
Riverside
America
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Tom : A
E|------| ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
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A5 A9 G9 D D4/E E4 Amaj7 Dmaj7
Em9/7 Dmaj7/9 F G Motif
E|------| ------ ------ ------ G|--------------0
|||||| |||||| ****** |||||| D |----------0-2--
|**||* |||**| |||*|| |*|||| A |----0-2-3------
||||*| |||||| |**||| *||||* E |1-3------------
Intro: A5 (4bars) A9 (2bars) G9 (2bars) A9 (2bars) G9 (2bars)
D D4/E D D4/E D D4/E E4 Amaj7 Dmaj7
(4 times)
E|----------------5---5-7-7b(9)r-7-7-5------------------------------------------------------|
G|2-4p2-4s6--------------------------------------6-4-4h6p4-2-4p2-------2-4-4b6r-2h4-2-------|
Em9/7 Dmaj7/9 (4times)
A5
(4 bars)
Amaj7 Dmaj7 Amaj7
Living on the Riverside taking it all in my stride
Dmaj7
Living on the Riverside, I'm taking life like a big long ride
F G
|Motif|
You stay on your side and I'll stay on mine
F G
|Motif|
You take what you want and I'll take the sunshine
[Trecho 2x 2x]
Amaj7 Dmaj7 Amaj7
Dit dit dit dit do, dit dit dit dit do
(group) Dit dit dit dit do, dit dit dit dit do
Dmaj7
dit dit dit dit do, dit dit dit, do do
(group) dit dit dit dit do, doo, dit dit dit dit, do do
F G
|Motif|
I won't take you anywhere you don't want to go
F G
|Motif|
I won't tell you anything you don't want to know
Amaj7 Dmaj7 Amaj7
I said the world don't owe me no living
Dmaj7
I said the world don't owe me no living
Em9/7 Dmaj7/9 (4times)
A5
(4bars)
Final Solo: Amaj7 Dmaj7
E|--------------5-7-7b(9)r-7h9p7-5---------------------5-7-7b(9)r-7h9p7----7s9-12-12s14-12--|
G|2-4p2-4s6----------------------------------6-4-6------------------------------------------|
12----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------11-9-9h11p9-7-9-9b(11)r-9h11p9-7-------7-9-7-9--|
9b(11)r-9h11p9-7-------7---7-9-9s11----------------------------11-9-7-9-7-9b(11)r-9h11p9--
7-------7-
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