Water Of Love tab by Dire Straits

Tabs

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			  "WATER OF LOVE" off LP "Dire Straits"(1978)
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Tabbed by: Les Gibson

Tuning: Standard

This is most probably played in some open tuning, but I couldnt tab it that
way, so I did it in standard. its more convenient, and sounds fine anyway.

There are 3 guitar parts: strumming chords in background, slide, and clean
electric guitar.


---INTRO:
 D MajorD                   C majorC
e|--/10--------------------------------|-----/10~~-------------------------|
BB|-------131210-----------10---------|-----------------/1312--10-10-10--|
G+G|----------------10--10/11------------|-----------------------------------|slide
D MajorD|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 |                   |                  |
e|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|electric
D MajorD|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

 G+G                   D MajorD
e|-------10~~-----------------10~------|-/8--8----/8-8-----/8--8---/8-8----|
BB|-10/12--------------10-10/12---------|-------10---------------10---------|
G+G|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 |                   |                  |
e|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

 D MajorD                   C majorC
e|--/10--------------------------------|-----/10~~-------------------------|
BB|-----10--131210----------10--------|-----------------------131210----|
G+G|------------------10--10/11----------|-----------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 |                   |                  |
e|-------------------------------------|------------------------8--7--5----|
BB|---------------------------8-7-6-5---|-----------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------7-|--5--------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

 G+G                   D MajorD
e|-------10~~--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
BB|-10/12-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------/109--7---|-----------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------/109----7-|-(7)---------------2/3--0---0-5/7--|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 |                   |                  |
e|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------|----5--x--5/7----------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------|----5--x--5/7-------------------7--|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------|--------------------2b--0---7-9----|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

--VERSE 1:

D MajorD
High and dry in the long hot day
D MajorD
Lost and lonely in every way
    A minorAm
Got the flats all around me, sky up above,
D MajorD
Yes, I need a little water of love


--VERSE 2:

D MajorD
I've been too long lonely and my heart feels pain
D MajorD
Crying out for some soothing rain
A minorAm
I believe I've taken enough,
D MajorD
I need a little water of love


-CHORUS:

Am7Am7
Water of love deep in the ground,
      G+G         D MajorD
but there aint no water here to be found
Am7Am7
Some day baby when the river runs free,
      G+G       D MajorD
It's gonna carry that water of love to me


--SLIDE FILL:

e|--/10--------------------------------|-----/109/10----------------------|
BB|-----10-131210-----------10--------|-----------------/1312--10-10-10--|
G+G|----------------10--10/11------------|-----------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


e|-------10~~-----------------10~------|-/8--8----/8-8-----/8--8---/8-8---|
BB|-10/12--------------10-10/12---------|-------10---------------10---------|
G+G|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


--VERSE 3:

     D MajorD
There's a bird up in a tree, sitting up high,
D MajorD
Just a-waitin' for me to die
A minorAm
If I don't get some water soon,
     D MajorD
I'll be dead and gone in the afternoon


--CHORUS

--SLIDE BREAK:

e|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G+G|--/7~----------------/7-/7-/7-|-/75---------------10---10-----11-|
D MajorD|------------------------------|----------------9/10---10---9/11---|
A augmentedA|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

e|-----------------------10-----|--/8--8----/8-8-----------/12~~----|
BB|------------------/12-----8--|--------10-------------------------|
G+G|--11/12-12--------------------|-----------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


--VERSE 4:

D MajorD
Once I had a woman I could call my own,
D MajorD
Once I had a woman now my woman is gone
A minorAm
Once there was a river now there's a stone
D MajorD
You know it's evil when you're living alone

--CHORUS X 2

--SECOND SLIDE SOLO: variation on first, to fade. Make it your own!


There are fills between the lines of the verse and the chorus that are pretty
similar to the intro parts.

Enjoy, and please rate/comment.


| / slide up
|  slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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