Dirty Water tab by Status Quo

Francis: Standard Tuning
Richard: Open G- Capo 5th Fret



Ricky has this little riff that goes:

D|-19-17-14-12-10-|
B|-17-15-12-10-8--|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|


Chords (Rick):
 DGDGBD  DGDGBD   DGDGBD
C|x0000x F|555555 Bb|x555xx

 DGDGBD  DGDGBD
G|777777 D|222222


Chords (Francis-with Chorus):
 E A D G B E  E A D G B E   EADGBE
C|8 10 10 9 x x F|x 8 10 10 x x Bb|688788

 E A D G B E  EADGBE
G|x 10 12 12 x x D|x5777x



Intro (Francis):
  C     Bb     F      C      Bb    C
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5--------------------6-5---5---------5---------------------|
G|-7b-7b-rb-5--5b-rb-3------7---7-7b----7b-7b-rb-5----------5-|
D|--------------------------------------------------3-2-0---5-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------3-3-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|



Main-On the record a C is played at the beginning of the verse.
Live, he misses it out:

C
Oh Oh Oh Oh (Oh Oh Oh Oh)
      F
The waters gettin deep
      G  F
And I can't swim
     G        F G
'Cos its dirty dirty water
   C F     C G
Oh Oh Oh Oh (Oh Oh Oh Oh)

C         G     C
Many's the time I ask you to say
C         G     C  F
Why do you feel so bad day to day
          C   F
Could it be you're wrong
         C
To push yourself along
 F
I say it's not a guess

You make yourself a mess
  D           G
And get yourself in deeper water


Bass comes in playing the root note twice to each chord.

C           G       C
Why do you think it's all wrong for you
C         G        C
Maybe it's in somethings that you do
F      C
Baby, it's alright
  F       C
To stay up every night
  F
If I could change your mind
  F
I'd bring you back in line
  D             G
To do the things you really oughta


Whole band in full swing...

Bass does something like this:
 C
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-3-3---3-3------------------|
E|-----3-----3---1-1-1--1-1-1-|Etc.

   C         F
Oh oh oh oh the water's getting deep
      G  F
And I can't swim
   G
If I could can I come in?
F G  C        F
Oh Oh Oh Oh the water's getting deep
      G  F
And I can't swim
       G      F
Because it's dirty, dirty water
  C    F
Oh Oh Oh Oh
   C   G
Oh Oh Oh Oh


Solo: |C| |G| |C| |C| |C| |G| |C| |C|

   |F| |C| |F| |C| |F| |F| |D| |G|


E|-------12----15-12-----------------------------------------|
B|----13----13-------13--15-12-------------------------------|
G|-12--------------------------12-10-10h12p10-9--9h10p9----9-|
D|------------------------------------------------------12---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------12----15----12------------------|
B|------------------------13----13----13----13--15-12--------|
G|---------------------12-----------------------------12-10--|
D|-12-10-9----9-10-------------------------------------------|
A|---------12------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------13-------13-------13----|
B|--------------------------------------13-------13-------13-|
G|-10h12p10-9-9h10p9----9-10----9----------14-------14-------|
D|-------------------12------12------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-12-------12-------12-----13-------13-------13----13-------|
B|----13-------13-------13-----13-------13-------13----13----|
G|-------12-------12--------------14-------14-------------14-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-13-------13-------14-------14-------14-----13-12----------|
B|----13-------13-------15-------15-------15--------15-13-12-|
G|-------14----------------14-------14-----------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-14-12-------|
D|-------15-14-|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|


C           G       C
Why do you think it's all wrong for you
C         G        C F
Maybe it's in somethings that you do
       C  F
Baby, it's alright
         C
To stay up every night
  F
If I could change your mind

I'd bring you back in line
  D             G
To do the things you really oughta


C          F
Oh Oh Oh Oh the water's getting deep
      G  F
And I can't swim
   G           Bb
If I could can I come in?

   C         F
Oh Oh Oh Oh the water's getting deep
      G  F
And I can't swim
       G        F  G  C
Because it's dirty, dirty water Oh Oh Oh Oh




The odd 7th chord appears on the track.
They don't always play it live though.
This tab is a good mixture of the two.