Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) (NOT relative to capo) C2 Dm9 Dm13 D9 e|--6---------6--------| B|--9----11---6----11--| G|--11---11---11---11--| D|--11---9----9----10--| A|-------11---11---11--| E|---------------------| Intro: Am C2 Dm9 Dm13 Verse 1: Am C Dm9 Dm13 Silk, she lets the gravel sleepin' drifts upon her spine Am C Dm9 Dm13 If it will keep the flower beds all swollen Am C Dm9 Dm13 Trees were felled, but the good forest, well she took them in Am C Dm9 Dm13 While you grew and fattened up and forgot, and drank of every cup
Pre-Chorus: D9 F G And still you draw your breath in dusty, ask for more, sure Chorus: C Am F I will be kind and will be a waterbearer C E Am My throat is bearer and fond still of you E C E C Am Of late I do exactly all that I can do E C E C Am Lose only exactly that which I choose F By the rule, tried and true Instrumental: Am C2 Dm9 Dm13 Verse 2: Am C2 Dm9 Dm13 So pour another hand cup full of water down this sieve Am C2 Dm9 Dm13 What loose in color drains into this earth must surely quench some thirst Am C2 Dm9 Dm13 You are looking pale, have you been sleeping well enough this season? Am C2 Dm9 Dm13 You can have your peace, take this offering and call us even Pre-Chorus: D9 F G And I'll 'fess up to this act of treason I didn't do, for you Chorus 2: C Am F I will be lied to, be a waterbearer C E Am My throat is sorer than it seems to you E C E C Am I speak not of the things I do to make you move E C E C Am And all the ways I move my days around you E C E C Am And all the places I have made, where you can't follow F It's good, it's good and then it's god awful Outro: Am C2 Dm9 Dm13 (x4) Dm9 Dm13 Am Electric Ending: e|-----------| B|---11-9----| G|---11-10---| D|-----------| A|-----------| E|-----------| Am + electric = Asus4(add9)
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