Shakey Graves – The Waters (Guitar)

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Artist: Shakey Graves Song: The Waters
Tuning: Open D (D A D F# A D)
No capo
This tab is for the wonderful performance on Live for Musical Chairs Chords: D 000000 G 555555
Dsus4  000100         A      777777
Dsus#4 000200         B5     99912xx
D5 000300 D5* 000xxx (bend the 2nd fret on the lowest string for the riff) D#5 000010 G5 555xxx (575xxx is used for the riff) D6 000020 E5* 202xxx D7 000030 F5* 303xxx Bm x20020 F#5 404xxx Gmaj9 5x0000 A5 777xxx G7 555575 Bm7 9-9-9-12-12-12 [Intro] (During Bm do Hammer-ons from open 5th string to 2nd fret) D Dsus4 Dsus#4 D D#5 D6 D7 Bm Gmaj9 D Dsus4 Dsus#4 D5 D D#5 D6 D7 [Verse]
     D                                            Dsus4 Dsus#4
Well I went down to wander round the waters today

D
Something on my mind would not go away

     Bm                                            Gmaj9
That cute girl from the bookstore that didn't even know my name
D Dsus4 Dsus#4 D5 D D#5 D6 D7
            Bm                                       Gmaj9
Yeah well a fish with ugly eyes jumped into my hands

   D        Dsus4  Dsus#4 D5   D  D#5  D6  D7
Oh it was no  surprise    I was begging again

       G                                          A
Yeah I seem to only want them before they put the coins in my tin
D Dsus4 Dsus#4 D5 D D#5 D6 D7 [Chorus]
         Bm
Yeah but I've been known to wander

       G
By the waters every now and again
D Dsus4 Dsus#4 D5 D D#5 D6 D7 D7 [Verse]
             B5
Yeah well my teachers always said you're gonna get hurt

          D5*
Yeah them girls been known to shove and push you in dirt

       G5                                          A
Well I don't think I'll listen oh I kinda like the way that it burns
D Dsus4 Dsus#4 D5 D#5 D6 D7
            Bm                                         Gmaj9
Yeah but my only spot of refuge is a stream in the town

    D5            E5*               F5*         F#5*
The river gives a feeling that your sorrows can drown

       G5                                            A5
Well I jump into the waters where the fishes and the minos can swim
D Dsus4 Dsus#4 D5 D D#5 D6 D7 [Chorus]
         Bm
Yeah but I've been known to wander

       G            A
By the waters every now and again
D Dsus4 Dsus#4 D5 D D#5 D6 D7 [Bridge]
          Bm                   G           D5*
Yeah well sometimes I feel like I am dying

         Bm               G             D    Dsus4 Dsus#4 D5
You know I need oh someone to revive me

         G                                  A
You know over by the waters yea that's where she can find me
D Dsus4 Dsus#4 D5 D D#5 D6 D7
     G            G7                 A
Yeah over by the waters that's where she can find me
D Dsus4 Dsus#4 D5
                 G         A            G       D     Dsus4    Dsus#4     D5
Yeah over by the waters oh that's where she can find me

D#5    D6    D7
That's where she can find me

     D      Dsus4 Dsus#4 D5      D#5   D6  D7
Yeah that's where she    can find            Oh little ol' me
N.C. Mm-hhmm [Interlude] B5 D Dsus4 Dsus#4 D5 D D#5 D6 D7 Bm7 [Outro] D Dsus4 Dsus#4 D5
D     D#5      D6         D7
                Yea that's where you can find me

D     Dsus4    Dsus#4     D5
               That's where you can

D D#5 D6         D7
 Find      me