Song: Blackwater
Artist: David Sylvian / Rain Tree Crow
Album: Rain Tree Crow
Tabbed by DJ
5th Nov 2012
CAPO: 4th fret (Sounds in key of B)
These chords are intended to be fingerpicked.
On the G chords don't play the 1st string,
but highlight the notes on the 2nd string.
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Gsus4 = 32001x Dsus4 = xx0233 G5 = 32003x
G = 32000x D = xx0232
If you want to strum this song the full chords will need to be as below:
Gsus4 = 320013 Dsus4 = xx0233 G5 = 320033
G = 320003 D = xx0232
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[Intro]
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
I haul you in, a sea of silence,
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
On the border - line of truth, hope, and violence,
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
I see no sun, I see no place I've loved,
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
De - pending on------ the signs to find the road!
[Chorus]
G G5 Gsus4 G G G5 Gsus4
Black - water, take me with you,
G Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
To the place that... I have spoken,
G G5 Gsus4 G G G5 Gsus4
Come and lead me... ...through the darkness,
G Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Gsus4 G
To the light that... I long to see a - gain!
[Break]
Gsus4 G Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 2]
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
I walk with you, but sleep be - side her,
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
If summer came and went, it passed us over,
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
I see her cry, I see the face I've loved,
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
De - pending on------ the blind to find the road!
[Chorus]
G G5 Gsus4 G G G5 Gsus4
Black - water, take me with you,
G Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
To the place that... I have spoken,
G G5 Gsus4 G G G5 Gsus4
Come and lead me... ...through the darkness,
G Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Gsus4 G
To the light that... I long to see a - gain!
[Break]
Gsus4 G Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Chorus]
G G5 Gsus4 G G G5 Gsus4
Black - water, take me with you,
G Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
To the place that... I have spoken,
G G5 Gsus4 G G G5 Gsus4
I am leaving... ...in the morning,
G Dsus4 D G
For the land that... I long to see a - gain!
