WOOO!!!! First tab on here.
Although there are many variants in tabs iv'e seen, I have studied his playing on
youtube ( <3 Johnny )
and am pretty confident this is how it goes, enjoy.
Intro:
E|-----0--0--------------0--0-----1--1--|
B|-----1--1-----0--0-----1--1-----1--1--|
G|-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----2--2--|
D|-----2--2-----0--0-----2--2-----3--3--|
A|--3-----------2--2--3-----------------|
E|-----------3-----------------1--------|
|-----0--0----------------0--0----------------1--1-----1--1--|--|
|-----1--1----------------1--1----------------1--1-----1--1--|--|
|-----0--0----------------2--2--0h2--0--------2--2-----2--2--|--|
|-----2--2----------0-----2--2----------0-----3--3-----3--3--|--|
|--3-----------0h2-----0----------------------------3--------|--|
|-----------3------------------------------1-----------------|--|
So something like that for the strumming pattern also (1 bass pluck then 2 strums)
Verse:
C G F
All that I have is a river
Am E
The river is always my home
C F Am F
Lord, take me away for I just cannot stay
C G F
Or I'll sink in my skin and my bones
Chorus:
C G C F
The water sustains me without even trying
C G Am
The water can't drown me, I'm done
F C
With my dyy...ing
Interlude:
C G C C
(just holds top 2 strings for G here)
C G F
Please help me build a small boat
Am E
One that’ll ride on the flow
C F
Where the river runs deep
Am F
And the larger fish creep
C G F
I'm glad of what keeps me afloat
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/johnny_flynn_and_laura_marling/the_water_tab.html ]
C G C F
The water sustains me without even trying
C G Am
The water can't drown me, I'm done
F C
With my dyy...ing
Interlude
C G C C
C G F
Now deeper the water I sail
Am E
And faster the current I'm in
C F
That each night brings the stars
Am F
And the song in my heart
C G F
Is a tune for the journeyman's tale
C G C F
The water sustains me without even trying
C G Am
The water can't drown me, I'm done
F C
With my dyy...ing
Bridge:
E Am
Now the land that I knew is a dream
E Am
And the line on the distance grows faint
C Dm C Dm
So wide is my river, the horizon a sliver
C G Am F
The artist has run out of paint...
C G F
Where the blue of the sea meets the sky
Am E
And the big yellow sun leads me home
C F
I'm everywhere now
Am F
The way is a vow
C G F
To the wind of each breath by and by
C G C F
The water sustains me without even trying
C G Am
The water can't drown me, I'm done
F C
With my dyy...ing
Outro:
Played similar to intro (with the added hammer-ons on G, Am at end)
C G C F C G Am F C
Please correct me if I'm wrong but it you watch the Video you'll see
where the changes are that Iv'e made especially on the Bridge.
Here's the vid :(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4QQ7HYYdWw)
