Perfect Water

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--comp. Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser & Jim Carroll (from _Club_Ninja_, 1986)

-- chords & tabbed Intro "transcr." by tcg, 1994

-- 4/4 // keys: Bm (D); E (C#m) // Allegro // ...slight flange

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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

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LYRICS, CHORDS, & SEQUENCE of PARTS (see below for chord durations)--

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--

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 :|| <-2x

A% B C#m

To flow inside the spiral tide,

A% B C#m

To drown my eyes like a blind ride,

A% B C#m A% B C#m

And to cross the perils of black water--

A% B C#m A% B C#m

It waits for me like mother and daughter--

A% B C#m A% B C#m

{A life}A life of perfect order--{A strange}A strange and perfect water--

A% B C#m A% B C#m

{A life}A life of perfect order--{A strange}A strange and perfect water--

LEAD TACIT:||:A% B C#m:||<-4x G5 (G5) [1 1/2-measure chord tacit;->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 :||<-4x-4x G5 (G5)

[1 1/2-measure chord tacit, ritard.]

A$ Bm$ [hold]

[**lyrics based upon version in BOC-L archive: thanks!]

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Chord DURATION/RHYTHM Schema:

VERSE: (hold all chords for indicated duration, except Em9 [see

Intro tab]; small letter = single note "bass fill" on A string)

Em9 Bm@ A@ G Em7 D/F# G5

3 & 4 & 1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 "1 2 3"[<-triplet quarters]

D b C/9* a Bm (Bm) [i.e., hold 2 measures]

1 2 & 3 & 4 1 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 4==1 2 3 4

||: E A$ D/9/A :|| (# of repeats varies: see lyrics)

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)

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* 3rd Verse: C/9 -->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 &

/ / / / / / / / / / [<-strums]

-->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...

[Geez, I might as well have tabbed it. . . .]

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