Water
By the Who, 1970
I noticed this tab wasn't here, so I found it and here it is, I didn't do it, give
to these guys:
Previous transcription by Andy Dennis
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transcribed by
litgo@aol.com
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F7sus4 x 8 8 8 11 11
Bb(add4) x(8)8 8 11 10
F x 8 10 10 10 x
F5 133xxx
Bb5 x133xx
G7 3x0031
C x355xx
Note: leads are approximate
[intro] F7sus4 Bb(add4)----11-------11------------------10----------|------11-------11-----11x----------11--------|---8----8---8----8---8---8-------8---8---8---|--8--------8--------8-----8----8--------8----|-8--------8--------8----------8--------8-----|---------------------------------------------|
The foreman over there hates the gang |-6------------| |-8------------| |-7--.-.-.-.-.-| |--------------| |--------------| |--------------|
The poor people on the porch get it so rough |-8--8-8---| |-9--9-9---| |-8--8-8---| |----------| |----------| |----------|
Truck drivers drive like the devil |---11--| |--11---| |-8-----| |-------| |-------| |-------|
The policemen, they're acting so tough |-------------------| |-------------------| |-10----------------| |-10-/-/-/-/-/-/-/--| |-8-----------------| |-8-----------------|
They need water Good water |------------------------ |---------| |------------------------ |-----8---| |--------------------1--- |----8----| |--------------------3--- |---8-----| |--------------------3--- |--8------| |0h1-0h1-0h1-0h1-0h1----- |---------|
They need water |-----11------------| |----11-------------| |----8--------------| |---8---------------| |--8----------------| |-------------------|
And I'm sure there isn't one of us here who'd say no to somebody's daughter
No, no, no...
[verse; approximate strum pattern...] F (Eb) Bb(add4) (Eb) F7sus4 (Eb) Bb(add4) (Eb)||------------------------|----10-10--10-----|----11-11----|-10-10-10------||||-10-10-10---------------|-11-11-11--11-----|----11-11----|-11-11-11------||||.10-10-10-10-8-10--10-8-|-8--8--8---8--8-8/|-10-8--8-x-x-|-8--8--8--8-8/.||||.10-10-10-10-8-10--10-8-|-8--8--8---8--8-8/|-10-8--8-x-x-|-8--8--8--8-8/.||||-8--8--8--8--8-8---8----|-8--8--8---8---(6)|-8--8--8-x-x-|----------6-6/-||||------------------------|------------------|-------------|---------------||
|F |Bb(add4)
The foreman over there hates the gang
|F |Bb(add4)
The poor people on the farms get it so rough
|F |Bb(add4)
Truck drivers drive like the devil
|F |Bb(add4)
The policemen they're acting so tough
|F5 F7b5 F | |Dm |Dm/C |Dm/Bb |Dm/A |
They need water Good water (They...)
|---------------|-----------------|----1--|--1---|--1----|---1------| |---------------|-----------------|----3--|--3---|--3----|---3------| |---------------|-----------------|----2--|--2---|--2----|---2------| |3--3--3-3-1-3--|3--3-1h3-1-1h3-1-|0-----0|------|-------|----------| |3--3--3-3-1-3--|3--3-1h3-1-1h3-1-|-------|3----3|1-----1|-0--0-----| |1--1--1-1-1-1--|1--1-------------|-------|------|-------|------3-1-|
G7 |Bb |
They need water And maybe somebody's daughter
|F7sus4 |Bb(add4) |F F7sus4 F |Bb(add4) ||11---11--11-11-11---|10-10-10----------|-----------------|----------||11---11--11-11-11---|11-11-11----------|-----------------|----------||8----8---8--8--8--xx|8--8--8--8-8-8-8\-|--3-3-3-3-1------|3---3--1--||8----8---8--8--8--xx|8--8--8--8-8-8-8\-|3-3-3-3-3-1-3--3-|3---3--1--||8----8---8--8--8----|---------6-6-6-6\-|3-3-3-3-3---3--3-|1---1--1--||--------------------|------------------|1--------------1-|----------|
Indian Lake is burning
New York skyline is hazy
The River Thames is turning dry
The whole world is blazing
|F5 F7b5 F | |Dm |Dm/C |Dm/Bb |Dm/A |We need water Wow yeah, good water Ooh, they need |---------------|-----------------|1---1--|1--1--|1--1---|1----1----| |---------------|-----------------|3---3--|3--3--|3--3---|3----3----| |----------1----|-----------------|2---2--|2--2--|2--2---|2----2----| |--3---1h3---3--|-------3---------|0-----0|------|-------|----------| |--3------------|3-3----3---------|-------|3----3|1-----1|-0--------| |1-1-1----------|1-1----1---------|-------|------|-------|----------|
|G7 |Bb |F
Water and maybe somebody's daughter
|F |Bb |F |Bb | (Ah gimme...)|----------|------------------|--------|----------||----------|------------------|--------|----------||---3---3-3|-------3-3-1-3-1^-|--------|----------||3--3-3-3-3|3-3-3--3-3-1-3-1^-|3--3-3--|3-3-3----3||3--3------|------------------|--------|----------||1---------|------------------|--1-1-1-|-1--1----1|
|F | Bb F Bb F |Ah gimme gimme good water (A-gimme...) |-------------|------------------------------| |-------------|-10h11-10-11--10--------------| |-------------|-10----10-10--10--------------| |3-3----3--3--|-10h12-10-12--10--------------| |3-3----3--3--|-------------------8-8-8-8----| |1-1----1--1--|--------------------------11-9|
|F | Bb F Bb F7 |A-gimme gimme gimme good water (Gimme good...) |-------------|----------------------------| |-------------|-10h11-10-11--10------------| |---10--10-10-|-10----10-10--10------------| |---10--10-10-|-10h12-10-12--10------------| |8--8---8--8--|-----------------8-8-8-8----| |---8---8--8--|------------------------11-9|
|F | Bb F Bb F |Gimme good water, please don't refuse me, mister, I seen your |--------------------|------------------------------| |--------------------|-10h11-10-11--10--------------| |-----10----10--10---|-10----10-10--10---10-10------| |-----10----10--10---|-10h12-10-12--10---10-10------| |8----8-----8---8----|-------------------8--8-------| |--------------------|------------------------------|
|C C |C |F Daughter at the Oasis and I'm beginning to blister (My Chev...)|-------------------------------|--------------------------|----||-------------------------------|--------------------------|----||5----------------5-------------|5-------------------------|----||5----------------5-------------|5-----------------------1-|3---||3----------------3-------------|3-----------------3-3-3---|----||-------------------------------|--------------------------|----|
My Chevrolet just made steam
Your crop is layin' foul
My grass skirt's lost its green
I'm alive, but I don't know how
|F5 Eb/F F | |Dm |Dm/C |Dm/Bb | I need water Good good water |---------------|-----------------|-------|------|-------| |---------------|-----------------|-------|------|-------| |---------------|-----------------|-------|------|-------| |3--3--3-1-3-3-1|3--3--3-1-3-3----|-------|------|-------| |3--3--3-1-3-3-1|3--3--3-1-3-3----|3^(5)-5|3----3|1-----1| |1--1--1-1-1-1-1|1--1--1-1-1-1----|-------|------|-------|
|Dm/A |G7 |Bb | They need water|----------|------------------|-------||----------|------------------|-------||----------|------------------|3------||----------|-----3h5-3h5-3h5\-|3------||-0--------|------------------|1------||----------|3-----------------|-------|
Gimme gimme gimme good water
Wow, gimme gimme gimme good water
Gimme gimme gimme good water
|F |Bb |F |(water)|------------|---------------------|----------1----------||------------|---------------------|-----------4-1-4/6-6-||------------|------------1-1^-1---|---------------------||3--3-3-3--3-|---3-3--1-3-------3-1|3--3--1-3------------||3--3-3-3----|1--------------------|---------------------||1--1-1-1---1|---------------------|---------------------|
|Bb |F | Come on Gimme, gimme, a gimme, gimme|--------------------------|--------------------------||4-6-6--6-4--6-6-6--4--6-6-|6-4-6-6-6-4/6-6-6-6-------||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|
|Bb |F |Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme more water|8p4--8p4--8p4--8p4--8p4--8p4--8p4--8p4-------|8p4-8p4-6p4-6p4-------------||---6----6----6----6----6----6----6----6------|---6---6---6---6------------||---------------------------------------------|-----------------5--8-10-8--||---------------------------------------------|--------------------------10||---------------------------------------------|----------------------------||---------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|Bb |F |Bb | hey more water|-------------------------|----------------1---|----4-4-4--4-4--4-4-4||-------------------------|----------------1-4-|4^--6-6-6--6-6--6-6--||8^---8-5--3-1------------|----------1-3^------|---------------------||-------------3-1-3-------|----3-1-3-----------|---------------------||-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------||------------------1h4-1h4|1-------------------|---------------------|
|F |Bb |F |Bb ||4/1-1-------------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||----1-3p1---------------|1--1-1-1--1-----|---------------|----------------||------3p1---------------|1--1-1-1--1-----|---------------|--------8-8----8||----------3--3-3--3-1---|1--1-1-1--1-----|3/6-6/8\--3-3--|--8--6--8-8----8||----------------------3-|----------------|---------------|--------6-6--6-6||------------------------|------------4-1-|1/4-4/6\--1-1--|--6--4----------|
|F |Bb | come on come on, gimme water wow,|-----------------------------|------------||-----------------------------|10----------||8/10--------10------8--------|8----------8||8/10--------10------8--------|8----------8||6/8---------8-------8--------|8----------6||-----------------------------|------------|
|F |Bb water water gimme, a-gimme good water|--------------------------------|------------||--------------------------------|10--10---10-||10----10----10-------8----------|8---8----8--||10----10----10-------8----------|8---8----8--||8-----8-----8--------8----------|8---8----8--||--------------------------------|------------|
(Somebody...champagne!)
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[Extra verse from stage versions]
Samson seems sorta sweaty
The draftsman they smudged their work
The captain of a ship is swimming
Then just wore off a keen bank clerk [?]
[bridge from stage versions]
F F Bb F Bb F7Ah gimme gimme good water |-13-13-|--------------------| |-13-13-|-10h11-10-10h11-/13-| |-10-10-|-10----10-10--------| |-10-10-|-10h12-10-10h12-/13-| |-------|--------------------| |-------|--------------------|
