• Song:

    Dirty Water

  • Artist:

    Status Quo

  • Album:

    The Silver Collection

Dirty Water
Status Quo
Rockin All Over The World 1977


Francis: Standard Tuning
Rick: Open G - Capo 5th Fret

I have BASED this transcription on the live
version that can be found on Youtube.
Although Rick fills 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|------------------------------------------------------------|


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|-------------|
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