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Define Riff:
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A
E1-3-1-0-1

Chords are all power chords

F                    RIFF
big birds in the trees 
F                              RIFF
cars locked and i've lost my keys
F                               RIFF
crashing sounds of the waterfall
F                                 
and a statue of jesus 200 feet tall

Bb                       F
3000 miles from the north california
Bb                         F
and 3 little feet from falling off the earth
Bb                     
and the shadow of a mountain 
      F
should cast a shadow on a 
Bb                           F
and the snow underfoot is soft and yeilding

Bb
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look at those birds
i'd say something about them but i've lost the words
they're laughing and they're watching me
and the radiator's boiling for no reason

wild cattle crossing as it strikes their fancy
and a handfule of money which does me no good
and a pocketfull of medicine to amuse myself 
with a photograph of someone stapled to my shirt sleeve

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