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  14 <h1 class="songtitle">Spirit on the Water</h1>
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  17 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  18 Released on <a href="index.htm" class="recordlink">Modern Times</a> (2006)<br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  20
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  22 <p>Original key Bb major. Best played in A major with a capo on the first fret.</p>
  23 <p>The chords in the beginning of the verses could be played like this, to emulate the guitar figures in the recording:</p>
  24 <pre class="tab">
  25   A   E   A   E     D   A   D   E     A                 D
  26   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :
  27 |-0---0---0---0---|-2---0---2---0---|-0---------------|-2---
  28 |-2---0---2---0---|-3---2---3---0---|h2--h2-----------|-3---
  29 |-2---1---2---1---|-2---2---2---1---|-2-------4-2-----|-2--- etc.
  30 |-2---2---2---2---|-0---0---0---2---|-2-----------4---|-0---
  31 |-0---0---0---0---|-----------------|-0---------------|-----
  32 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----
  33 </pre>
  34 <p>Or, in the correct position:</p>
  35 <pre class="tab">
  36   A   E   A   E     D   A   D   E     A                 D
  37   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :
  38 |-9---7---9---7---|-5---5---5---4---|-0---------------|-2---
  39 |-10--9---10--9---|-7---5---7---5---|h2--h2-----------|-3---
  40 |-9---9---9---9---|-7---6---7---4---|-2-------4-2-----|-2--- etc.
  41 |-----------------|-----------------|-------------4---|-0---
  42 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----
  43 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----</pre>
  44
  45 <p>Correspondingly, the full chords for the first two lines would be:</p>
  46 <pre>E             A    E   A   E
  47 Spirit on the water
  48 D        A       D      E     A
  49 Darkness on the face of the deep</pre>
  50 <p>At the place marked *) in the tab below, there is thus room for any of the variants &mdash; full guitar figure, E7, or D throughout.</p>
  51 <p>Chords:</p>
  52 <pre class="chords">
  53 A          x02220  (going to E)
  54 A          x0222x  (going to D; half barre)
  55 D          x04232  (alternative fingering; goes with the following F)
  56 F          x07560  (slide up from the previous); there is also a 6 in there some
  57 F#m        244222                                times, so x33230 is playable...
  58 Bm         x24432
  59 C#7        x4342x
  60 B9         x21222  or x21222x or plain B7: x24242
  61 E9sus4/b   x24230  or x20230, or just x20200
  62
  63 </pre>
  64 <hr />
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  66
  67 <pre class="tab">
  68 A  E  A   E | D   A  D  E | A  .  .   .  | D   .  F  .  |
  69 A  . F#m7 . | Bm7 .  E  . | A  . F#m7 .  | Bm7 .
  70 </pre>
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  72
  73 <pre class="verse">
  74 E             A
  75 Spirit on the water
  76 D               *)          A
  77 Darkness on the face of the deep
  78 D      F              A         F#m7
  79 I keep thinking 'bout you, baby,
  80 Bm           E      A    .   F#m7  . Bm7
  81  And I can't hardly sleep.</pre>
  82
  83 <pre class="verse">
  84 .   E         .    A
  85 I'm travelling by land
  86 D                                  A
  87 Travelling through the dawn of the day
  88 D              F     A     F#m7
  89 You're always on my mind
  90 Bm7     E     A    D    Dm  A
  91 I can't stay away</pre>
  92
  93 <pre class="bridge">
  94 F#
  95 I'd forgotten 'bout you
  96 Bm
  97 Then you turned up again
  98 C#7      F#m
  99 I always knew
 100 B9                            E7sus4/b     E7
 101 We were meant to be more than friends</pre>
 102
 103 <pre class="verse">
 104             A
 105 When you're near,
 106      D                       A
 107 It's just as plain as it can be
 108 D   F          A      F#m7
 109 I'm wild about you, gal
 110     Bm7           E          A    F#m7  Bm7 E
 111 You ought to be a fool about me</pre>
 112
 113
 114
 115 <pre>Can't explain
 116 The sources of this hidden pain
 117 You burned your way into my heart
 118 You got the key to my brain
 119
 120 I've been trampling through mud
 121 praying to the powers above
 122 I'm sweating blood
 123 You got a face that begs for love
 124
 125   Life without you
 126   Doesn't mean a thing to me
 127   If I can't have you
 128   I'll throw my love into the deep blue sea
 129
 130 Sometimes I wonder
 131 Why you can't treat me right
 132 You do good all day
 133 And then you do wrong all night</pre>
 134
 135
 136
 137 <pre>When you're with me
 138 I'm a thousand times happier than I could ever say
 139 What does it matter
 140 What price I pay?
 141
 142 they brag about your sugar
 143 Brag about it all over town
 144 Put some sugar in my bowl
 145 I feel like layin' down
 146
 147   I'm as pale as a ghost
 148   Holding a blossom on a stem
 149   You ever seen a ghost?
 150   No, but you have heard of them
 151
 152 I see you there
 153 I'm blinded by the colors I see
 154 I take good care
 155 of what belongs to me</pre>
 156
 157
 158 <pre class="tab">
 159 A  E  A   E | D   A  D  E | A  .  .   .  | D   /c#  Bm7  E  |
 160                                                     I hear your . . .
 161 </pre>
 162
 163
 164 <pre>I hear your name
 165 ringing up and down the line
 166 I'm saying it plain:
 167 These ties are strong enough to bind
 168
 169 Your sweet voice
 170 calls out from some old familiar shrine
 171 I got no choice,
 172 can't believe these things would ever fade from your mind
 173
 174   I could live forever
 175   with you perfectly
 176   You don't ever
 177   have to make a fuss over me
 178
 179 From east to west
 180 ever since the world began
 181 I only mean it for the best
 182 I won't be with you any way I can</pre>
 183
 184 <pre class="tab">
 185 A  E  A   E | D   A  D  E | A  .  .   .  | D   /c#  Bm7  E  |
 186 </pre>
 187
 188
 189 <pre>I've been in a brawl
 190 Now I'm feeling the wall
 191 I'm going away, baby
 192 I won't be back till fall
 193
 194 High on the hill
 195 you can carry all my thoughts with you
 196 You know my will
 197 This love could tear me in two
 198
 199   I won't be with you in paradise
 200   and it seems so unfair
 201   I can't go to paradise no more,
 202   I killed a man back there
 203
 204 You think I'm over the hill
 205 Think I'm past my prime
 206 Let me see what you got
 207 We can have a whoppin' good time</pre>
 208
 209 <pre class="tab">
 210 Final guitar solo:
 211   F#                                                   Bm
 212   :     .     .      .       :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .
 213 |--------------------2--h3-|-2---3-232---2-----------|-------------------------|
 214 |-----------2-5------------|-----------5-----5-----3-|-------3---2-3---------2-|
 215 |-------3------------------|-------------------------|-------------------4-----|
 216 |--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 217 |--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 218 |--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 219 </pre>
 220 <pre class="tab">
 221                              C#7                       F#m
 222   :     .     .      .       :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .
 223 |-2------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 224 |-323----------------------|-----------------2-3---2-|-----------------1-2--/4~|
 225 |--------------------------|-----------1-4-----------|-------2-----------------|
 226 |--------------------------|-------3-----------------|----------(4)------------|
 227 |--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 228 |--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 229 </pre>
 230 <pre class="tab">
 231   B9                         E7                        A
 232   :     .     .      .       :     .     .     .       :
 233 |--------------------------|-------------------------|------
 234 |~~~~~~~~~---------2-4---5~|~~~--------5-6-----------|------
 235 |--------------------------|-----------------6-------|------
 236 |--------------------------|-------------------6-----|------
 237 |--------------------------|-----------------------8-|-7----
 238 |--------------------------|-------------------------|------
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