Waterbearer chords by MAITA

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

(NOT relative to capo)

    C2   Dm9Dm9 Dm13Dm13  D9D9
e|--6---------6--------|
BB|--9----11---6----11--|
G+G|--11---11---11---11--|
D MajorD|--11---9----9----10--|
A augmentedA|-------11---11---11--|
E MajorE|---------------------|

Intro:
A minorAm C2 Dm9Dm9 Dm13Dm13


Verse 1:
A minorAm                  C majorC               Dm9Dm9                 Dm13Dm13
 Silk, she lets the gravel sleepin' drifts upon her spine
A minorAm                   C majorC               Dm9Dm9     Dm13Dm13
 If it will keep the flower beds all swollen
A minorAm                          C majorC                     Dm9Dm9         Dm13Dm13
 Trees were felled, but the good forest, well she took them in
         A minorAm                  C majorC                  Dm9Dm9            Dm13Dm13
While you grew and fattened up and forgot, and drank of every cup


Pre-Chorus:
    D9D9                                           FF     G+G
And still you draw your breath in dusty, ask for more, sure


Chorus:
C majorC         A minorAm        FF
I will be kind and will be a waterbearer
   C majorC         E MajorE          A minorAm
My throat is bearer and fond still of you
E MajorE         C majorC    E MajorE     C majorC        A minorAm
Of late I do exactly all that I can do
E MajorE      C majorC    E MajorE     C majorC          A minorAm
Lose only exactly that which I choose
FF
By the rule, tried and true

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Instrumental:
A minorAm C2 Dm9Dm9 Dm13Dm13


Verse 2:
A minorAm                   C2                          Dm9Dm9   Dm13Dm13
So pour another hand cup full of water down this sieve
 A minorAm                        C2                   Dm9Dm9                    Dm13Dm13
What loose in color drains into this earth must surely quench some thirst
        A minorAm                          C2                        Dm9Dm9   Dm13Dm13
You are looking pale, have you been sleeping well enough this season?
        A minorAm                         C2                   Dm9Dm9  Dm13Dm13
You can have your peace, take this offering and call us even


Pre-Chorus:
          D9D9                                      FF       G+G
And I'll 'fess up to this act of treason I didn't do, for you


Chorus 2:
C majorC         A minorAm    FF
I will be lied to, be a waterbearer
   C majorC         E MajorE             A minorAm
My throat is sorer than it seems to you
  E MajorE         C majorC      E MajorE        C majorC      A minorAm
I speak not of the things I do to make you move
    E MajorE       C majorC      E MajorE       C majorC       A minorAm
And all the ways I move my days around you
    E MajorE       C majorC      E MajorE      C majorC           A minorAm
And all the places I have made, where you can't follow
     FF
It's good, it's good and then it's god awful


Outro:
A minorAm C2 Dm9Dm9 Dm13Dm13  (x4)
Dm9Dm9 Dm13Dm13
A minorAm

Electric Ending:
e|-----------|
BB|---11-9----|
G+G|---11-10---|
D MajorD|-----------|
A augmentedA|-----------|
E MajorE|-----------|
A minorAm + electric = Asus4(add9)