Waterbearer chords by MAITA

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

(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

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)