...YOU DON'T MISS YOUR WATER... Otis Redding
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*from 'Otis Blue' (1965)*
(Originally by William Bell)
Intro:
G, D7
Verse 1:
G
In the be-ginning,
G7
You really loved me,
G7
You really loved me,
C
I was too blind;
G
I could not see.
G G/F#
But now that you left me, oh,
Em D C
How I cried, I keep crying.
G C
You don't miss your water,
G
'Till your well runs dry.
Verse 2:
G
I kept you crying,
G7
Sad and blue. Oh my, oh.
C
I was a playboy,
G
I could not be true.
G G/F#
But now that you left me,
Em
How I cried;
D C
I keep crying, I keep crying.
G
Ooh you don't miss your water,
C
No I never miss my water,
G
'Till my well runs dry.
Verse 3:
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G
I sit here and wonder;
G7
How in the world this could be?
My, oh my.
C
I never thought,
Oh, I never thought,
G
You'd ever leave me.
G G/F#
But now that you left me,
Em D
Good Lord, good Lord,
C
How I cried out;
G
You don't miss your water,
C
You don't miss your water,
G
'Till your well runs dry.
C
Ooh you don't miss your water,
G
'Till your well runs dry.
Coda:
G C G
I miss my water,
G C G
I keep missing my water,
G C G
I keep missing my water.
G C G
And I want my water,
G C G
I need my water,
G C G
I love my water,
G C G
And I want my water.
G C G
And I'm little thirsty now,
G C G
And I'm little thirsty now.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
