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Dirty Water Chords by The Standells

Dirty Water chords by The Standells

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The Standells were from L.A., not Boston - but producer/writer/former
Four Prep Ed Cobb reputedly wrote this song about dorm curfews at Boston
University.  --AWR


                             "Dirty Water"
                               (Ed Cobb)

Intro [6X; tambourine and bass enter 2nd time, drums 3rd, organ 4th]:

	[E]    [A/E]    [E7no3][A/E]
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	-----------------|-----------------
	-----------------|-----------------
	-----------------|-7---7-6---------
	---------7-------|-----------------
	/7---7-----------|-----------------
	-----------------|-----------------
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	(spoken:)

	I'm gonna tell you a ....

Verse 1:

	       E [as above]
	Yeah, down by the river....

	[A]    [D/A]    [A7no3][D/A]
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	-----------------|-----------------
	-----------------|-----------------
	-----------------|-12--1211--------
	---------12------|-----------------
	/12--12----------|-----------------
	-----------------|-----------------

	A [as above]
	That's where ....
	                                  E
	Along with lovers, fuggers, and ....
	        B
	Well I love that .....
	(B) Bb A [N.C.]               E
	       Oh, Boston, you're my .....

Verse 2:

	Frustrated women   (I mean they're .....

Instrumental (as per verse chords; harmonica [A] solo first four bars):

	Because I love that dir....

Coda (repeat to fade over intro riff):

	Well, I love that dirty ....


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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