I've been making my own tabs for a while, but this is the first I've posted (only
because there are no good ones out there and this is a great song). It is played
moderately fast, so practice slowly before you move onto playing with the song,
but some parts do need to be heard to understand the picking rhythm (as they sound
strange played incorrectly). Let me know if any errors are found.
Thanks and enjoy! :)
Tabbed by Chaznuts
Zac Brown Band featuring Jimmy Buffet - Knee Deep
Tuning: Standard
Capo 3rd Fret
[Intro Riff]
CaddG F C G C
e|---3-3---3--3-3--0-----1-1--1100-------------------------------0x00x0------------|
B|--1-1-1---1--1-1--------1-1-----3p1--------1-1------00---------1x11x1------------|
G|-0-----0---0----0-----2----2-------2p0------0-0-0-----2p0-0----0x00x0------------|
D|---------------------3--------------------2----2---------2----22x22x2------------|
A|-----------------------------------------3-------------------3-3x33x3----0-2-[3]-|
E|---------------------------------------------------3-----------xxxxxx--3---------|
CaddG F Am G F G C
e|---3-3---3--3-3--0-----1-1--1100-------------------------------------------------|
B|--1-1-1---1--1-1--------1-1-----3p1-----1-1-0-0---1-0-001------------------------|
G|-0-----0---0----0-----2----2-------2p0---0-0-0-020-0-0--------------2------------|
D|---------------------3-----------------------------------0h2h3h5-2h5-0h2---------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------0-2-3-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------3-------|
[Verse 1]
CaddG
Gonna put the the world away for a minute
F
Pretend I don't live in it
C G C
Sunshine gonna wash my blues away
CaddG
Had sweet love but I lost it
F
She got too close so I fought her
Am G F G C
Now I'm lost in the world trying to find me a better way
[Chorus]
CaddG
Wishing I was knee deep in the water somewhere
F
Got the blue sky breeze and it don't seem fair
C G C [*]
Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair
CaddG
Sunrise there's a fire in the sky
F
Never been so happy, never felt so high
Am G F G C
And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise
Riff [1st half]
[Verse 2]
CaddG
Wrote a note said be back in a minute
F
Bought a boat and I sailed off in it C
C G C ---> e|-------------------------------|
Don't think anybody's gonna miss me anyway B|-------------------------------|
CaddG G|----------------0h20-----------|
Mind on a permanent vacation D|--0h2--02h30-2h3----3p2p0------|
F A|-3---3-------------------3~~~~-|
The ocean is my only medication E|-------------------------------|
Am G F G C
Wishing my condition ain't ever gonna go away
[Chorus]
CaddG
Cause now I'm knee deep in the water somewhere
F
Got the blue sky breeze blowing wind through my hair
C G C [*]
Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair
CaddG
Sunrise there's a fire in the sky
F
Never been so happy, never felt so high
Am G F G C
And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise
[Verse 3]
Am C
This champagne shore washing over me
G C CaddBb
It's a sweet, sweet life living by the salty sea
F C
One day you could be as lost as me
D7
Change your geography
G
Maybe you might be
[Chorus]
CaddG [x1]
Knee deep in the water somewhere
[F]
Got the blue sky breeze blowing wind through my hair C
[C] [G] [C] --> e|--3--3---3s5-3-1-0-|
Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair B|---1--1-1----------|
CaddG G|-0--0--0-----------|
Sunrise there's a fire in the sky D|-------------------|
F A|-------------------|
Never been so happy, never felt so high E|-------------------|
Am G F G C
And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise
[Outro]
C [x1] G [x1]
Come on in the water's nice, find yourself a little slice
C [x1] G [x1] Am [x1] G [x1] F [x1]
Grab a backpack of lies, you never know until you try
D7 [x1] G CaddG
When you lose yourself, you find the key to paradise
Outro Riff: [same 1st half]
CaddG F C G C [*]
e|---3-3---3--3-3--0-----1-1--1100-------------------------------0x00x0----------|
B|--1-1-1---1--1-1--------1-1-----3p1--------1-1------00---------1x11x1----------|
G|-0-----0---0----0-----2----2-------2p0------0-0-0-----2p0-0----0x00x0----------|
D|---------------------3--------------------2----2---------2----22x22x2----------|
A|-----------------------------------------3-------------------3-3x33x3----0-2-3-|
E|---------------------------------------------------3-----------xxxxxx--3-------|
CaddG F Am G F G C
e|---3-3---3--3-3--0---111-1-1-1100---------------------------------------|
B|--1-1-1---1--1-1-----111-1-1-----3p1------------------------------------|
G|-0-----0---0----0----222-2-2--------2p0------------------0h20-----------|
D|---------------------333-3-3---------------0h2--02h30-2h3----3p2p0------|
A|---------------------xxx-x-x--------------3---3-------------------3~~~~-|
E|---------------------xxx-x-x--------------------------------------------|
CaddG: [x32013]
D7: [xx0212]
CaddBb: [x32310]
~ADDIONAL LEAD RIFF~
This is the lead guitar lick that is played occasionally throughout the song
(marked by [*]). It just consists of keeping the forefinger on the 11th fret of
the B and high E string while pulling off with either the middle or ring finger
and the pinky. Since it requires 2 guitars, I did not include it in my main work
(although the ending little lick in the Intro Riff is also a second guitar, but I
decided to put that in as it's manageable to play with everything else), but if
anyone is interested, here's the tabs! :)
*NOT RELATIVE TO CAPO*
e|-------13p11-------15p11-------13p11-------|
B|-11-13-------13p11-------13p11-------13p11-|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
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p pull-off
h hammer-on
s slide
x muted string
[*] Additional Lead Riff (listed above)
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