What The Water Gave Me chords by Florence + The Machine

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 3)

What the Water Gave Me- Florence + the Machine (MTV Live Unplugged)

Capo 3, *on a chord means single strum
For verse and Intro, A minorAm and C majorC are strummed four times, FF and E minorEm for two.

Intro: xpm xpm A minorAm /// C majorC /// FF / E minorEm //

Verse 1: (P.M. & Strums)
A minorAm  C majorC    FF E minorEm
 Time it took us
A minorAm      C majorC
To where the water was
  FF    E minorEm     A minorAm
That?s what the water gave me
 C majorC     FF   E minorEm
And time goes quicker
  A minorAm     C majorC
Between the two of us
 FF  E minorEm     A minorAm
Oh, my love, don?t forsake me
 C majorC         DmDm ////
Take what the water gave me

Chorus 1:

    Dm*    Am*
Lay me down
    C*     G*
Let the only sound
    Dm*   Am*
Be the overflow
    C*     G*
Pockets full of stones

**Finger pick the second time around**

   DmDm   A minorAm
Lay me down
    C majorC    G+G
Let the only sound
    DmDm  A minorAm  C majorC   E minorEm
Be the overflow

Verse 2 (P.M. & Strum)

A minorAm   C majorC    FF  E minorEm
  And oh, poor Atlas
      A minorAm      C majorC
The world?s a beast of a burden
     FF     E minorEm    A minorAm
You?ve been holding up a long time
 C majorC    FF   E minorEm
And all this longing
   A minorAm     C majorC
And the ships are left to rust
   FF     E minorEm    DmDm ////
That?s what the water gave us

    DmDm   A minorAm
So lay me down
    C majorC    G+G
Let the only sound
    DmDm   A minorAm
Be the overflow
    C majorC     G+G
Pockets full of stones

**Finger pick this time around**
   DmDm   A minorAm
Lay me down
    C majorC    G+G
Let the only sound
    DmDm A minorAm  C majorC  E minorEm ////
Be the overflow

Bridge:
              DmDm
?Cause they took your loved ones
              A minorAm
But returned them in exchange for you
         F5F5        G5G5
But would you have it any other way?   (~Palm Mute & Power chords)
         DmDm     F5F5
Would you have it any other way?
        G5G5     DmDm  //
You couldn't have it any other way

 A minorAm      C majorC  FF  E minorEm
?Cause she?s a cruel mistress  (Power Chords & Single Strum here)
   A minorAm      C majorC
And a bargain must be made
  FF      E minorEm    A minorAm
But oh, my love, don?t forget me
   C majorC       FF   E minorEm  DmDm ///
When I let the water take me

Chorus:
     Dm*  Am*
So lay me down
     C*   G*
Let the only sound
    Dm*   Am*
Be the over flow
    C*    G*
Pockets full of stones

**Finger pick this time around**
   DmDm   A minorAm
Lay me down
    C majorC    G+G
Let the only sound
    DmDm A minorAm  FF G+G ////
Be the overflow

  (Strum and Jam in this section)
   DmDm   A minorAm
So lay me down
    C majorC    G+G
Let the only sound
    FF   A minorAm
Be the overflow
    C majorC     G+G
Pockets full of stones

   DmDm   A minorAm
Lay me down
     C majorC   G+G
Let the only sound
    FF A minorAm  C majorC C majorC
Be the overflow

Play these chords x3 for the breakdown/solo

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