7--7--7----5--8--7-7-7-7-7--7--7----5--8--|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
  Normal
  Volume

(5:32) Outro
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|7-7-7-7-7-5--8--7-7-7-7-7-5--8--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--\--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|


What a god song...