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Bathwater Chords by No Doubt

Bathwater chords by No Doubt

Guitar chords with lyrics

Song: "Bathwater"
Group: No Doubt
Album: Return of Saturn (2001)
written by: Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal and Tom Dumont

Transcribed by: Laura McWilliams

this is the way I used to play it, back when i still had a band :(
we didn't even play the guitar during the verse; the bass pretty much
carries it fine by itself.
mostly it's just 5-chords; pretty easy. play them on the 5th string (A)
except the E and G, which you play on the 6th string (E).

NOTATION- sets of marks like ||: these :|| mean you repeat the content
          encased within. i use slashes / to represent when you hit
          the chords (and slides, within tab).
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intro:

FX: lots of distortion, reverb.
                                                         (vocals start)
    Em (w/ whammy)                 Em          Em        Em
e:---7----------------------|-----(0)--0-------0---|-----0----------|
B:---8----------------------|-----(0)----3-1--(0)--|-----0----------|
G:---9----------------------|-4\--(0)---------(0)--|-----0----------|
D:---9-------------7-/2-----|------2----------(2)--|-----2----------|
A:---7----------------------|------2----------(2)--|-----2----------|
E:--------------------------|-----(0)---------(0)--|--5--0----------|


//==================================================================
Chorus:

FX- crunchy, distorted.

||: G5     A5     D5     C5   | G5     A5     D5     B5  :||
     ////   ////   ////   ////   ////   ////   ////   ////


//==================================================================
Verse:

||: E5     A5     E5     A5   |  E5    A5    B5      :||
     //     ///    //     ///     //    ///   // ////


//==================================================================
Bridge:
                                     (like verse again)
||: C5     A5     C5     A5    :||  E5     A5     E5     A5  |


//==================================================================
2nd intro
(after quiet part where she goes "why do all the good girls want the
bad boys?")

    E5    Em     A(?)            (back into verse)
e:--7----(7)-----x--------------|
B:--------8------10-------------|
G:--9-----9------9--------------|
D:--9-----9------7--------------|   end on Em.
A:--7-----7-----(7)-------------|
E:-------(7)-----x--------------|


Ok, there are some other little licks that he does during the chorus
that i never bothered to figure out. so if anyone wants to add that in,
please feel free. email me w/ questions or comments.

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