KT Tunstall
Dirty Water 
as played in Austin, Texas live

standard tuning

intro: 
(accentuate the bass notes)
(similar to the chord prog. of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles)
     Am                    F         E
e-----0------0---------0---0-0-0-0---0--|
b-----1------1---------3---1-1-1-1---0--|
g-----2------0---------2---2-2-2-2---1--|
d-----2------2---------0---3-3-3-3---2--|
a--0--0------x---------x---3-3-3-3---2--|
e-----x---0--3---0-3--22---x-x-x-x---0--|

Verse 1:
                 Am
there's a little darkness
      Am3
on my horizon 
        Em7
and i'm pushing up the ante that is 
F          E
getting closer
    Am           Am3
and pardon my expression 
         Em7
but it's shit like this that sticks 
              F                 E
and makes you mix with dirty water

(whistling)

Chorus:
D Dsus4               A7
ohhhhh need a little sunshine
G
sunshine on my skin

oh need a little of your time

give it to me baby
                                      F
oh when dirty water's all you have to fill your cup
                (G)                   F    __
don't drink too much, don't drink too much


Verse 2:

oh i was a lady

of easy leisure

and i took pleasure in the birds  

that came a'callin at my window

and they told me

a cloud was comin

full of dirty water 

and it was gonna rain

chorus

D..A..D..A
Oooh Oooh
Am.....D*.....G.....D*
La-la-la-la La-la-la-la

Oooh
Oooh
La-la-la-la
La-la-la-la

Chorus x2