Chord/Tab song: Dirty Water

Rockin All Over The World 1977
Greg Harper [email protected]

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.