Status Quo — Dirty Water (ver 2) Tab
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
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.