Lyrics Transcribed By:   Jesse Jarnow

Debut: September 3, 1997
Official recording(s) (if any): Dither

•     "Water" Guitar Tabs version 1    •
•     "Water" Guitar Tabs version 2   •
•     "Water" Bass Tabs    •

(Water, water)
Give me the deed, drill the well, and run the line
(Water, water)
Chinatown...watch that celluloid shine
(Water, water)

Would you kill for a glass when the sand fills up your throat?
(Water, water)
Would you twist a knife in the back of the man who stole your...
(Water, water)

Chorus:
    Hello again
    Goodbye my friend
    Goodbye again, hello
    Alone with you I want to be
    Hello again, hello
    Hello again
    Goodbye my friend
    Goodbye again, hello
    Alone with you I want to be
    Hello again, hello
    Hello again, hello.

(Water, Water)
Thousand feet below, got a law that's all it's own
(Water, water)
Thousand feet below, looks like they got hell on loan
(Water, water)

Another cowboy song about dying all alone
(Water, water)
Chuck is gonna piss on the grave of the man who stole his...
(Water, water)

(Chorus)

 Water Guitar Tabs:
Transcribed by moegreene aka Erold Kroft

Water is based on some simple chords. there are two chord progressions the main riff and the chorus, which doubles as the solo section.

the main riff is D-C

the chorus is E-A-E-G
the snaky outro from the solo section I'll hit on when i get there.

both Al and Chuck play the main melody based on a B minor pentatonic scale,
the relative minor of D major. the bends are a whole step. bend and release them slowly as per the tune.

Al:
------10-----------------------------10--------------------------
-10B-----10r-10-10-10------------10B----10r-10--10-10-----------
-------------9--9B-9r--7---7-----------------9--9B-9r-7---7-----
-------------------------9---7h9-------------------------9---7h9-
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Chuck:
------------------------------------------------------------------
------10------------------------------10--------------------------
-9B-------9r----------------------9B-----9r---------------------7-
-------------9-9B9r--7---7---7^5------------9---9B9r--7---7--7h9--
-----------------------9--------------------------------9---------
------------------------------------------------------------------
Al:
------10-----------------------------10---------------------------
-10B-----10r-10-10-10------------10B----10r-10--10--10---------7--
-------------9--9B-9r--7---7-----------------9--9B--9r-7---7---7--
-------------------------9---7h9-------------------------9---9----
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------

Chuck:
------------------------------------------------------------------
------10------------------------------10--------------------------
-9B-------9r----------------------9B-----9r-----------------------
-------------9-9B9r--7---7---7^5------------9---9B9r--7---7--7----
-----------------------9--------------------------------9---------
------------------------------------------------------------------

the verses are D-C

Al:
-----------------------------------------------
--7---5----7---5--------7---5---7---5----------
--7---5----7---5-4h5-4--7---5---7---5----------
--7---5----7---5------7-7---5---7---5-5h7-5-7--
-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------

Chuck:
----------------------------------------7------
--7---5----7---5--7-----7---5---7---5---5------
--7---5----7---5--5-----7---5---7---5---5------
--7---5----7---5--5-----7---5---7---5----------
--9---7----9---7--------9---7---9---7----------
-----------------------------------------------

chuck sometimes does this:

------------------5---------------------7------
--7---5----7---5--5-----7---5---7---5---5------
--7---5----7---5--5-----7---5---7---5---5------
--7---5----7---5--5-----7---5---7---5----------
--9---7----9---7--------9---7---9---7----------
-----------------------------------------------

the chorus is straightforward like the verses.

the chords are

E-A-E-G

Al:

--------------------------------------15----------------------
-----12-------------------------------------------------------
-----12---12-----------------12----14B--14r-12-14-12-14b-14B--
-----12---12---------12-13-14--14-----------------------------
------------12-13-14------------------------------------------
--0-----------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------12\--------
--14r-1412----------------------------------12\--------
----------14-12-14-12--------------12-13-14-12\--------
----------------------14-12-12-13-14-------------------
-------------------------------------------------------

Chuck:
----------------------------3--3---------------------3--3---
---------------2--2---------3--3---------2--2--------3--3---
-------1--1----2--2--1--1---0--0---1--1--2--2--1--1--0--0---
-------2--2----2--2--2--2---0--0---2--2--2--2--2--2--0--0---
--10\--2--2----------2--2---x--x---2--2--------2--2--x--x---
-------0--0----------0--0---3--3---0--0--------0--0--3--3---

shades of the allmans:

if and when you play this with with another guitar player, it is key to be on top of this verbatim.

that's what makes the allmans the industry standard in doing what they wrote the book on.
having two guitars in complete synchronicity makes for a perpetual moving flowing chord, because a chord is made up of two notes, not three like alot of people might think.

i am going to try to keep al and chuck's note parallel over one another, so you can see how it looks on paper, or tab.
i''l also put spaces so you can tackle the passages a handful at a time
;-)

Al:
---------------------------- ----------------- ---------------
----------------------10---- ----------------- ---------------
-------------7-9-7-9B-9B-9r- -4-5-4---4------- ---------------
----------7-9--------------- -------7-5-5-5h7- ---4-5-4-------
-----5-7-9------------------ ----------------- ---------7-5-3-
-5-7------------------------ ----------------- ---------------

Chuck:
----------------------10---- ----------------- -------------------
----------------------10---- ----------------- -------------------
----------7-9--9---9B-9B-9r -9-7-9-7--------- -------------------
-----5-7-9------------------ --------10-9-9^10 ---9-7-9-7---------
-5-7------------------------ ----------------- ----------10-9-----
---------------------------- ----------------- -------------------

Al:
--------------------------------- ----------------------------
-----------5-------7-7-7h9p7----- -----3---5------3--7-7-5----
-----2---5-5-5-7-9-----------9-7- ---------5---------7-7-5-7--
-2-4---4-5----------------------- --2^4--4-5-7-5-4---------7--
--------------------------------- ----------------------------
--------------------------------- ----------------------------

Chuck:
-------------5^-7-5-------------- -----------------------------
-----7-5------------7-7h8p7\5---- ----7-5-------7---10-10-8-7--
------------------------------7-- --------7-5---7---11-11-9-7--
---------5-4--------------------- ------------0-7-0------------
-3-5----------------------------- --5--------------------------
--------------------------------- -----------------------------

Al:
---------------------------- -------------------------
------10---8----7---5----7*- -------------------------
-9^11---11--9----7---5---7*- -4-5-4---4---------------
-------------10---7---5--7*- -------7---5-7-4-5------
---------------------------- --------------------5-3--
---------------------------- -------------------------
*(HARMONIC!)

Chuck:
-----10----8----5---3---2--- --2-3-2-0----------------
-----10-10-8-8---7---5--3--- ----------3-0-5-0-3-0----
10^11---------9---7---5-2--- ---------------------0---
---------------------------- -----------------------2-
---------------------------- -------------------------
---------------------------- -------------------------

Al's guitar part:

Al:
-10-12-10-----------------------------
---------10-------------------------7-
-------------11-12-11---------------7-
---------------------12--7-------(7)7-
--------------------------10-9-10-----
--------------------------------------

-----------------------10------ --------------------
--(7)----8-----8--10-12--12-10- ----7---------------
---7-7-9-9-7-9----------------- -7-9-9-7------7-----
---7--------------------------- --------9-7-9---9-7-
-9----------------------------- --------------------
------------------------------- --------------------

---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------7h9p7-9B-9B-7------------------------4h5p4------
------7-9-----------------------4-4h5p4------------7-5---
-5-7-9------------------5-4-5-7---------7-5-7------------
---------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------- ---------------------------------
--------------------------- ---------------------------------
------4-5------4-5-7-7/9-7- ---------------------4-4h5p4-----
-4-5-7----4-5-7------------ --------4-4h5p4---4-5--------7-5-
--------------------------- -5-4-5-7--------7----------------
--------------------------- ---------------------------------

--------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------5--
---------------------4-4-4--5-5-5--7-7-7----
-4-4-4--5-5-5--7-7-7------------------------
--------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------9----9---9/11-----11-12-14B-14--
----4---4-5--4-5-7--7-9--9-10---10---10-----12-14--------------
-5-7---7-------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------- ------------------------
-15-13-12h13p12---------15--- -10-8-7h8p7-------------
---------------14-12-14B--14- ----------9-9B9r-7--7--
----------------------------- -------------------9----
----------------------------- ------------------------
----------------------------- ------------------------

----------------------12-14-15--17B-17r-
--------------12-13-15------------------
------11-12-14--------------------------
-12-14----------------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------

----17-17------17-17----------------
-17B--------17B-------17B17r-15--15-
-------------------------------16---
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------

-17-14-15--13--------------------
---------17--15-17-13-15-13--13--
---------------------------16----
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------
-13-15-13------12-13-12-------12-13-12------15B-15--
---------14-12---------14-12----------14-12---------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------
-13p12h13p12------13p12h13p12-------13p12h13p12------13p12h13p12-----
------------14-12------------14-12-------------14-12------------14-12
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------
-15p12h15p12------15p12h15p12------15p12h15p12------15p12h15p12------
------------14-12------------14-12------------14-12------------14-12-
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------15-15--
-17-17-17-15-13--17-17-17-15-13--17-17-17-15-13--------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------

:)

Chuck's guitar part:

Chuck:
-14-15-14--------------- -------------
----------15------------ -----------3-
-------------14-12-11--- -2-0---0-2---
---------------------12- -----4-------
------------------------ -------------
------------------------ -------------

----------------------- ---------------------------
-----3----------------- ---------------------------
-2-4---4-2-0---0------- ---------------------------
-------------4---4-2-0- -----------2h3p2-0-2-2/4-0-
----------------------- -------0-2-----------------
----------------------- -0-2-3---------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------0-2h4-2-
----------------------------2h3p2p0----------0-2-4-2-0--0-2-4--------
-------0-2-3-2h3p2-0--0-2-3---------3-0--2-3-----------3-------------
-0-2-3---------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
------------------------0-2h3p2-0-----
------0-2-2h3p2-0--0-2-3----------3-0-
-0-2-3--------------------------------

-------------------------------
-------------------------------
------------------------4-4--5-
----------4-4--5-5--7-7--------
-5-5--7-7----------------------
-------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
------------------------4-4-5--5-7--7-9-7-9-7--9B-9-
----------4-4-5-4-5-7--7-7--------------------------
-4-5-7-5-7-7----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------

-7------------------------------------------------------
---10-9h10p9-7-----10---7------------------------------------------
---------------9-9B--9----9-7h9p7--------------------------------
----------------------------------9^10^9^7-7-------------------------
------------------------------------------9-------------
-------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------
-----------------------12-13-15-13-15B-15-
---------------11-12-14-------------------
---------12-14----------------------------
-12-14-15---------------------------------
------------------------------------------

------------------------------
----15-15---15-15-------------
-14B-----14B-----14B14r12--14-
-------------------------14---
------------------------------
------------------------------

-14--12----------------------------
---15--13-15-12-13--12-------------
------------------14--12-14-11-12--
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------

------------------------------------------------
-8-10-8-------8-10-8-------8-10-8-----10/12-10--
-------7-9-7--------7-9-7--------7-9-7----------
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------
-8-7-8-7-----8-7-8-7-----8-7-8-7-----8-7-8-7-----
--------9-7---------7-9---------9-7---------7-9--
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------
-10-7-10-10-7---10-7-10-----10-7-10-10-7---10-7-10-----
-------------7---------7-9--------------7----------7-9-
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------

8-8-8-8-7-5--8-8-8-8-7-5--8-8-8-8-7-5--8-8-8-8-7-5--
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------

12-12-12-12-10-8--12-12-12-12-10-8--12-12-12-10-8--12-12-12-10-8-15-15
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------

the outro from the solo section:

play 3X
Chuck:
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
-------2------------------2-5-4-2-----
-----3---2-3-2-5-2------3---------2-3-
-3-5---------------3--5---------------
--------------------------------------

Al:
-----------------------------------------
---------6--------5----------6-9-8-6-----
-----5-7----5-7-5---5----5-7---------5-7-
---7------------------7------------------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------

*********************************************************************
then this:
there's an F chord to close it out.

Chuck:
---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------
-------2------------------2-5-4-2---5--
-----3---2-3-2-5-2------3---------2-3--
-3-5---------------3--5-------------3--
---------------------------------------

Al:
---------------------------------------------
---------6--------5----------6-9-8-6---10\---
-----5-7----5-7-5---5----5-7---------5-10\---
---7------------------7----------------10\---
---------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------

B=bend one whole step
b=bend one half step
^=slur
/=slide up
\=slide down

Water Guitar Tabs
Transcribed by: Jeremy Bilgre

Intro riff
e---------------10-----------------------------------------------------------
B-----10b12--------12b10--------------5b7b5-----3----------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------4----2------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

D C D C
(Water, water)

D C D C D C D C D C D C
Give me the deed, drill the well, and run the line

D C D C
(Water, water)

D C D C D C D C
Chinatown...watch that celluloid shine

(Break) (2x)
E A E G D C D C D C D C D C D C
Would you kill for a glass when the sand fills up your throat?

D C D C
(Water, water)

D C D C D C D C D C D C
Would you twist a knife in the back of the man who stole your...

D C D C
(Water, water)

Chorus:
E A
Hello again Goodbye my friend

E G
Goodbye again, hello

E A
Alone with you I want to be

E G E
Hello again, hello Hello again

A E G
Goodbye my friend Goodbye again, hello

E A
Alone with you I want to be

E G E
Hello again, hello Hello again, hello.

Riffc(2x)
D C D C
(Water, Water)

D C D C D C D C D C D C
One-thousand feet below, got a law that's all it's own

D C D C
(Water, water)

D C D C D C D C D C D C
One-thousand feet below, looks like they got hell on loan

D C D C
(Water, water)

Break (2x) Solo
E A E G D C D C D C D C D C D C
Another cowboy song about dying all alone

D C D C
(Water, water)

D C D C D C D C D C D C
There's a fountain bloom on the grave of the man who stole your...

D C D C
(Water, water)

(Chorus)

(Riff)(4x) Solo

Water Bass Tabs
Transcribed by: Justin Lamb (JL2012@collegeclub.com)

Strings: D ,A ,D ,G
Symbols explanations: H: hammer on P: pull off +: slap .: pop \: slide up /: slide down --x~~x~~x: triplets ==================== |

intro
G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A -----5--3---------------------------------------------------------------------
D --0---------------------------------------------------------------------------

> | chorus
G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D --2--2--7--7--2--2--5--5------------------------------------------------------

> | bass walk in the jam
G --5--3------------------
D --------5--3------------
A --------------5--3------
D --------------------2--0