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The River Song

Zakk Wylde

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Artist: Derek Sherinian (Zakk Wylde on guitar)
Album: Mythology
Title: The River Song

Tuning:(low to high)   C  A  D  G  B  E

piano intro
play 4 times (vocals enter on 3rd time)
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|---5--3-------------------------------|
|---------4--3--1--3--1--4--3--1-------|
|---------------------------------3----|
|--------------------------------------|

Zakk�s part (the heavy stuff)
E |--------------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------------|
G |--------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------3--3--3--3--|
C |--12--10--6--5--3--5--3-/-6--5--3--0--0--0--0--0--|
     (v) (v)    v               v        p.m._________

After Derek�s keyboard solo, this riff comes in.

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--0-/-(2)-3--0-0-0--0-/-(2)-3--0-0-0--/-7--6--6--5---|
   *        p.m.___  *        p.m.___       v     v

* hit open C and slide up to 3rd fret via the 2nd fret

(v) = slight vibrato
v = vibrato

Then comes the solo.
Here's the lyrics Zakk sings (over and over and over and over)

In this river
This river that dies
The dead, the doomed
The hatred, the lies

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The River Song

Zakk Wylde