Perfect Water Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro tab

3 & 4 & 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 & 4 &

CHORDS USED, in order of appearance (@/$/% designate different voicings

of same chord)--

Bm@: x 2 4 4 3 x

A@: x 0 2 2 2 x

C/9: x 3 2 0 3 0

A$: x 0 2 2 2 0

D/9/A: x 0 4 2 3 0

A%: x 0 2 2(2)x

B: x 2 4 4(4)x

C#m: x 4 6 6(5)x

Bm$: x 2 4 4 3 2

LYRICS, CHORDS, & SEQUENCE of PARTS (see below for chord durations)--

INTRO

Verse 1

  Bm Perfect wAater - the dG5ark wind braids the wEm7aves--

  D/F♯ G5 D [b] C9 A Bm@ (Bm@)

The crazed birds raid the trees-- Is this our destiny?

  E A$ D/9/A E A$ D/9/A

To join our hands at sea-- and slow - ly

  E A$ D/9/A E A$ D/9/A

sink, and slow - ly think:

G5 G5 [1 1/2-measure chord tacit; ->Em9]

This is perfect water, passing over me--

INTRO

Verse 2

  Bm Do you know JAacques Cousteau?G5 Well, they said on the Em7radi D/F♯ - o G5

  D [b] C/9 A Bm Bm

That he hears bells in random order, deep beneath the perfect water--

  E A$ D/9/A E A$ D/9/A

Love that is frightening,

  E A$ D/9/A E A$ D/9/A

but still so inviting--

  E A$ D/9/A E A$ D/9/A

To drown

inside a sound that lay so far underground,

  E A$ D/9/A

And to think--

And to think

:

G5 G5 [2-measure chord tacit]

This is perfect water, passing over me.

  LEAD TACIT: ||: A% [b] C♯m :|| <-2x

Chorus

  A% [b] C♯m

To flow inside the spiral tide,

  A% [b] C♯m

To drown my eyes like a blind ride,

  A% [b] C♯m A% [b] C♯m

And to cross the perils of black water--

  A% [b] C♯m A% [b] C♯m

It waits for me like mother and daughter--

  A% [b] C♯m A% [b] C♯m

A life of perfect order--

A strange and perfect water--

  A% [b] C♯m A% [b] C♯m

A life of perfect order--

A strange and perfect water--

  LEAD TACIT:||:A% [b] C♯m:||<-4x G5 G5 [1 1/2-measure chord tacit;->Em9]

Verse 3

  Bm Perfect wAater-- I dG5ream this dream witEm7hin the D/F♯ deep G5and wDarm

  [b] C/9

Gulf Stream,

  E A$ D/9/A E A$ D/9/A

Where two blocks of ice melt into my hands like dice,

  E A$ D/9/A E A$ D/9/A

And I roll

seven on the floor of the sea

--

  E A$ D/9/A E A$ D/9/A

And I roll

seven on the floor of the sea

--

G5 G5 [1 1/2-measure chord tacit]

And I feel the perfect water, washing over me--

  A@ G5 G5 [2-measure chord tacit]

CHORUS [as above, then]:

  A% [b] C♯m A% [b] C♯m

  A life! A strange!

  A% [b] C♯m A% [b] C♯m

  A life! A strange!

  LEAD TACIT: ||: A% [b] C♯m :||<-4x-4x G5 G5

[1 1/2-measure chord tacit, ritard.]

  A$ Bm$ [hold]

[**lyrics based upon version in BOC-L archive: thanks!]

Chord DURATION/RHYTHM Schema:

Verse

(hold all chords for indicated duration, except Em9 [see

Intro tab

; small letter = single note "bass fill" on A string)

  Em93 & 4 Bm& 1 2 3 4 A& 1 2 3 4 G1 2 3 4 Em7"1 D/F♯ 2 G53"[<-triplet quarters]

  D [b] C/9* A Bm Bm [i.E., hold 2 measures]

1 2 & 3 & 4 1 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 4==1 2 3 4

||: E A$ D/9/A :|| (# of repeats varies: see lyrics)

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

G5 G5 [hold 2 measures] [2-measure chord tacit]**

1 2 3 4==1 2 3 4 (1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4)

* 3rd Verse: C/9 -->to E chord

4 1 2 3 4

** 1st Verse: "steal" last 2 beats for Em9 segue to 2nd verse

** 3rd Verse: replace 2-measure tacit with the following--

[1 1/2-measure chord tacit] A@

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

G5 G5 [hold 2 measures] [2-measure chord tacit]

1 2 3 4==1 2 3 4 (1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4)

["triplet" chords (Em7-D/F#-G5) are guesses that "fit," but are open

to question: after 4 or 5 days of tryin', decided to get on with

my life!]

LEAD TACIT/CHORUS:

||: A% B C#m :||(# of repeats varies: see lyrics)

1 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

/ / / / / / / / / / [<-strums]

-->1st ending:

G5 G5 [hold 2 measures] [1 1/2-measure chord tacit]->Em9 riff

1 2 3 4==1 2 3 4 (1 2 3 4 1 2) 3 & 4

-->2nd ending:

G5 G5 [hold 2 measures] [1 1/2-measure chord tacit; ritard.]

1 2 3 4==1 2 3 4 (1 2 3 4 1 2)

  A$ [hold] Bm$ [hold]

3 4 1234->fermata...

[Geez, I might as well have tabbed it. . . .]

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