^E / / / / ^D / / / / |--0-------------|--5-----------| |--0-------------|--7-----------| |--1-------------|--7-----------| |--2-------------|--7-----------| |--2-----7--6--5-|--5-----------| |--0-------------|--------------|

Verse 1:

^EIn the easy chair with my ^Dboots on ^E ^D Melted ^Ewhiskey in my ^Dhand ^E ^D I ^Ecouldn't have been asleep for ^Dmore than three hours ^E ^D Time to ^Ego to work a^Dgain ^E ^D Once ^Emore I beat the ^Dsunrise ^E ^D ^A And there's a ^Edark breeze at my ^Ddoor ^E ^D ^A Raise the ^Ewater from the well up ^Dto my face ^E ^D ^A How could a ^Eman like me be ^Dpoor? ^E ^D ^A

Chorus:

^EAs long as there's ^Awater ^G ^F#Chilly ^Fwet ^Ewater ^E ^D ^A Gimme some of that ^G ^F#cool, ^Fcool ^Ewater ^E ^D

Verse 2: Well, my horse's eyes are glassy He breathed the city in his lungs last night I lead his natural body To the trough to regain his might Red rooster crow them blues here That Old Blue he round the bull And the mornin's crying rays of sunrise It hasn't rained for three weeks full (Chorus) (Solo) Verse 3: Venus light is rising I lay my buckets inside the shed And there's a man I see - a stranger Leaning on the gate outside my fence Said "I'm riding out from the city Where they started holding water back last night I was hoping I could get a drink from your well Before I ride on to another city tonight" Before I ride on to another city tonight Before I ride on to another city tonight

^EChilly ^Dwell, ^E chilly ^Dwell, chilly ^Ewater ^D ^A Cool well, chilly well water

Before I ride on Ending: E > F#m > G > A (1 measure per chord) A > G > F# F E (as in the chorus)

Widespread Panic - Chilly water