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Wade into the Water
Alabama 3
From the album La Peste
Standard Tuning. No Capo.
135bpm of sweet acid 
house country music.
Chords used:
A (A)     Ex A0 D2 G2 B2 E0
Asus (As) x 0 2 2 3 0
G (G)     3 2 0 0 0 3
Gsus (Gs) 3 2 0 0 1 3
D (D)     x x 0 2 3 2
The basic strumming pattern throughout follows the same pattern as the intro:
 A.........AA.A..A.. 
            s s
|D.DU|.UDU|DU.U|.UDU
 G....GG...D........
      s         I wanna go...
|D.D.|DU..|D.DU|.UDU
    ...    Adeep down, yeahAsus  
AI wanna go deep Gdown, yeahGsus  
'Cause I Dremember...
AMet down by the riverAsus  
GThe blue moon Gsuson the Drise.
AI broke down like AsusBrando moved
By ya GMarilyn GsusMonroes Deyes, yeah
We were Aswimmin' in Asussilver
We were GsearGsuschin' for Dgold
And we Apromised that Asusnight
That we would GnevGsuser grow Dold (And you sang to me...)
AWade into the Asuswater with me
GWash my Gsusbody Ddown
ATake me to the Asusbottom, baby
GAn' I won't Gsusmake a Dsound
ABaptise me like a Asuschild
GLet salvGsusation Dstart, 'cuz if you 
ATake me to the bottom of the Asusriver, baby
GI'll take you to the Gsusbottom of my Dheart
A(Nerr nerner nerr Asusnerner nerr Gtake me dGsusown to the Driver)
We burned brighter than heaven
Lord we, we shone like the stars
I got as as drunk as Bogart
You were just smokin' like Becall
We were digging for diamonds
We were divin' for pearls
Higher up than the satellites
And out of this world (And you sang to me...)
Wade into the water with me
Wash my body down
Take me to the bottom baby
'Cause I won't make a sound
Baptize me like a child
Gotta let salvation start, 'cuze if you 
Take me to the bottom of the river, baby
I'll take you to the bottom of my heart
(Nerr nerner nerr nerner nerr take me down to the river)
Well, now the, the river is frozen
The blue moon is down
My drink has run dry
Lord your cigarette's gone out
All the diamonds and the pearls, yeah
All the silver and the gold
They were all turned to the dust, yeah
It's so cold
(Sing it now)
Wade into the water with me
Wash my body down
Take me to the bottom baby
'Cause I won't make a sound
Baptize me like a child
Gotta let salvation start
'Cause if you take me
To the bottom of the river, baby
I will take you
I will take you, now...
Wade into the water with me
Wash my body down
Take me to the bottom baby
'Cause I won't make a sound
Baptize me like a child
Gotta let salvation start
'Cause if you take me
To the bottom of the river, baby
I'll take you to the bottom of my heart
(Nerr nerner nerr nerner nerr take me down to the river)
Deep down, yeah
Deep down to the bottom
(Nerr nerner nerr nerner nerr take me down to the river)
(Nerr nerner nerr nerner nerr take me down to the river)
[Repeat instrumental to fade. Phasers, 909s, Groviness and lurve.]

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Wade Into The Water

by Alabama 3

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Asus

Gsus

Wade into the Water

Alabama 3

From the album La Peste

Standard Tuning. No Capo.

135bpm of sweet acid

house country music.

Chords used:

E A D G B E

A (A) x 0 2 2 2 0

Asus (As) x 0 2 2 3 0

G (G) 3 2 0 0 0 3

Gsus (Gs) 3 2 0 0 1 3

D (D) x x 0 2 3 2

The basic strumming pattern throughout follows the same pattern as the intro:

A A A

.........AA.....

s s

|D.DU|.UDU|DU.U|.UDU

G D

....GG...........

s I wanna go...

D D D

|..|DU..|.DU|.UDU

A Asus

... deep down, yeah

A G Gsus

I wanna go deep down, yeah

'Cause I remember...

A Asus

Met down by the river

G Gsus D

The blue moon on the rise.

A Asus

I broke down like Brando moved

G Gsus D

By ya Marilyn Monroes eyes, yeah

A Asus

We were swimmin' in silver

G Gsus D

We were searchin' for gold

A Asus

And we promised that night

G Gsus D

That we would never grow old (And you sang to me...)

A Asus

Wade into the water with me

G Gsus D

Wash my body down

A Asus

Take me to the bottom, baby

G Gsus D

An' I won't make a sound

A Asus

Baptise me like a child

G Gsus D

Let salvation start, 'cuz if you

A Asus

Take me to the bottom of the river, baby

G Gsus D

I'll take you to the bottom of my heart

A Asus G Gsus D

(Nerr nerner nerr nerner nerr take me down to the river)

We burned brighter than heaven

Lord we, we shone like the stars

I got as as drunk as Bogart

You were just smokin' like Becall

We were digging for diamonds

We were divin' for pearls

Higher up than the satellites

And out of this world (And you sang to me...)

Wade into the water with me

Wash my body down

Take me to the bottom baby

'Cause I won't make a sound

Baptize me like a child

Gotta let salvation start, 'cuze if you

Take me to the bottom of the river, baby

I'll take you to the bottom of my heart

(Nerr nerner nerr nerner nerr take me down to the river)

Well, now the, the river is frozen

The blue moon is down

My drink has run dry

Lord your cigarette's gone out

All the diamonds and the pearls, yeah

All the silver and the gold

They were all turned to the dust, yeah

It's so cold

(Sing it now)

Wade into the water with me

Wash my body down

Take me to the bottom baby

'Cause I won't make a sound

Baptize me like a child

Gotta let salvation start

'Cause if you take me

To the bottom of the river, baby

I will take you

I will take you, now...

Wade into the water with me

Wash my body down

Take me to the bottom baby

'Cause I won't make a sound

Baptize me like a child

Gotta let salvation start

'Cause if you take me

To the bottom of the river, baby

I'll take you to the bottom of my heart

(Nerr nerner nerr nerner nerr take me down to the river)

Deep down, yeah

Deep down to the bottom

(Nerr nerner nerr nerner nerr take me down to the river)

[Repeat instrumental to fade. Phasers, 909s, Groviness and lurve.]

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