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):
C|[DGDGBD]x0000x F|[DGDGBD]555555 Bb|[DGDGBD]x555xx
G|[DGDGBD]777777 D|[DGDGBD]222222
Chords (Francis-with Chorus):
C|[E]8 [A]10 [D]10 [G]9 [B]x [E]x F|[E]x [A]8 [D]10 [G]10 [B]x [E]x Bb|[EADGBE]688788
G|[E]x [A]10 [D]12 [G]12 [B]x [E]x D|[EADGBE]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)
The waters [F]gettin deep
And I can't [G]swim[F]
'Cos its [G]dirty dirty wate[F]r[G]
Oh Oh [C]Oh [F]Oh (Oh Oh [C]Oh [G]Oh)
[C]Many's the time I [G]ask you to [C]say
[C]Why do you feel so [G]bad day to [C]day[F]
Could it be you're [C]wrong[F]
To push yourself [C]along
I [F]say it's not a guess
You make yourself a mess
And [D]get yourself in deeper [G]water
Bass comes in playing the root note twice to each chord.
[C]Why do you think it's [G]all wrong for [C]you
[C]Maybe it's in some[G]things that you [C]do
[F]Baby, it's al[C]right
To [F]stay up every n[C]ight
If [F]I could change your mind
I'd [F]bring you back in line
To [D]do the things you really o[G]ughta
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.
Oh oh [C]oh oh the water's [F]getting deep
And I can't [G]swim[F]
If I [G]could can I come in?
[F]Oh [G]Oh Oh[C] Oh the water's [F]getting deep
And I can't [G]swim[F]
Because it's [G]dirty, dirty [F]water
Oh [C]Oh Oh Oh[F]
Oh Oh [C]Oh Oh[G]
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]Why do you think it's [G]all wrong for [C]you
[C]Maybe it's in some[G]things that you [C]do[F]
Baby, it's alr[C]ight[F]
To stay up every n[C]ight
If [F]I could change your mind
I'd bring you back in line
To [D]do the things you really o[G]ughta
[C]Oh Oh Oh Oh the wate[F]r's getting deep
And I can't [G]swim[F]
If I [G]could can I come in?[Bb]
Oh Oh [C]Oh Oh the water's g[F]etting deep
And I can't [G]swim[F]
Because it's d[G]irty, dirty wate[F]r Oh[G] Oh [C]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.
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