Dirty Water
Status Quo
Rockin All Over The World 1977
Greg Harper quorockergreg@hotmail.co.uk
Francis: Standard Tuning
Richard: Open G- Capo 5th Fret
I have BASED this tablature on the live
version that can be found on Youtube.
Although Rick fill in between the words most of the time,
I have written down how he would play the chords.
Ricky has this little riff that goes:
D|-19-17-14-12-10-|
B|-17-15-12-10-8--|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
Chords (Rick):
DGDGBD DGDGBD DGDGBD
C|x0000x F|555555 Bb|x555xx
DGDGBD DGDGBD
G|777777 D|222222
Chords (Francis-with Chorus):
E A D G B E E A D G B E EADGBE
C|8 10 10 9 x x F|x 8 10 10 x x Bb|688788
E A D G B E EADGBE
G|x 10 12 12 x x D|x5777x
Intro (Francis):
C Bb F C Bb C
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5--------------------6-5---5---------5---------------------|
G|-7b-7b-rb-5--5b-rb-3------7---7-7b----7b-7b-rb-5----------5-|
D|--------------------------------------------------3-2-0---5-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------3-3-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
Main-On the record a C is played at the beginning of the verse.
Live, he misses it out:
C
Oh Oh Oh Oh (Oh Oh Oh Oh)
F
The waters gettin deep
G F
And I can't swim
G F G
'Cos its dirty dirty water
C F C G
Oh Oh Oh Oh (Oh Oh Oh Oh)
C G C
Many's the time I ask you to say
C G C F
Why do you feel so bad day to day
C F
Could it be you're wrong
C
To push yourself along
F
I say it's not a guess
You make yourself a mess
D G
And get yourself in deeper water
Bass comes in playing the root note twice to each chord.
C G C
Why do you think it's all wrong for you
C G C
Maybe it's in somethings that you do
F C
Baby, it's alright
F C
To stay up every night
F
If I could change your mind
F
I'd bring you back in line
D G
To do the things you really oughta
Whole band in full swing...
Bass does something like this:
C
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-3-3---3-3------------------|
E|-----3-----3---1-1-1--1-1-1-|Etc.
C F
Oh oh oh oh the water's getting deep
G F
And I can't swim
G
If I could can I come in?
F G C F
Oh Oh Oh Oh the water's getting deep
G F
And I can't swim
G F
Because it's dirty, dirty water
C F
Oh Oh Oh Oh
C G
Oh Oh Oh Oh
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/status-quo/140014.html ]
Solo: |C| |G| |C| |C| |C| |G| |C| |C|
|F| |C| |F| |C| |F| |F| |D| |G|
E|-------12----15-12-----------------------------------------|
B|----13----13-------13--15-12-------------------------------|
G|-12--------------------------12-10-10h12p10-9--9h10p9----9-|
D|------------------------------------------------------12---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------12----15----12------------------|
B|------------------------13----13----13----13--15-12--------|
G|---------------------12-----------------------------12-10--|
D|-12-10-9----9-10-------------------------------------------|
A|---------12------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------13-------13-------13----|
B|--------------------------------------13-------13-------13-|
G|-10h12p10-9-9h10p9----9-10----9----------14-------14-------|
D|-------------------12------12------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-12-------12-------12-----13-------13-------13----13-------|
B|----13-------13-------13-----13-------13-------13----13----|
G|-------12-------12--------------14-------14-------------14-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-13-------13-------14-------14-------14-----13-12----------|
B|----13-------13-------15-------15-------15--------15-13-12-|
G|-------14----------------14-------14-----------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-14-12-------|
D|-------15-14-|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
C G C
Why do you think it's all wrong for you
C G C F
Maybe it's in somethings that you do
C F
Baby, it's alright
C
To stay up every night
F
If I could change your mind
I'd bring you back in line
D G
To do the things you really oughta
C F
Oh Oh Oh Oh the water's getting deep
G F
And I can't swim
G Bb
If I could can I come in?
C F
Oh Oh Oh Oh the water's getting deep
G F
And I can't swim
G F G C
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.
E-mail me if you want me to put it into bars for you.
