Water Chords

by Kevin Morby
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 4th fret
Author will5027 [a] 168. Last edit on Apr 23, 2019

Chords

C
Dm
Am
G
F

Strumming

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The recording I'm going from is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f22rCQ_nFv0
 
It starts by finger picking C, then at the chorus he strums, and continues to do so for the remainder of the
song.
 
 
[Intro] C
 
[Verse 1]
 
C
My body was sleeping
         Dm
While my poor mind was dreaming
            Am                                         C
When they woke me up I didn't know that I'd been screaming
     C                                   Dm
And my old heart was pounding, for the devil had found me
  Am                          C
Trapped me in a corner of my mind
  C
And my legs were both shaking
          Dm
From the pain they'd been taking
  Am                               C
Picked my body up, and aimed for home
C
But I was warm like a fire
           Dm                  Am                C
For I was full of desire to hold on, to not let go
 C
Thought of friends, thought of family
     Dm
And all who surround me
       Am                              C
Those enemies I danced with, so long ago
 C
Let them know
 
 
[Chorus]
Am  G         F     Am  G         F
If you find water, please call my name
 Am  G         F         Am  G         F
Put me out like a fire, cover me in rain
 
  C
 
[Verse 2]
 
C
Thought of stars and the planets
          Dm
Wondered how they could have planned this
     Am
And what were they thinking
                       C
How could they have known?
C
I felt small but full of pride
        Dm
I felt tall for my size
     Am                              C
My eyes were black and fixed on the night
 C
And your name just hung
        Dm
From a song I had sung
  Am
There in the air
                 C
Suspended by beauty
C
There are words that get spoken
         Dm
Oh, and lives the leave broken
      Am
Some stone breaks in half
                      C
And some stones shatters
 C
But my speech had been fleeting
           Dm
Like the company I'd been keeping
         Am                                             C
I never asked for their names and they never asked for mine
 C
Just a polluted highway
       Dm
Or a clouded skyway
      Am                                C
I'm a mess I confess, now send me the maid
 
 
[Chorus]
 Am  G         F     Am  G         F
If you find water, please call my name
 Am  G             F    Am  G         F
Put me on like a fire, cover me in rain
 
 C
 
[Verse 3]
 
C
Thought of stages with their singers
        Dm
Oh, and painters with their fingers
      Am                                  C
I was strong like a horse in carrying my song
C
To drop it off in some stable
            Dm
When I was young I was able
   Am                                 C
To never turn around, to never look behind
C
To grow old, to grow distant
       Dm
Like a mare in the distance
 Am                           C
Bothering no one, so let her live
C
Until she dies
                          Dm
Picture lilies, picture willows
 
And a wild open window
      Am                                    C
To a room with a view, and both of us laughing
C
Just children so young
        Dm
Oh, at least in the scheme
         Am
With our hair still there
                          C
And you keep my teeth clean
C
I sing who is my creator
        Dm
Not my mother
 
Not my father
       Am                              C
But before the universe burst wide on open
 
 
[Chorus]
 Am  G         F    Am  G         F
If you find water, please call my name
 Am  G            F        Am  G      F
Put me on like a fire, cover me in rain
 Am  G         F     Am  G         F
If you find water, won't you call my name?
 Am  G            F     Am  G         F
Put me on like a fire, cover me in rain
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1 comment
Sane1988
good tab, but i believe that the third chord in the verses (throughout) should be an F instead of Am
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