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Words In The Water by Thrice
Words In The Water
G#m F# E G#m F# E
Standing knee deep in cold water, swiftly moving, somehow I knew I'd lost something.
G#m F# E G#m F# E
Wading waist deep I saw a book there in the river, waiting for me to find it there.
G#m F# E G#m F# E
I tried to read it, neck deep, treading water, but the tide, it pulled me out to sea.
G#m F# E
Then, with water in my eyes, the words began to rise from their place.
G#m F# E
They were beautiful and dread; I reached for them and fed on each phrase.
G#m F# E
They were honey on my lips, but then a bitter twist in my side.
G#m F# E
I knew they'd lay me in my grave; "Is there no one who can save me?" I cried.
Sinking, down deep through cold water and heavy silence, shadows stirring in the gloom.
What things that lay sleeping down deep in the darkness woke then, to find me in that tomb?
And when I lost all hope to look, someone took that heavy book from my hands; all
its weight they set aside, after they had satisfied its demands.
I felt white and black reverse, and the lifting a curse from my heart.
Then like one receiving sight, I beheld a brilliant light in the dark.
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version 2
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G#m 466444
F# 244322
E 022100
C#m x46654
B/Eb x698xx
Ebm x68876
B x24442
F#/Bb x143xx
Intro: B x4
G#m F# E x4
Verse 1:
G#m F# E
Standing knee deep in cold water
G#m F#
swiftly moving somehow I
E
knew I'd lost something
Interlude: G#m F# E x2
Verse 2:
G#m F# E
Wading waist deep I saw a book there in
G#m F# E
the river waiting for me to find it there
G#m F# E
I tried to read it neck deep treading water
G#m F# E
but the tide it pulled me out to sea
Chorus 1:
E
Then with water in my eyes the words
G#m
began to rise from their place
E
They were beautiful and dread
G#m
I reached for them and fed on each phrase
C#m
They were honey on my lips but
B/Eb E
then a bitter twist in my side
C#m
I knew they'd lay me in my grave
B/Eb(hold) E
"Is there no one who can save me?" I cried
Post Chorus: G#m F# E x2
Verse 3:
G#m B
Sinking down deep
Ebm
through cold water
C#m G#m
heavy silence shadows
F# Ebm F# E
stirring in the gloom
G#m F#
What things that lay
Ebm E C#m
sleeping down deep in
G#m
the darkness woke then
F# Ebm F# E
to find me in that tomb?
Chorus 2:
E
Then with water in my eyes the words
G#m
began to rise from their place
E
They were beautiful and dread
G#m
I reached for them and fed on each phrase
C#m
They were honey on my lips but
B/Eb E
then a bitter twist in my side
C#m
I knew they'd lay me in my grave
B/Eb(hold) E F#
"Is there no one who can save me?" I cried
Bridge:
B
And when I lost all hope to look
F#/Bb
someone took that heavy
E
book from my hands all
B
its weight they set aside after
Ebm F# E
they had satisfied its demands
G#m
I felt white and black reverse
F# B E
and the lifting a curse from my heart
G#m
Then like one receiving sight
F# Ebm E F#
I beheld a brilliant light in the dark
Outro: G#m F# B E x3, G#m F# Ebm E(hold)
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version 3
intro
tuning d standard with capo on 1st fret.
TEPPEI
D/-----------------------------------|
A/-----------------------------------|
F/-----------------------------------|
C/---3-----3----3----0-----0---------|
G/-0--------------------4------------|
D/------4----2----2------------------|
D/------------------------------------|
A/------------------------------------|
F/------------------------------------|
C/---3-----3-----3b-------4---0-----0-|
G/-0-----------------4-----------4----|
D/------4-----4---------2---2---------|......
repeat this til the chorus.
DUSTIN
D/--------------------------------------------------------|
A/--------------------------------------------------------|
F/---6--------------------8--------10-(strum)---------6---|
C/---8(strum then slide)\10(strum)-11-(then back to)--8---|
G/--------------------------------------------------------|
D/--------------------------------------------------------|
BACK TO TEPPEI CHORUS.
D/-----9-----9------9------9-----8----8-------------13------13---6----6-------|
A/--------------------------------------slide----------------------0---0------|
F/--10----10----10-----10-----8-----8-----------13------13------6--------6----|
C/----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G/----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D/----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
^^repeat this
4 times
let it
ring.
@ (2:44) the song is the same as above just listen to the song. Dustin plays the
chords under teppei.
this is pretty much the whole song.
except after the bass chords
teppei changes the first 2 riffs.
just listen to the song/changes its the same notes as the first intro riff.
The ontro right at the end @ around 1:00 teppei just strums notes he plays in the chorus.
like this
V V V V V V
D/---9---8---13---6--|
A/---x---x----x---0--|
F/--10---8---13---6--|
C/-------------------|
G/-------------------|
D/-------------------|
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version 4
Tuning: Standard
Verse.
The timing is 5/4. If you're having trouble with the rhythm, count out each bar as 10 eighth notes. Count as
123-123-12-12. (instead of 5 quarter notes as 1-2-3-4-5)
The notes you pick are all played on the 1's.
For the 6b7r6 you are playing 6, bending it up to sound like 7, then releasing (bending back) to 6. You can then
either pluck the 2, or pull off from the 6 -> 6b7r6p2. It's only a half-step bend, so it's easy enough to do
with your little finger.
Verses repeat this pattern:
e|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------2--------------|
A|---6----------6--------6----------4--2-4-|---6---------6--6b7r6 2-----------4---2-4|
E|4---------2---------0---------0----------|4---------2---2---------0-----0----------|
Later in the song, extra notes are added in. It's the same progression, but with repeated notes. Again, if you
are counting 123-123-12-12, the notes are plucked on each 1:
e|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------2----2-----------|
A|---6----6----6----6-----6----6-----4--2-4|---6----6----6----6b7r6 2-----------4---2-4|
E|4-----4---2-----2----0-----0----0--------|4-----4---2-----2--------0---0--0----------|
The second guitar during the verses comes in and plays successive eighth notes. I've added the timing above,
and the number of eighth notes to play below.
123-123-12-12 123-123-12-12
e|-------------|--------------|---------|----------||-------------|--------------|---------|----------|
B|-------------|--------------|---------|----------||-------------|--------------|---------|----------|
G|-------------|--------------|---------|----------||-------------|--------------|---------|----------|
D| 9-----------|11-------13---|6--------|8---------|| 9-----------|11-------13---|6--------|4---------|
A|11-----------|13-------14---|7--------|9---------||11-----------|13-------14---|7--------|4---------|
E|-------------|--------------|---------|----------||-------------|--------------|---------|----------|
10 strums 6 then 4 10 10 10 6 4 10 10
Alternate fingering for this part:
e|-------------|-------------|----------|----------||-------------|--------------|---------|----------|
B|-------------|-------------|----------|----------||-------------|--------------|---------|----------|
G|4------------|6--------8---|1---------|3---------||4------------|6--------8----|1--------|----------|
D|6------------|8--------9---|2---------|4---------||6------------|8--------9----|2--------|4---------|
A|-------------|-------------|----------|----------||-------------|--------------|---------|4---------|
E|-------------|-------------|----------|----------||-------------|--------------|---------|----------|
For the chorus/bridge/outro, you are plucking:
e|-7---7---7---7---6---6----11--11--4----4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|8---8---8---8---6---6---11--11---4--2h4-2h4-2h4-2h4-2h4-2h4-2h4----|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
You can skip the 2's, and play with the same pattern as the 8-7 6-6 11-11.
You can also replace some of the 2h4s's with 4p2's.
Or just barre the GBe strings at 4, plucking a (x-x-x-4-4-4) pattern.
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