The Riverboat Song Ocean Colour Scene
Key:
[----]p=pull off
h=hammer on
b=bend up
l=let down
\=slide down
/=slide up
v=vibrato
()=don't play note in brackets, reference only.
I`ll give each riff a name and refer to it in the rest of the document under
that name.
Here are the riffs used in the song.
Blow A|---5--7---5-7 E|7-------7---- Elow A|----10--12----10-12 E|12---------12------ Bhigh D|----12--14----12-14 A|14---------14------ Ehigh G|----12--14----12-14 D|14---------14------ F#high A|----12--14----12-14 E|14---------14------
Okay these are the main riffs there are other twidly bits played by Steve
Craddock. I`ve worked some of them out there is no need to play them note
for note they`re all based in a Bmin pentatonic, so just improvise.
Okay here we go.
Intro:
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Blow *8 Bhigh*4 Ehigh*2 Blow*2 F#high*2 Blow*2
Steve plays the following riff starting on the F#high to lead into verse 1:
Note again this isn`t exact but it`s what I play,(listen to the song to get
the timing right).
E|10--7--10--7--10--7--10-12b(14)l12-10-10h12p10----10------------------------ B|-----------------------------------------------12----10 -------------10b(12) G|--------------------------------------------------------11------------------ D|-----------------------------------------------------------12-12\9----------
Verse1:
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Blow*4
I see double up ahead
Elow*2
Where the riverboat swayed beneath the sun
Blow*2
Is where the river runs red
Elow*2
Like a king who stalks the wings and shoots a dove
Blow*2
And frees an eagle instead
xE xF# xB (these are notes on low E string)
It`s more or less the same as the things that you said.
The following Riff is played before going into verse 2:
A|----0---0-2(hold for 2 bars while other guitar plays a wah bit) E|0-2---2----
Verse2:
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Blow*4
I see trouble up the road
Elow*2
Like the thing you found in love are by the way
Blow*2
And like to cheat on your soul
Elow*2
Like the best and worst of thoughts that lose control
Blow*2
Before you lie on your bed
xE xF# xB (these are notes on low E string)
It`s more or less the same as the things that you said.
The following Riff is played before going into chorus:
RiffV A|----0---0-2 E|0-2---2----
Chorus:
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RiffC1
(E/F#) (F#/A) (A/B) (THESE ARE NOT CHORDS FOLLOW RIFFC1 BELOW)
Anyway for all the things you know
tell me[E] why does the river not flow
RiffC1
(E/F#) (F#/A) (A/B) (AS BEFORE)
Anyway for all the things you said
RiffC2
tell me why does the river run red
RiffC3
(A/B) (B/D) (D/E) (NOT CHORDS FOLLOW RIFFC3 BELOW)
Anyway for all the things you`ve seen
RiffC4
tell me when will the river run green
Bassy riff
B A F#(2) (Notes On The Low E String)
And anyway for all the things you know
(RiffV played by bass)
tell me why does the river not flow
[E/F#] [F#/A] [A/B] [E]
RiffC1 B|------------------------10b(12)vv------------ G|9b(11)vv---11b(14)vv------------------------- D|-------------------------------------14vvvvvv
RiffC2 this is a little twidly bit played by Steve.
E|17-17p14--------- B|---------17p15-17 RiffC3 E|-----------------------10b(12)vv------ B|10b(12)vv---12b(15)vv-----------------
RiffC4 this is another little fill by steve
E|17p14----14---------------------- B|------17----17p15----15---------- G|------------------16----16p14---- D|-------------------------------16
Verse3:
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Blow*4 Bhigh*4
G(D string fret 17 hold)
It`s more or less the things you fail to say in your own way
D(D string fret 12)
that`s your trouble
B(D sting fret 9 hold)
Like a king who stalks the wings and shoots the moon and the stars
D(D sting fret 12)
And his double
xE xF# xB (these are notes on low E string)
It`s more or less the same as the things that you said.
RiffV A|----0---0-2 E|0-2---2----
Chorus:(As Above)
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Solo:
[-----]Uses Bmin Pentatonic (with a wah wah pedal) played over the following
progression.
Feedback & Switch flicking for 6 bars then improvise over
Blow*4 Bhigh*4 Elow*2 Blow*2 F#high*2 Blow*2
Ending:
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RiffE1
[(F)]I see double up[(E)] ahead
(Chords played by Paul Weller on the Organ)
Where the riverboat swayed beneath the sun
Is where the river runs red
(with little fill from second guitar)
F#high*2 Blow*2(then hold the B (7th fret) on the low E)
I see double - that`s my trouble
RiffE1 G|(9)b10---l9-9p7h9---p7--- D|-----------------------9\
then
B|7-7-9/10\9--7vv
G|7-7-9/10\9--7vv
Blow*4 Bhigh*4 Blow*4 then organ & little stratospheric noises to end.
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