...YOU DON'T MISS YOUR WATER... Otis Redding
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*from 'Otis Blue' (1965)*

(Originally by William Bell)


Intro:

G, D7

Verse 1:

          G
In the be-ginning,
           G7
You really loved me,
           G7
You really loved me,
          C
I was too blind;
  G
I could not see.
                 G        G/F#
But now that you left me, oh,
Em            D              C
 How I cried, I keep crying.

                    G     C
You don't miss your water,
           G
'Till your well runs dry.

Verse 2:

           G
I kept you crying,
        G7
Sad and blue. Oh my, oh.
        C
I was a playboy,
  G
I could not be true.
                 G       G/F#
But now that you left me,
      Em
How I cried;
       D              C
I keep crying, I keep crying.

                        G
Ooh you don't miss your water,
                         C
No I never miss my water,
                   G
'Till my well runs dry.

Verse 3:

           G
I sit here and wonder;
                            G7
How in the world this could be?
My, oh my.
C
 I never thought,
Oh, I never thought,
G
 You'd ever leave me.
                 G       G/F#
But now that you left me,
Em          D
 Good Lord, good Lord,
      C
How I cried out;

                    G
You don't miss your water,
                    C
You don't miss your water,
                     G
'Till your well runs dry.
                              C
Ooh you don't miss your water,
                     G
'Till your well runs dry.

Coda:

          G     C  G
I miss my water,
                  G     C  G
I keep missing my water,
                  G     C  G
I keep missing my water.
              G      C  G
And I want my water,
          G      C  G 
I need my water,
          G      C  G 
I love my water,
              G      C  G
And I want my water.
               G            C  G
And I'm little thirsty now,
               G            C  G
And I'm little thirsty now.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G       D7      G7      C      G/F#     Em

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  xx0212  323000  x32010  1x0033  022000


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)