Ben Howard – These Waters (Guitar)

Capo 3
Key
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Chords

This isn't how Ben plays it, but it is a nice alternative if you just want to strum along to the song without down-tuning. [Verse 1]
 C  G             C           G
I saw red and yellow flowers outside over the moors

    Em               D                      G  
And brightest sunrise ever to've touched my eyes.

   C
And through it all,

  Em                  D                             C     
I stood and stumbled, waded through my thoughts and heart

                G
Yeah through it all,

  Em                  D                  C        Em
I fooled and fumbled, lost to the poet's frown.

                       D        G             C  
I fought the wolves of patience just to let it lie down.
[Chorus]
G        D                 C
See these waters they'll pull you up,

G           D              C
Oh if you're bolder than the darkness.

  G                         D             C
My my, let these songs be an instrument to cut,

   G                D                  C        D
Oh spaces 'tween the happiness and the hardness.

C             G 
Out the door,

Em                        D
The touch of morning, the burning of the frost

C
Out the door

Em                         D
Strong hands to hold; good friends that I never lost.
[Verse 2]
C
And what we found

     Em             D
Down these coves of limestone and cockle shells,

C
What we found

     Em               D                       C
Down these roads that wander as lost as the heart,

     Em                         D                        C
Is a chance to breathe again, a chance for a fresh start

    Em                              D                         C
My, my, a chance to breathe again, a chance for a fresh start

   Em                               D                         C
Oh my, a chance to breathe again, a chance for a fresh start.
[Chorus]
    G            D                  C
Oh, no, see these waters they'll pull you up,

    G            D              C
Oh, no, if you're bolder than the darkness.

   G                       D            C
My my let these songs be an instrument to cut here darling,

    G                 D                  C
Oh, spaces between the happiness and the hardness,

          G                 D                  C
Oh my my, spaces between the happiness and the hardness

          G                 D                  C
Oh my my, spaces between the happiness and the hardness

          G                 D                  C       D
Oh my my, spaces between the happiness and the hardness
[Outro] Em C (x4) G D C (x2)