WATER (ACOUSTIC)
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Alright this is the first attempt I've made an an acoustic fingerpicking song, so please don't be too hard on me. Nailpicking is a technique I made, but I'm not entirely sure if it already exists....probably does. Whatever.
Tempo: Roughly 100-125
Progression of Song:
Intro Riff A x8
Intro Riff B x1
Riff A x2
Riff B x1
Riff C x2
Riff A x1
Riff B x2
Riff A x2
Riff C x1
Riff D x2
Riff E x2
Riff A x4
Riff E x1
Riff F x1
Riff G x1
Riff A x4
Outro Riff x1
Legend:
h - Hammer on
p - Pull off
/ or - Slide Up/Down
~ - Vibrato
hb - Half Bend Down
= - Let note ring
T, 1, 2 - Thumb, first, second finger
N - Use first finger nail to pick (Nailpicking)
Intro Riff A-
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--0============================================================----------------------|
T
Intro Riff B-
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-2-2/10-9-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2-2-2/10-9-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 1 1 1
Riff A-
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------3~-0------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------2-------2-------0-------------------------------|
D|-----2-------2-------4-------4-------------------------------------------------------|
A|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------------------------|
e|-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----------------------------------|
T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 2 2
Riff B-
E|-------3---------3-----------------------3-------3-----------3-----------------------|
B|-------------------------1-------1-----------------------1------1--------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----2-----2---2----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------------------------|
e|--3---------3--------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3--3--------------------|
T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 2 1
T T
Riff C-
E|------7--------7-------8--------8-------7-------7-------6---7h8----------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---6----6---6----6---7---7---7----7---6---6---6---6---5---5--------------------------|
e|-7--------7--------8-------8--------7-------7-------6--------------------------------|
T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 1
Riff D-
E|------5-------5-------7-------7-------5-------5-------7---7h10--9--7-----------------|
B|----6---6---6---6---8---8---8---8---6---6---6---6---8---8----------------------------|
G|--7-------7-------9-------9-------7-------7-------9----------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------7--5-----------------|
T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 T 1 2 1 2 2 2
T T
Riff E-
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------11-------11-------11-------11-------11-11------------------|
G|----8----9----11-------12-------12-------12-------12-------12------------------------|
D|--9---10---12-------13-------13-------13-------13-------13----13-13------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T 1 T 1 T 1 T 1 2 T 1 2 T 1 2 T 1 2 T 1 2 2
T T
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------10--------10-------10--------10-------10-10----------------------------------|
D|-----11--------11-------11--------11-------11----------------------------------------|
A|--12--------12-------12--------12-------12----12-12----------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T 1 2 T 1 2 T 1 2 T 1 2 T 1 2 2
T T
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------11-------11-------11-------11-------11-11------------------------------------|
D|-----12-------12-------12-------12-------12------------------------------------------|
A|--13-------13-------13-------13-------13----13-13------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T 1 2 T 1 2 T 1 2 T 1 2 T 1 2 2
T T
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------10-------10-------10-9--8--7~~-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----11-------11-------11------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--12-------12-------12----12-11-10-9~~-----------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T 1 2 T 1 2 T 1 2 2 2 2
T T T T
Riff F-
E|--9p5--12p7--17p12---19-15----15-19-15----15--18-14----14-18-14----14----------------|
B|---------------------------17----------17-----------16----------16-------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2 2 2 N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
E|--19-15----15-19-15----15--19-17-15-------------14/17--------------------------------|
B|--------17----------17--------------------14/17--------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------14/17--------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------14/17--------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------14/17--------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------15-15-14-------------14/17--------------------------------|
N N N N N N N N 2 2 2 1 1 1
T T T T T T
Riff G-
E|--19-17-15-19-17-15-19-17-15-19-17-15-18-16-15-18-16-15-18-16-15-|-----18-16-15------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N x4 N N N x12
E|-18-15-17-14-15-10-12-8--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Outro Riff-
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------3-----2-----1------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----3-----2-----1--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--0-----0-----0------3hb=========----0===============--------------------------------|
T 1 2 T 1 2 T 1 2 T T
LYRICS:
{The lyrics are only softly said at the beginning. One line is said slowly whenever an E note is played on the Intro Riff.}
I stood at the lake
I watched the tide
Waiting for you to wash up
We used to play
At this lake
One day the boat tipped
Deeper and deeper you fell
Down in the water
I'll try to get some of our better non-acoustic songs on ehre a bit later.
