Dirty Water tab by Status Quo

Tabs

Francis: Standard Tuning
Richard: Open G- Capo 5th Fret


Ricky has this little riff that goes:

D MajorD|-19-17-14-12-10-|
BB|-17-15-12-10-8--|
G+G|----------------|
D MajorD|----------------|
G+G|----------------|
D MajorD|----------------|


Chords (Rick):
 DGDGBD  DGDGBD   DGDGBD
C majorC|x0000x FF|555555 Bb majorBb|x555xx

 DGDGBD  DGDGBD
G+G|777777 D MajorD|222222

Chords (Francis-with Chorus):
 E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE  E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE   EADGBE
C majorC|8 10 10 9 x x FF|x 8 10 10 x x Bb majorBb|688788

 E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE  EADGBE
G+G|x 10 12 12 x x D MajorD|x5777x


Intro (Francis):
  C majorC     Bb majorBb     FF      C majorC      Bb majorBb    C majorC
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-5--------------------6-5---5---------5---------------------|
G+G|-7b-7b-rb-5--5b-rb-3------7---7-7b----7b-7b-rb-5----------5-|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------3-2-0---5-|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------3-3-|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------|


Main-On the record a C majorC is played at the beginning of the verse.
Live, he misses it out:

C majorC
Oh Oh Oh Oh (Oh Oh Oh Oh)
      FF
The waters gettin deep
      G+G  FF
And I can't swim
     G+G        FF G+G
'Cos its dirty dirty water
   C majorC FF     C majorC G+G
Oh Oh Oh Oh (Oh Oh Oh Oh)

C majorC         G+G     C majorC
Many's the time I ask you to say
C majorC         G+G     C majorC  FF
Why do you feel so bad day to day
          C majorC   FF
Could it be you're wrong
         C majorC
To push yourself along
 FF
I say it's not a guess

You make yourself a mess
  D MajorD           G+G
And get yourself in deeper water

Bass comes in playing the root note twice to each chord.

C majorC           G+G       C majorC
Why do you think it's all wrong for you
C majorC         G+G        C majorC
Maybe it's in somethings that you do
FF      C majorC
Baby, it's alright
  FF       C majorC
To stay up every night
  FF
If I could change your mind
  FF
I'd bring you back in line
  D MajorD             G+G
To do the things you really oughta


Whole band in full swing...

Bass does something like this:
 C majorC
G+G|----------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------|
A augmentedA|-3-3---3-3------------------|
E MajorE|-----3-----3---1-1-1--1-1-1-|Etc.

   C majorC         FF
Oh oh oh oh the water's getting deep
      G+G  FF
And I can't swim
   G+G
If I could can I come in?
FF G+G  C majorC        FF
Oh Oh Oh Oh the water's getting deep
      G+G  FF
And I can't swim
       G+G      FF
Because it's dirty, dirty water
  C majorC    FF
Oh Oh Oh Oh
   C majorC   G+G
Oh Oh Oh Oh


Solo: |C majorC| |G+G| |C majorC| |C majorC| |C majorC| |G+G| |C majorC| |C majorC|

   |FF| |C majorC| |FF| |C majorC| |FF| |FF| |D MajorD| |G+G|


E MajorE|-------12----15-12-----------------------------------------|
BB|----13----13-------13--15-12-------------------------------|
G+G|-12--------------------------12-10-10h12p10-9--9h10p9----9-|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------12---|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E MajorE|---------------------------12----15----12------------------|
BB|------------------------13----13----13----13--15-12--------|
G+G|---------------------12-----------------------------12-10--|
D MajorD|-12-10-9----9-10-------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------12------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E MajorE|-----------------------------------13-------13-------13----|
BB|--------------------------------------13-------13-------13-|
G+G|-10h12p10-9-9h10p9----9-10----9----------14-------14-------|
D MajorD|-------------------12------12------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E MajorE|-12-------12-------12-----13-------13-------13----13-------|
BB|----13-------13-------13-----13-------13-------13----13----|
G+G|-------12-------12--------------14-------14-------------14-|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E MajorE|-13-------13-------14-------14-------14-----13-12----------|
BB|----13-------13-------15-------15-------15--------15-13-12-|
G+G|-------14----------------14-------14-----------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E MajorE|-------------|
BB|-------------|
G+G|-14-12-------|
D MajorD|-------15-14-|
A augmentedA|-------------|
E MajorE|-------------|


C majorC           G+G       C majorC
Why do you think it's all wrong for you
C majorC         G+G        C majorC FF
Maybe it's in somethings that you do
       C majorC  FF
Baby, it's alright
         C majorC
To stay up every night
  FF
If I could change your mind

I'd bring you back in line
  D MajorD             G+G
To do the things you really oughta


C majorC          FF
Oh Oh Oh Oh the water's getting deep
      G+G  FF
And I can't swim
   G+G           Bb majorBb
If I could can I come in?

   C majorC         FF
Oh Oh Oh Oh the water's getting deep
      G+G  FF
And I can't swim
       G+G        FF  G+G  C majorC
Because it's dirty, dirty water Oh Oh Oh Oh



The odd 7th chord appears on the track.
They don't always play it live though.
This tab is a good mixture of the two.