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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Watered-Down Love</h1>
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  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Shot of Love</a> (1981)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  19
  20 <p>There are two problems with this song concerning how to translate it
  21 to a tab for a single guitar. One is the use of a capo or not, the
  22 other is what to do with the sustained Bb (the key note) throughout
  23 the verse. It can be played uncapoed, with barre chords, but then the
  24 sustained tone will have to go, along with other sublteties that are
  25 more easily produced if you play with a capo somewhere. I include two
  26 such versions at the end.</p>
  27
  28 <p>The &ldquo;F(6)&rdquo; (and correspondingly in the other versions) is not
  29 absolutely necessary - it comes out of the mixture of tones.</p>
  30
  31 <p>The chords in the beginning of the verse should be embellished: Bb -
  32 Eb/bb - Bb (capoed: A - D/a - A and G - C/g - G) and Eb - Ebsus4 - Eb
  33 (D - Dsus4 -D; C - Csus4 - C).</p>
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  37 <pre class="verse">
  38 Bb               Eb
  39 Love that's pure hopes all things,
  40 Bb                   Eb
  41 Believes all things, won't pull no strings,
  42 Eb               Bb/d          Cm             Bb
  43 Won't sneak up into your room, tall, dark and handsome,
  44 Eb           Bb/d     Cm                   F(6)
  45 Capture your soul and hold it for ransom.
  46 Bb             Eb            Bb
  47 You don't want a love that's pure
  48           Eb
  49 You wanna drowned love
  50            F11          Bb
  51 You want a watered-down love
  52
  53 Love that's pure, it don't make no claims,
  54 Intercedes for you 'stead of casting you blame,
  55 Will not deceive you or lead you to transgression,
  56 Won't write it up and make you sign a false confession.
  57 You don't want a love that's pure
  58 You wanna drown love
  59 You want a watered-down love
  60
  61 Love that's pure won't lead you astray,
  62 Won't hold you back, won't mess up your day,
  63 Won't pervert you, corrupt you with stupid wishes,
  64 It don't make you envious, it don't make you suspicious.
  65 You don't want a love that's pure
  66 You wanna drown love
  67 You want a watered-down love
  68
  69 Love that's pure ain't no accident,
  70 Always on time, is always content,
  71 An eternal flame, quietly burning,
  72 Never needs to be proud, restlessly yearning.
  73 You don't want a love that's pure
  74 You wanna drown love
  75 You want a watered-down love
  76 </pre>
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  79
  80 <p>Version with capo 1st fret:</p>
  81 <pre class="verse">
  82 A                D
  83 Love that's pure hopes all things,
  84 A                    D
  85 Believes all things, won't pull no strings,
  86 D                A/c#          Bm             A
  87 Won't sneak up into your room, tall, dark and handsome,
  88 D            A/c#     Bm                 E(6)
  89 Capture your soul and hold it for ransom.
  90 A               D              A
  91  You don't want  a love that's pure
  92           D
  93 You wanna drowned love
  94            E11          A
  95 You want a watered-down love
  96 </pre>
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  99
 100 <p>Version with capo 3rd fret:</p>
 101 <pre class="verse">
 102 G                C
 103 Love that's pure hopes all things,
 104 G                    C
 105 Believes all things, won't pull no strings,
 106 C                G/b           Am             G
 107 Won't sneak up into your room, tall, dark and handsome,
 108 C            G/b      Am                  D(6)
 109 Capture your soul and hold it for ransom.
 110 G               C              G
 111  You don't want  a love that's pure
 112           C
 113 You wanna drowned love
 114            D11          G
 115 You want a watered-down love
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