Perfect Water

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  • -- 4/4 // keys: Bm (D); E (C#m) // Allegro // ...slight flange
     
     [2nd x:
  • INTRO TAB: to Verse]
    Em9 Bm [=hold thru=] A "G5"
    -2-0-----||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----2-0------||
  • -3---0-3=||===3========--2=|==2====--0-2-3=|===3===========|===--3---0-3==||
    -0-----4=||o==4========--2=|==2====------0=|===0===========|===--0-----4=o||
    -2-----4=||o==4========--2=|==2====------0=|===0===========|===--2-----4=o||
  • -------2=||===2========--0=|==0====--------|---------------|-----------2==||
    ---------||----------------|-------------3=|===3===========|===-----------||
    3 & 4 & 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 & 4 &
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    CHORDS USED, in order of appearance (@/$/% designate different voicings
    of same chord)--
  • Bm@: x 2 4 4 3 x
    A@: x 0 2 2 2 x
    G5: 3 x 0 0 3 x
  • Em7: 0 2 2 0 3 x
    D/F#: 2 x 0 2 3 x
    D: x x 0 2 3 2
  • C/9: x 3 2 0 3 0
    E: 0 2 2 1 0 0
    A$: x 0 2 2 2 0
  • D/9/A: x 0 4 2 3 0
    A%: x 0 2 2(2)x
    B: x 2 4 4(4)x
  • C#m: x 4 6 6(5)x
    Bm$: x 2 4 4 3 2
     
  • LYRICS, CHORDS, & SEQUENCE of PARTS (see below for chord durations)--
     
    INTRO
  • VERSE 1:
    Bm@ A@ G5 Em7
    Perfect water - the dark wind braids the waves--
  • D/F# G5 D b C9 a Bm@ (Bm@)
    The crazed birds raid the trees-- Is this our destiny?
    E A$ D/9/A E A$ D/9/A
  • To join our hands at sea-- and slow - ly
    E A$ D/9/A E A$ D/9/A
    sink, and slow - ly think:
  • G5 (G5) [1 1/2-measure chord tacit; ->Em9]
    This is perfect water, passing over me--
     
  • INTRO
    VERSE 2:
    Bm@ A@ G5 Em7 D/F# G5
  • Do you know Jacques Cousteau? Well, they said on the radi - o
    D b C/9 a Bm (Bm)
    That he hears bells in random order, deep beneath the perfect water--
  • E A$ D/9/A E A$ D/9/A
    Love that is frightening,
    E A$ D/9/A E A$ D/9/A
  • but still so inviting--
    E A$ D/9/A E A$ D/9/A
    To drown {drown-drown} inside a sound that lay so far underground,
  • E A$ D/9/A
    And to think--{and to think} And to think {and to think}:
    G5 (G5) [2-measure chord tacit]
  • This is perfect water, passing over me.
     
    LEAD TACIT: ||: A% B C#m :|| Em9]
  •  
    VERSE 3:
    Bm@ A@ G5 Em7 D/F# G5 D
  • Perfect water-- I dream this dream within the deep and warm
    b C/9
    Gulf Stream,
  • E A$ D/9/A E A$ D/9/A
    Where two blocks of ice melt into my hands like dice,
    E A$ D/9/A E A$ D/9/A
  • And I roll {seven} seven on the floor of the sea {seven}--
    E A$ D/9/A E A$ D/9/A
    And I roll {seven} seven on the floor of the sea {seven}--
  • G5 (G5) [1 1/2-measure chord tacit]
    And I feel the perfect water, washing over me--
    A@ G5 (G5) [2-measure chord tacit]
  •  
    CHORUS [as above, then]:
    A% B C#m A% B C#m
  • A life! A strange!
    A% B C#m A% B C#m
    A life! A strange!
  •  
    LEAD TACIT: ||: A% B C#m :||to E chord
    4 1 2 3 4
  •  
    ** 1st Verse: "steal" last 2 beats for Em9 segue to 2nd verse
     
  • ** 3rd Verse: replace 2-measure tacit with the following--
    [1 1/2-measure chord tacit] A@
    1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
  •  
    G5 (G5) [hold 2 measures] [2-measure chord tacit]
    1 2 3 4==1 2 3 4 (1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4)
  •  
    ["triplet" chords (Em7-D/F#-G5) are guesses that "fit," but are open
    to question: after 4 or 5 days of tryin', decided to get on with
  • my life!]
     
    LEAD TACIT/CHORUS:
  • ||: A% B C#m :||(# of repeats varies: see lyrics)
    1 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
    / / / / / / / / / / [1st ending:
  • G5 (G5) [hold 2 measures] [1 1/2-measure chord tacit]->Em9 riff
    1 2 3 4==1 2 3 4 (1 2 3 4 1 2) 3 & 4
     
  • -->2nd ending:
    G5 (G5) [hold 2 measures] [1 1/2-measure chord tacit; ritard.]
    1 2 3 4==1 2 3 4 (1 2 3 4 1 2)
  •  
    A$ [hold] Bm$ [hold]
    3 4 1234->fermata...
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