Chords for Butch Hancock "Just a Wave, Not the Water" Live at KDHX 4/9/14
Tempo:
108.6 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] Well thirst is not the answer, oceans come and go.
[F] I loved her seven seas worth, Lord I loved her so.
[C] She let me down so easy, one slow [G] drop at a time.
[C] [A] [G] [C] I would have killed her myself, but it made no sense.
[F] Committing suicide
in self-defense, [C] but I lost
everything [F] I brought her.
[F#m] When [G] she said, babe, you're just a waste, you're [C] not the water.
[G] [C] Centuries before we were living on the Gold [A] Coast, [F] she was still in love with the long gone
[C] cold coast.
I was only trying to turn back the tide [G] of her tears.
[B] [G] [Em] I [C] felt like an endless ocean, rolling through the fog.
[F] Full emotion, drifting like a weather beaten log.
I [C] even thought that I [F] out thought her.
[F#] Till [G] she said, babe, you're just a waste, you're [C] not the water.
[F] [Em] [F]
[Em] [C]
[F]
[F#] [G]
[Em] [G] [C]
I said, someday we'll love again, and then you'll know the score.
I'll [F] tell you everything I know,
and baby, maybe even [C] more.
That's true, she said, more than you [G] ever will.
I [C] said, I've been your raging river, precious African queen.
[F] Shows you everything that I've ever [C] seen.
But she knew more than [F] I had taught her.
[F#m] And [G] she said, babe, you're just a waste, [C] you're not the water.
[G] [C] [Bm] [A] [G]
[C]
I followed her far and wide with all of my will.
[G]
[F] Water on the move, you know, it never does stand
still.
[C] And I moved every muscle, just to prove it can [G] be done.
[C] Then up some old sad river, where snow white lilies float.
[F] I came to her for mercy, but I hardly rocked the boat.
She [C] seemed surprised that [F] I had caught her.
[G] And she said, babe, you're just a waste, you're not [C] the [G] water.
[C]
[G] [A] She [G] said, babe, you're just a waste, [C] you're not the water.
[B] [A] [Em] [Bm] [G]
[A] [C] [D]
[C]
[F] I loved her seven seas worth, Lord I loved her so.
[C] She let me down so easy, one slow [G] drop at a time.
[C] [A] [G] [C] I would have killed her myself, but it made no sense.
[F] Committing suicide
in self-defense, [C] but I lost
everything [F] I brought her.
[F#m] When [G] she said, babe, you're just a waste, you're [C] not the water.
[G] [C] Centuries before we were living on the Gold [A] Coast, [F] she was still in love with the long gone
[C] cold coast.
I was only trying to turn back the tide [G] of her tears.
[B] [G] [Em] I [C] felt like an endless ocean, rolling through the fog.
[F] Full emotion, drifting like a weather beaten log.
I [C] even thought that I [F] out thought her.
[F#] Till [G] she said, babe, you're just a waste, you're [C] not the water.
[F] [Em] [F]
[Em] [C]
[F]
[F#] [G]
[Em] [G] [C]
I said, someday we'll love again, and then you'll know the score.
I'll [F] tell you everything I know,
and baby, maybe even [C] more.
That's true, she said, more than you [G] ever will.
I [C] said, I've been your raging river, precious African queen.
[F] Shows you everything that I've ever [C] seen.
But she knew more than [F] I had taught her.
[F#m] And [G] she said, babe, you're just a waste, [C] you're not the water.
[G] [C] [Bm] [A] [G]
[C]
I followed her far and wide with all of my will.
[G]
[F] Water on the move, you know, it never does stand
still.
[C] And I moved every muscle, just to prove it can [G] be done.
[C] Then up some old sad river, where snow white lilies float.
[F] I came to her for mercy, but I hardly rocked the boat.
She [C] seemed surprised that [F] I had caught her.
[G] And she said, babe, you're just a waste, you're not [C] the [G] water.
[C]
[G] [A] She [G] said, babe, you're just a waste, [C] you're not the water.
[B] [A] [Em] [Bm] [G]
[A] [C] [D]
[C]
Key:
C
G
F
A
Em
C
G
F
[C] _ _ _ _ _ Well thirst is not the answer, oceans come and go.
[F] I loved her seven seas worth, Lord I loved her so.
[C] She let me down so easy, one slow [G] drop at a time.
[C] _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [C] I would have killed her myself, but it made no sense.
[F] Committing _ suicide
in self-defense, [C] but I lost
_ _ _ everything [F] I brought her.
_ _ _ [F#m] When [G] she said, babe, you're just a waste, you're [C] not the water.
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ Centuries before we were living on the Gold [A] Coast, [F] she was still in love with the long gone
[C] cold coast.
I was only trying to turn back the tide [G] of her tears.
_ [B] _ [G] _ _ [Em] I [C] felt like an endless ocean, rolling through the fog.
[F] Full emotion, drifting like a weather beaten log.
I [C] even thought that _ I [F] out thought her.
_ _ [F#] Till [G] she said, babe, you're just a waste, you're [C] not the water.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [Em] _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [G] _ _
_ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ I said, someday we'll love again, and then you'll know the score.
I'll [F] tell you everything I know,
and baby, maybe even [C] more.
That's true, she said, _ more than you [G] ever will.
_ _ _ I [C] said, I've been your raging river, precious African queen.
[F] Shows you everything that I've ever [C] seen.
But she knew _ more than [F] I had taught her.
_ _ _ [F#m] And [G] she said, babe, you're just a waste, [C] you're not the water.
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I followed her far and wide with all of my will.
[G] _
[F] Water on the move, you know, it never does stand
still.
[C] And I moved every muscle, just to prove it can [G] be done. _ _ _ _ _
[C] Then up some old sad river, where snow white lilies float.
[F] I came to her for mercy, but I hardly rocked the boat.
She [C] seemed surprised that _ _ [F] I had caught her. _ _ _ _
[G] And she said, babe, you're just a waste, you're not [C] the [G] water.
_ _ [C] _ _
[G] [A] She [G] said, babe, you're just a waste, _ [C] you're not the water. _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ [A] _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] I loved her seven seas worth, Lord I loved her so.
[C] She let me down so easy, one slow [G] drop at a time.
[C] _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [C] I would have killed her myself, but it made no sense.
[F] Committing _ suicide
in self-defense, [C] but I lost
_ _ _ everything [F] I brought her.
_ _ _ [F#m] When [G] she said, babe, you're just a waste, you're [C] not the water.
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ Centuries before we were living on the Gold [A] Coast, [F] she was still in love with the long gone
[C] cold coast.
I was only trying to turn back the tide [G] of her tears.
_ [B] _ [G] _ _ [Em] I [C] felt like an endless ocean, rolling through the fog.
[F] Full emotion, drifting like a weather beaten log.
I [C] even thought that _ I [F] out thought her.
_ _ [F#] Till [G] she said, babe, you're just a waste, you're [C] not the water.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [Em] _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [G] _ _
_ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ I said, someday we'll love again, and then you'll know the score.
I'll [F] tell you everything I know,
and baby, maybe even [C] more.
That's true, she said, _ more than you [G] ever will.
_ _ _ I [C] said, I've been your raging river, precious African queen.
[F] Shows you everything that I've ever [C] seen.
But she knew _ more than [F] I had taught her.
_ _ _ [F#m] And [G] she said, babe, you're just a waste, [C] you're not the water.
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I followed her far and wide with all of my will.
[G] _
[F] Water on the move, you know, it never does stand
still.
[C] And I moved every muscle, just to prove it can [G] be done. _ _ _ _ _
[C] Then up some old sad river, where snow white lilies float.
[F] I came to her for mercy, but I hardly rocked the boat.
She [C] seemed surprised that _ _ [F] I had caught her. _ _ _ _
[G] And she said, babe, you're just a waste, you're not [C] the [G] water.
_ _ [C] _ _
[G] [A] She [G] said, babe, you're just a waste, _ [C] you're not the water. _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ [A] _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _