Water Tab by The Who

Water tab by The Who

Guitar Tab

Water
by the Who, 1970, 1973
written by Pete Townshend

Previous transcription by Andy Dennis
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transcribed by
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F7sus4   x 8 8 8 11 11
Bb(add4) x(8)8 8 11 10
F        x 8 10 10 10 x
F5       133xxx
Bb5      x133xx
G7       3x0031
C        x355xx

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[intro]
 F7sus4                   Bb(add4)
----11-------11--------------10----------
------11-------11-----11-------11--------
---8----8---8----8---8--8---8----8---8---
--8--------8--------8------8--------8----
-8--------8--------8------8--------8-----
-----------------------------------------

The foreman over ....
                                        |-6------------
                                        |-8------------
                                        |-7--.-.-.-.-.-
                                        |--------------
                                        |--------------
                                        |--------------

The poor people on the ...
                                             |-8--8-8-8--
                                             |-9--9-9-9--
                                             |-8---------
                                             |-----------
                                             |-----------
                                             |-----------

Truck drivers drive like ....
                                  |---11--
                                  |--11---
                                  |-8-----
                                  |-------
                                  |-------
                                  |-------

The policemen they're ...
                                     |-------------------
                                     |-------------------
                                     |-10----------------
                                     |-10-/-/-/-/-/-/-/--
                                     |-8-----------------
                                     |-8-----------------

They need water                   ....
               |--------------               |---------
               |--------------               |-----8---
               |----------1---               |----8----
               |----/-/-/-3---               |---8-----
               |-3--------3---               |--8------
               |-1------------               |---------

They need water
              |--11---------------
              |--11---------------
              |--8----------------
              |--8----------------
              |--8----------------
              |-------------------

And I'm sure there isn't one of us here who'd say no to somebody's daughter
No, no, no...

[approximate strum pattern...]
   F                   (Eb) Bb(add4)     (Eb)   F7sus4 (Eb) Bb(add4) (Eb)
||------------------------|----10-10--10-----|----11-11---|-10-10-10---||
||-10-10-10---------------|-11-11-11--11-----|----11-11---|-11-11-11---||
||-10-10-10-10-8-10--10-8-|-8--8--8---8--8-8/|-10-8--8--8-|-8--8--8--8/||
||-10-10-10-10-8-10--10-8-|-8--8--8---8--8-8/|-10-8--8--8-|-8--8--8--8/||
||-8--8--8--8--8-8---8----|-8--8--8---8---(6)|-8--8--8--8-|----------6/||
||------------------------|------------------|------------|------------||

F                                Bb(add4)
The foreman over ...
F                                      Bb(add4)
The poor people on ...
F                            Bb(add4)
Truck drivers drive ...
F                               Bb(add4)
The policemen they're ....
          F5
They need water
     Dm     Dm/C    Dm/Bb   Dm/A
Good water
---|----1--|---1--|---1---|---1---|
---|----3--|---3--|---3---|---3---|
---|----2--|---2--|---2---|---2---|
-3-|-0----0|------|-------|-------|
-3-|-------|-3---3|-1----1|-0-----|
-1-|-------|------|-------|-------|

          G7        Bb
They need water....

| F7sus4    | Bb(add4)  | F  | Bb(add4)  |

Indian Lake is burning....

We need wate....

                          F  F       Bb F     Bb  F7
Ah gimme ...
                        |-13-13-|--------------------|
                        |-13-13-|-10/11-10-10/11-/13-|
                        |-10-10-|-10----10-10--------|
                        |-10-10-|-10/12-10-10/12-/13-|
                        |-------|--------------------|
                        |-------|--------------------|

A-gimme gimme ...
Gimme good ...
Please don't ..
            C                C
I seen your ...
          C
And I'm ...
                        |-----------------|----|
                        |-----------------|----|
                        |-----------------|----|
                        |---------------1-|-3--|
                        |---------3-3-3---|----|
                        |-----------------|----|

My Chevrolet just made ....

I need ...

Gimme gimme gimme good ....

Come on gimme ...


(Somebody...champagne!)

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