...YOU DON'T MISS YOUR WATER... Otis Redding -------------------------------............. *from 'Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul' (1965)* Intro: G, D7 Verse 1:

In the be-^Gginning, you really ^G7loved me, I was too ^Cblind; I ^Gcould not see. But now that you ^Gleft me, ^G/F#oh, ^Em How I cried, ^DI keep crying. ^C

You don't miss your ^Gwater,^C 'till your ^Gwell runs dry. Verse 2:

I kept you ^Gcrying, sad and ^G7blue, oh my, oh. I was a ^Cplayboy; I ^Gcould not be true. But now that you ^Gleft me,^G/F# How I ^Emcried; I keep ^Dcrying, I keep ^Ccrying.

Ooh, you don't miss your ^Gwater, No, I never miss my water,^C 'till my well runs ^Gdry.

Verse 3:

I sit here ^Gand wonder; how in the world this could ^G7be? My, oh my, ^CI never thought, Oh, I never thought ^Gyou'd ever leave me. But now that you ^Gleft me,^G/F# ^Em Good Lord, ^Dgood Lord, how I ^Ccried out;

You don't miss your ^Gwater, You don't miss your ^Cwater, 'till your well runs ^Gdry. Ooh, you don't miss your water,^C 'till your well runs ^Gdry.

Coda:

I miss my ^Gwater,^C ^G I keep missing my ^Gwater,^C ^G I keep missing my ^Gwater.^C ^G And I want my ^Gwater, ^C ^G I need my ^Gwater,^C ^G I love my ^Gwater,^C ^G And I want my ^Gwater.^C ^G And I'm little ^Gthirsty now,^C ^G And I'm little ^Gthirsty now.^C ^G

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Otis Redding - You dont miss your water