Fleet Foxes – Drops In The River (Guitar Tab)

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"DROPS IN THE RIVER" off EP "Sun Giant"(2008) Tabbed by: Les Gibson This is pretty simple: its all based around the chord of D.
[INTRO] acoustic guitar (0:08)
e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--2--3-3---2--2h3p2-0---0-|------0-------------------|
G|----------------------2---|--0-------2---------------| X2
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--0--0-0---0--0-----0-----|--0---0---0---------------|
[VERSE 1] (Intro part plays under verse) (0:26) D Dsus4 D Crown of leaves, high in the window on a gold morning D Dsus4 D Young today, old as a railroad tomorrow Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Days are just drops in the river to be lost always Dsus2 D Only you, only you, you know. [Fill] intro part + strumming around the D chord starts (1:03) [VERSE 2] (1:20) : D Dsus4 D Years ago, birds of a feather would arrive nightly D Dsus4 D Gone you know, held to another like clutched ivy Dsus2 D Dsus4 D On the shore, speak to the ocean and receive silence Dsus2 D Only you, only you, you know. [CHORUS] with electric strumming (1:56) D C D Here as the caves of my memory fade, I'll hold to the first one D C D I wouldn't turn to another you say, on the long night we've made A6 D6sus2 Let it go picking part at the end of the chorus:
   A6
e|--2--------2-----2--------2-----2--------2-----2--------2----|
B|-------2--------------2--------------2--------------2--------|
G|-----2---2---2------2---2---2------2---2---2------2---2---2--|
D|--2--------------2--------------2--------------2-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------

  D6sus2
e|--0--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0------2p0--------|-----|
B|-------0--------------0--------------0---------------3--0--|-3---|
G|-----2-------2------2-------2------2-------2---------------|-2---|
D|--0------0-------0------0-------0------0--------0----------|-0---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----|
[FILL] intro part plays, with strummed D chord in background. (2:24) --last line of verse + CHORUS: as before. (2:42)
[FILL AFTER CHORUS] (3:18)
e|--2--------2-----2--------2-----2--------2-----2--------2----|
B|-------2--------------2--------------2--------------2--------|
G|-----2---2---2------2---2---2------2---2---2------2---2---2--|
D|--2--------------2--------------2--------------2-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|

  D6sus2
e|--0--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0------0--------0---|
B|-------0--------------0--------------0---------------0-------|
G|-----2-------2------2-------2------2-------2-------2-------2-|
D|--0------0-------0------0-------0------0--------0------0-----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|

   A6
e|--2--------2-----2--------2-----2--------2-----2--------2----|
B|-------2--------------2--------------2--------------2--------|
G|-----2---2---2------2---2---2------2---2---2------2---2---2--|
D|--2--------------2--------------2--------------2-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------

  D6sus2
e|--0--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0------2p0--------|-----|
B|-------0--------------0--------------0---------------3--0--|-3---|
G|-----2-------2------2-------2------2-------2---------------|-2---|
D|--0------0-------0------0-------0------0--------0----------|-0---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----|

[POST-CHORUS] (3:40):
   Speak to me slow my dear,       no ghost of course in here
e|-----------0-----2--0-------|-----------0-----2--0-------|
B|-----3--2--2--3--3----3-0---|-----3--2--2--3--3----3-0---|
G|-----2--2--2--2--2--------2-|-----2--2--2--2--2--------2-|
D|--0--0--0-----0-------------|--0--0--0-----0-------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|

 pleased...             clear     all is...           here.
e|-----------0-----2--0-2-3---|--2--5--3--7--5--9--7---10--|---|
B|-----3--2--2--3--3--3-3-3---|--3--3--3--5--5--7--7-------|-3-|
G|-----2--2--2--2--2--2-2-2---|--2-------------------------|-2-|
D|--0--0--0-----0-------------|--0-------------------------|-0-|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|---|
D|----------------------------|----------------------------|---|
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