Down Down The Deep River

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down down the deep river – okkervil river
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tabbed by : rdcoons
E – mail : gnr123@gmail . com
tuning : standard

this tab is from the youtube version featured here :

guitar 1 : capo 4
guitar 2 : no capo ( represented in parentheses )

intro :
guitar 1 : guitar 2 :
C G D Dsus4 D x2 E B F# B F# x2

guitar 1 intro riff : ( relative to capo ) x2
C G D D
E | – – 3 – 0 – – – 3 – – – 3 – 0 – – – – – – 2 – 0 – – – 2 – – – 2 – 0 – – – – – – – – – |
B | – – 3 – – – 3 – – – – – 3 – – 3 – 0 – – – 3 – – – 3 – – – – – 3 – – – 3 – – – – – – – |
G | – – 0 – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – – |
D | – – 2 – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – |
A | – – 3 – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – |
E | – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

C ( E ) G ( B ) D ( F# )
spit into the center of your hometown , there’s leaves in the street ,
Dsus4 ( B ) D ( F# ) C G D Dsus4 D
and there are friends around you now . all the days of your life in a line .
C G D Dsus4 D
or the way they seemed by 89 . . .
C G D Dsus4 D
but it’s not all right . it’s not even close to all right .

C G
down a hall in your house , down a road in december
D Dsus4 D
down , down , down the deep river , down , down , down the deep river
C G
down a hall in your house , down a road in december
D Dsus4 D
down , down , down the deep river , down , down , down the deep river

C G
we lie awake at night in a tent and i say ,
D Dsus4 D C
tell me about your uncle and his friend because they seem like very bad men .
G D Dsus4
well we want to keep away from them .
D C G D Dsus4 D
bend in the road back there , we saw the place they go .
C G D
tell me about the greatest show or the greatest movie you know
Dsus4 D C
or the greatest song that you taped from off the radio .
G D Dsus4
play it again and again it cuts off at the ending though .
D C G
tell me i’m always gonna be your best friend .
D
now you said it one time , why don’t you say it again?
Dsus4 D C G
all the way down the line to where the telephone ends
D Dsus4 D
come on and shout it on down the wire .
C G D Dsus4 D
and it’s not all right . it’s not even close to all right .

C G
and as the rescue party , the volunteer team , oh ( shit ) ,
D
they’re just kids of eighteen , and it’s the worst thing
Dsus4 D C
they’ve seen they’re standing all around that tree ,
G D Dsus4 D
and i’m so sorry that i can’t stop crying .

C G D Dsus4 D x2

{sparse strumming}
C G
shivering from the late fall cold ,
D
i felt like a solid ghost .
C
i ran and then i couldn’t slow .
G D
my father found me though , my father took me home .
Dsus4 D C G
he said , oh , son , i saw you get knocked down ,
D
and i ran out i bet your head was spinning .
C
with that bright pain you stunned , {resume strumming}
G D Dsus4
when you’ve only just begun to be only just beginning .

D C G
tossed in the viper pit , all those feelings and fears ,
D Dsus4 D
and all that difficult shit in all those tender years .
C G
there was something in the air; something gathered in the air .
D
something singing in the wind .

Dsus4 D C G
i’ll be your fighter and you’ll be my mirror .
D
and you’ll be all right because i’ll be right here .
Dsus4 D C
oh kid , now i’m not going anywhere .
G D Dsus4 D
i swear i’ll try to not be going anywhere .
C G D Dsus4
though it’s not all right . it is still far from all right .
D C
we’ll make it into a choice somehow .
G D Dsus4 D
i don’t know , but you’ll have a choice somehow .

C G
down a hall in your house , down a road in december
D Dsus4 D
down , down , down the deep river , down , down , down the deep river
C G
we can never go back; we can only remember
D Dsus4 D
down , down , down the deep river , down , down , down the deep river

* * youtube version * *
C G
waking in the dawn with that dream growing dimmer and dimmer .
D Dsus4 D
down , down , down the deep river , down , down , down the deep river
C G D
are we going down , are we going down , are we going down , are we going down , are we going down?
Dsus4 D C G D Dsus4 D
i wanna know , are we going down the deep river , are we going down? because i know it’s scary , baby .

intro chords/riff 1 1/2 times .

end on D ( F# )

* * album version * *

intro chords/riff

maybe they told you ’bout the summer sky ,
maybe they said there’s a great gold spirit in the summer sky
or all your friends , all your best , best friends
are gonna gather around your bed at night .
well that’ll make it all right because it is still so far from all right . oh , kid , i know .

down a hall in your house , down a road in december
down , down , down the deep river , down , down , down the deep river
up the stairs four flights , son; can you feel my heart shiver?
down , down , down the deep river , down , down , down the deep river
waking in the dawn with that dream getting dimmer and dimmer .

i said , are we going down the deep river? down the deep river?
why don’t you say you still see it , say you remember? are we going down?
are we going down the deep river? because i know it’s scary , baby .

end on
D ( F# )

notes :
– if you are playing with the youtube version , simply follow the * * youtube version * * part .
– if you are playing with the album , skip the * * youtube version * * part and proceed
down to * * album version * *

guitar 1 chords : guitar 2 chords :
E 022100 C 032010
B 224442 G 320003
F# 244322 D x00232
Dsus4 x00233