Ryan Adams – Dont Ask For The Water (Guitar)

Capo 2 Video Lesson
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Chords

Note: Between the G and C chords, play the A (Open 5th) string and hammer on the C (4th & 5th strings) chord [Chords] [F6sus2 xx0303x] [Intro] G C G x2 G C F6sus2 C G G C G [Verse 1]
G                     C  G
I hate this old place

G                     C  G
And what it represents

G                     C  G
And I hate who I was

G                       C  G
And who I ended up since

G                         Am  D/F#           G
But if you learned how to swim in case you'd drowned
[Chorus]
G                     Am  D/F#
Don't ask her for the water

                         G    C  G  C
Cause she'll swallow you down
[Verse 2]
G                           C  G
And she's ten miles of peace

G                         C  G
And the hardest of nights

G                        C  G
And her belfry's got arch

G                         C  G
But her rooftops all right

G                     Am  D/F#
But down here in the sewer

               G   C  G
I'm smelling a rat
[Chorus]
G                     Am      Bb
Don't ask her for the Whiskey

          D/F#       G  C  F6sus2  C  G  C
Cause her waters all that
[Verse 3]
G                       C  G
And what horses we rode

G                         C  G
Through what sombre fields

G                       C  G
With our lovers at war

G                       C  G
And the dust on their heels

G                         C  D
And the infidels screamed,

G                   C  G
"it's all but a lie"
[Chorus]
G                     Am  D/F#
Don't ask her for the water,

                          G    C  G  C
Cause she'll teach you to cry

G                     Am  D/F#
Don't ask her for the water

                         G    C  G  G  C  G  G  C  F6sus2  C  G  C
Cause she'll teach you to cry
[Verse 4]
G                       C  G
And her weapon of choice,

G                         C  G
Is a red-patterned dress

G                         C  G
And a sac full of stones

G                         C  G
With her hands on her chest

G                         C  G
And a book full of quotes

G                         C  G
And a tight fastened lip
[Chorus]
G                     Am  D/F#
Don't ask her for the water

                          G    C  G  C
Cause you'll sink like a ship

G                     Am  D/F#
Don't ask her for the water

                         G    C  G
Cause you'll sink like a ship
[Outro] G C F6sus2 C G C G C G