Watercolor chords by Willy Porter

Chords with lyrics

Watercolor
by: Willy Porter
(www.willyporter.com)
Album: Dog Eared Dream
Tuning: Standard

Transcribed by: Geoffrey V. Brown
[email protected]

This is the general concept for the song. Much of the stylized transitions
vary from verse to verse. As far as Willy Porter songs go, this one is
fairly easy to pick up -


Intro
              3x
---2--2--2--0--0--0--0-----||---0----0--0h2-----
---2--2--2--1--1--1--1-----||---3----3--3-------
---0--0--0--0--0--0--0----*||---0h2--2--2-------
---0--------2--------0h2--*||-------------------
---2--------3--------3-----||-------------------
---3-----------------------||-------------------

Chords used in verse
 G+G  C majorC  D MajorD
-2- -0- -2-
-2- -1- -3-
-0- -0- -2-
-0- -2- -0-
-2- -3- ---
-3- --- ---


Chords used in Chorus

 E MajorE  D/F#D/F#  G+G   C majorC
-0- -2-  -2-  -0-
-0- -3-  -2-  -1-
-0- -2-  -0-  -0-
-2- -0-  -0-  -2-
-2- -0-  -2-  -3-
-0- -2-  -3-  ---


Transition A augmentedA
(Usually adlibbed)

------------------------
------------------------
--------0--2--2/4\2-----
---0h2---------------2--
------------------------
------------------------

Transition BB
This is sometimes played by bass, but sounds
good if you are playing solo. It's always played
differently, but this is the idea...

---------------
---------------
---------------
---------------
---5h7p5\0-----
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The bridge introduces on new chord, an A minorAm

 A minorAm
-0-
-1-
-2-
-2-
-0-
-0-

Verse
G+G        C majorC   G+G
She...She really loves s....

C majorC        G+G
Can't afford no d...

D MajorD
Wouldn't w...

** this general pattern persists throughout the rest of teh verse.

Chorus

E minorEm      D/F#D/F#  G+G        C majorC    (Transition A augmentedA)
I can hear the ocean, when I look into her eyes

E minorEm     D/F#D/F#    G+G         C majorC   (Transition BB)
My heart is swept away like a paper boat on the tide

E minorEm    D/F#D/F#  (walk up)  C majorC
Destined to run aground with her by my side

Together we'll wake up to a watercolor sunrise

** (G..C..G progressions to next verse)