Standard Tuning EADGBe A brilliant piece of anti-folk from one of his demo albums. If you have a harmonica in the key of A then feel free to play it between verses. Intro: A D A B A D A E A Verse 1:

Like they ^Asaid in the ^Ddays of ^Aold One day your ^Afaces will grow ^Bmold For the ^Ajudgment is ^Dclose at ^Ahand When the ^Awater will ^Etake back the ^Aland

Verse 2:

From the ^Atallest of^D the ^Atall To the ^Apick-axe on the ^Bwall When every ^Abit of ^Dsoul is ^Acanned The ^Awater will ^Etake back the ^Aland

Verse 3:

There's a ^Ablow-dryer ^Dstinging your ^Aeyes Where the alco^Ahol is starting to ^Brise And a ^Afirehose on a ^Dmarching ^Aband When the ^Awater will ^Etake back the ^Aland

Verse 4:

Your ^Atable wheel ^Dblew into the ^Asmoke Where ^Agravity certainly ^Bawoke There won't ^Abe no-one ^Dleft you can ^Astand When the ^Awater will ^Etake back the ^Aland

Verse 5:

The ^Agraveyard is ^Dstarting to ^Afry And the ^Amoonshiners taking to ^Bthe sky There's a ^Astone turn ^Dinto ^Asand Where the ^Awater will ^Etake back the ^Aland

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Beck - When the water will take back the land