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Down To The Water

America

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
D××
C×
Em
A×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: | G  | D  | 2x 
 
 
Verse 1: 
G 
 The waves come in 
D 
 Crash on the shoreline 
G                         D 
 Salty water, don't you know it's yours, yours and mine 
G 
 So grab your girl 
     D 
And don't go wastin' time 
              C           D       G 
And let's go down to the water tonight 
G 
 White capped clouds 
D 
 Dance in the sunlight 
G 
 Purple fishes watch 
      D 
And show you some of their delight 
G 
 The weather's fine 
    D 
And everything's all right 
             C           D       G 
So let's go down to the water tonight 
          C           D       G 
Let's go down to the water tonight 
 
 
 Em            A 
Come on down, come on down 
 C             D 
Come on down, down to the water 
 Em            A 
Come on down, come on down 
 C             D 
Come on down, down to the water 
 D 
Down to the water 
 
 
Solo: 
| G  | D  | 3x 
 
| C    D  | G  | 
 
Verse 2: 
G 
 Island music 
D 
 Sways with a palm tree 
G 
 Friends of mine lay back 
     D 
And talk of times that weren't so free 
G 
 So let's have fun 
      D 
And that means you and me 
              C           D       G 
And let's go down to the water tonight 
          C           D       G 
Let's go down to the water tonight 
 
 
Outro: 
G             D 
 Down, down, down to the water 
G             D 
 Down, down, down to the water 
G       Em    A           D 
 Down, down, down to the water 
G       Em    A           D 
 Down, down, down to the water 
G       Em    A           D 
 Down, down, down to the water 
G       Em    A           D 
 Down, down, down to the water 
          
 

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Chord set

G · D · C · Em · A

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.