Eddie Money
Gimme Some Water
Standard Tuning
Chords


A   G   D   A (x2)

-- Verse 1 --
A          G                    D                A
Mama never understood what it's like for a losin man

A                     G                    D                     A
  when her number one son goes bad playing cards with the devils hand   

A                   G                  D                A
Boy  Daddy got real sick so quick four walls never understand

A                       G                           D                        A
  I was the one who got good with the gun  took the money from the rich mans land


-- Chorus --
           A     G       D                 A     
Gimme some water   cuz I shot a man on the mexican border

A           G      D            
  cool cool water

           A       G      D      A
gimme some water

                A       G      D     A
I need a little water


-- Verse 2 --
A          G                  D                      A
Jimmy grew up so fast then he met me at the pass one day

             A                     G                      D                A
  Said you a wanted man  take your brothers hand  I'll be running with you anyway

   A            G                      D                   A
so we rode late into the night lightin fires on the desert sand

A                  G                         D                       A
  till one day the posse caught us cause the sherrif always gets his man


-- Chorus --
           A    G        D                 A     
Gimme some water   cuz I killed man on the mexican border

A      ( beat only)                                    
  cool cool water     I need a little water



-- Turnaround --
   D                 G        D        A
Oh geez   if I could just get loose my hands

    D             G          D    C
I'd run   just as fast as my legs can

    D       G      D       A
but lord  I got no room to run

D                           G        D          A
shouldn't have done what I  did with that there gun


-- Solo --
D   G   D   A  (x4)
 I hate it (3rd round)


             A   G          D                           A
Gimme some water    cause I killed a man on the mexican border

A           G      D (2 hard then stop)
  cool cool water 


-- Verse 3 --
          A         G               D                         A
can't you  see that long white rope hanging from the hangmans tree

       A                      G                        D                       A
take a restless horse time my hands of course  tell my mother that I'm finally free

       A                      G                   D                   A
let me die like a man  no one understands  let me pray let a poor man pray

           A                         A                (muted)
smack that horse in the ass  with my last dying gasp  my brother could hear me say


-- Chorus --
           A     G       D                 A     
Gimme some water   cuz I shot a man on the mexican border

A           G      D             A      
  cool cool water     gimme some water

           A     G       D                 A     
Gimme some water   cuz I shot a man on the mexican border

A           G      D             A      
  cool cool water     gimme some water

           A     G       D                 A     
Gimme some water   cuz I shot a man on the mexican border

A           G      D             A      
  cool cool water     gimme some water

           A     G       D                   A     
Gimme some water   cuz I killed a man on the mexican border

A            G      D             A      
  cool sweet water     gimme some water


A  G  D  A (x2)