Tuning: standard (EADGBE)
Any chords marked with an asterisk (*) are played with a super-fast tremolo
effect.
Intro/verse:
F#* F#/E F#* F#/E B Esus2 B
e|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--------------|
B|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--------------|
G|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---8---8---8---9---9---9---9---8--------------|
D|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--------------|
A|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---9---9---9---7---7---7---7---9--------------|
E|2---2---0---0---2---2---0---0---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--------------|
Last part of the verse:
F#* F#/E F#* F#/E A B
e|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---5---5-------7------------------------------|
B|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---5---5-------7------------------------------|
G|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---6---6-------8------------------------------|
D|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---7---7-------9------------------------------|
A|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---7---7-------9------------------------------|
E|2---2---0---0---2---2---0---0---5---5-------7------------------------------|
Chorus: (these chords follow along with the bass guitar)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/blur/oily_water_tab.html ]
D F#m C#m C
e|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)--0---0---0---0|
B|3---3---3---3---2---2---2---2---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---1---1---1---1|
G|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---0---0---0---0|
D|0---0---0---0---4---4---4---4---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---2---2---2---2|
A|----------------4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---3---3---3---3|
E|----------------2---2---2---2----------------------------------------------|
Bm D A F#m*
e|2)-(2)-(2)-(2)--2---2-------0-------2--------------------------------------|
B|3---3---3---3---3---3-------2-------2--------------------------------------|
G|4---4---4---4---2---2-------2-------2--------------------------------------|
D|4---4---4---4---0---0-------2-------4--------------------------------------|
A|2---2---2---2---------------0-------4--------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------2--------------------------------------|
Bridge between second chorus and ending:
F#* F#/E F#* F#/E A B
e|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---5-------5-------7-------7------------------|
B|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---5-------5-------7-------7------------------|
G|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---6-------6-------8-------8------------------|
D|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---7-------7-------9-------9------------------|
A|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---7-------7-------9-------9------------------|
E|2---2---0---0---2---2---0---0---5---0---5---0---7---0---7---0--------------|
Ending: just play the chords from the chorus, but without the last F#m
D F#m C#m C Bm D A
The song ends with feedback and a bunch of other noise after the last A chord
