What The Water Gave Me chords by Florence + The Machine (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, Am and C are strummed four times, F and Em for two.

Intro: xpm xpm  Am /// C /// F / Em //

Verse 1: (P.M. & Strums)
Am    C       F  Em
  Time it took us
Am            C
To where the water was
   F       Em         Am
That?s what the water gave me
  C         F     Em
And time goes quicker
   Am          C
Between the two of us
 F    Em          Am
Oh, my love, don?t forsake me
  C                  Dm ////
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**

      Dm     Am
Lay me down
        C        G
Let the only sound
        Dm   Am   C     Em
Be the overflow

Verse 2 (P.M. & Strum)

Am     C       F   Em
   And oh, poor Atlas
            Am           C
The world?s a beast of a burden
         F          Em        Am
You?ve been holding up a long time
  C        F     Em
And all this longing
      Am         C
And the ships are left to rust
      F          Em        Dm ////
That?s what the water gave us

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

**Finger pick this time around**
      Dm      Am
Lay me down
       C        G
Let the only sound
       Dm  Am   C   Em ////
Be the overflow

Bridge:
                           Dm
?Cause they took your loved ones
                           Am
But returned them in exchange for you
                  F5               G5
But would you have it any other way?     (~Palm Mute & Power chords)
                  Dm         F5
Would you have it any other way?
               G5          Dm   //
You couldn't have it any other way

  Am           C   F    Em
?Cause she?s a cruel mistress   (Power Chords & Single Strum here)
      Am            C
And a bargain must be made
    F            Em       Am
But oh, my love, don?t forget me
     C              F      Em    Dm ///
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**
      Dm      Am
Lay me down
       C        G
Let the only sound
       Dm  Am   F G ////
Be the overflow

   (Strum and Jam in this section)
      Dm     Am
So lay me down
        C       G
Let the only sound
        F      Am
Be the overflow
        C         G
Pockets full of stones

     Dm     Am
Lay me down
         C      G
Let the only sound
       F  Am   C  C
Be the overflow

Play these chords x3 for the breakdown/solo