Biography:
The New Basement Tapes is a collaboration between Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens of Carolina Chocolate Drops, Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, and Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons. Their album Lost on the River (2014) was produced by T-Bone Burnett and consists of songs based on recently discovered lyrics that Bob Dylan handwrote in 1967.
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Lost On The River #12
The New Basement Tapes
3/4 Time
| G | Gsus | G | Gsus | G | Gsus | G |
|Gsus G2 C2 G2 C2 |G | Gsus | G |
. . The tears of a lonely man are hidden within
|Gsus G Bb Am
. . As he moves from one woman to the next
C/B C C/D |C | C | C |
His spir-it grows thin
|C Cm Bm Am F D
. . When he falls in love with one, it's hard but it's true
C C/B Am |D | D | D |
But it's oh, oh so much harder when that woman is you
|D G2 C2 G2
. . The leaves on the trees shake
C2 |G | Gsus | G | Gsus |
When the storm clouds appear
|Gsus G Bb Am
. . Just as I shake up inside when
C/B C C/D |C | C | C | C |
I fol-low you here
Cm Bm Am F |D |
At your invitation to . come to you, dear
|D Bm Em |C | C | C |
. . I got lost on the river, but I got found
|C Bm Em |C | C | C |
. . I got lost on the river, but I didn't drown
|C Am Bm C |Am |
. . I got lost on the river, but I . didn't go down
|Am Am Bm C D G |Gsus | G | Gsus |
. . I got lost on the river, . but I got found
G2 C2 G2
I looked at the graze of blue
C2 |G | Gsus | G |
Where the light begins
|Gsus G Bb Am
. . Through the glass where the rays shot through
C/B C C/D |C | C | C | C |
Caress-ing your skin
Cm Bm Am F D
Like your invitation to follow you in
|D Bm Em |C |
. . I got lost on the river, but I got found
|C Bm Em |C |
. . I got lost on the river, but I didn't drown
|C Am Bm C |Am |
. . I got lost on the river, but I . didn't go down
|Am Am Bm C D G | Gsus | G <> |
. . I got lost on the river, . but I got found (rit.)
Charted by Dexex
(My chord charts are intended to show how, as a rhythm guitarist,
I play songs. I don't claim they are the "right" way. They are not
tabs, which notate precisely how a song was played on a recording.)
The New Basement Tapes
3/4 Time
| G | Gsus | G | Gsus | G | Gsus | G |
|Gsus G2 C2 G2 C2 |G | Gsus | G |
. . The tears of a lonely man are hidden within
|Gsus G Bb Am
. . As he moves from one woman to the next
C/B C C/D |C | C | C |
His spir-it grows thin
|C Cm Bm Am F D
. . When he falls in love with one, it's hard but it's true
C C/B Am |D | D | D |
But it's oh, oh so much harder when that woman is you
|D G2 C2 G2
. . The leaves on the trees shake
C2 |G | Gsus | G | Gsus |
When the storm clouds appear
|Gsus G Bb Am
. . Just as I shake up inside when
C/B C C/D |C | C | C | C |
I fol-low you here
Cm Bm Am F |D |
At your invitation to . come to you, dear
|D Bm Em |C | C | C |
. . I got lost on the river, but I got found
|C Bm Em |C | C | C |
. . I got lost on the river, but I didn't drown
|C Am Bm C |Am |
. . I got lost on the river, but I . didn't go down
|Am Am Bm C D G |Gsus | G | Gsus |
. . I got lost on the river, . but I got found
G2 C2 G2
I looked at the graze of blue
C2 |G | Gsus | G |
Where the light begins
|Gsus G Bb Am
. . Through the glass where the rays shot through
C/B C C/D |C | C | C | C |
Caress-ing your skin
Cm Bm Am F D
Like your invitation to follow you in
|D Bm Em |C |
. . I got lost on the river, but I got found
|C Bm Em |C |
. . I got lost on the river, but I didn't drown
|C Am Bm C |Am |
. . I got lost on the river, but I . didn't go down
|Am Am Bm C D G | Gsus | G <> |
. . I got lost on the river, . but I got found (rit.)
Charted by Dexex
(My chord charts are intended to show how, as a rhythm guitarist,
I play songs. I don't claim they are the "right" way. They are not
tabs, which notate precisely how a song was played on a recording.)
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