Dirty Water Tab by Status Quo 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.