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Water Tabs

(ver. 2)
The Who
Water
written by Pete Townshend


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


[intro]
 F7sus4                   Bb(add4)
----11-------11--------------10----------
------11-------11-----11-------11--------
---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 farms get it so rough
                                             |-8--8-8-8--
                                             |-9--9-9-9--
                                             |-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--------3---               |--8------
               |-1------------               |---------

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...

[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--8-|-8--8--8--8/||
||-10-10-10-10-8-10--10-8-|-8--8--8---8--8-8/|-10-8--8--8-|-8--8--8--8/||
||-8--8--8--8--8-8---8----|-8--8--8---8---(6)|-8--8--8--8-|----------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
They need water
     Dm     Dm/C    Dm/Bb   Dm/A 
Good water
---|----1--|---1--|---1---|---1---|
---|----3--|---3--|---3---|---3---|
---|----2--|---2--|---2---|---2---|
-3-|-0----0|------|-------|-------|
-3-|-------|-3---3|-1----1|-0-----|
-1-|-------|------|-------|-------|

          G7        Bb
They need water
And maybe somebody's daughter

| F7sus4    | Bb(add4)  | F  | Bb(add4)  |

Indian Lake is burning
The New York skyline is hazy
The River Thames is turning dry
The whole world is a-blazing

We need water
Wow yeah, good water
Ooh, we need water
And maybe somebody's daughter

                          F  F       Bb F     Bb  F7
Ah gimme gimme good water
                        |-13-13-|--------------------|
                        |-13-13-|-10/11-10-10/11-/13-|
                        |-10-10-|-10----10-10--------|
                        |-10-10-|-10/12-10-10/12-/13-|
                        |-------|--------------------|
                        |-------|--------------------|

A-gimme gimme gimme good water
Gimme good water
Please don't refuse me, mister
            C                C
I seen your daughter at the Oasis
          C                   
And I'm beginning to blister
                        |-----------------|----|
                        |-----------------|----|
                        |-----------------|----|
                        |---------------1-|-3--|
                        |---------3-3-3---|----|
                        |-----------------|----|

My Chevrolet just made steam
Your crop is laying foul
My grass skirt's lost its green
I'm alive, but I don't know how

I need water 
Good good water
They need water

Gimme gimme gimme good water
Wow, gimme gimme gimme good water
Gimme gimme gimme good water

Come on gimme gimme gimme...


(Somebody...champagne!)
            
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