Drink The Water
Jack Johnson
Tabbed by Brian Noy

The intro kind of goes like this. I know it's missing a few notes but if
you play this with the right rythm, anyone who knows the song will reconize it.

e-------------------- I've    ------------------------------|
B-------------------- heard   ------------------------------|
G-------------------- him do  ------9--11-----13--9--11-----|
D-------------------- it live --11--9--11--9--13--9--11--9--|
A--4-7-9-2-11-7-9-7-- like    --11--7--9---9--11--7--9---9--|
E-------------------- this--> --9----------7-------------7--|

The verses mainly go Dm, G#, F# on the Brushfire Fairytales CD. In his acoustic
version he plays a G7 real quick before switching to F#

   Drink the water...Spit it...I didn't want this
   Dm                G#    G7  F#
e---4----------------4-----3---2-----------|
B---5----------------4-----3---2-----------|
G---6----------------5-----4---3-----------|
D---6----------------6-----3---4-----------|
A---4----------------6-----5---4-----------|
E---4----------------4-----3---3-----------|

The chorus is played E, G#, Dm two times through and then goes into the intro
again. On an acoustic version he plays G# and A after the chorus

    To time to swim a shore
    E          G#     Dm    repeat  G# A  G#
e---0----------4------4--------|----4--5--4-|
B---0----------4------5--------|----4--5--4-|
G---1----------5------6--------|----5--6--5-|
D---2----------6------6--------|----6--7--6-|
A---2----------6------4--------|----6--7--6-|
E---0----------4------4--------|----4--5--4-|

The rest of the song follows those same chord progressions 

 DRINK THE WATER

All music and lyrics written by and property of Jack Johnson
Transcribed by Jai Mitchell
jai_mitchell@yahoo.com
http://members.optushome.com.au/jaimitchell

INTRO
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-6~-6-6-6/9-9-9-11~-11-11-114-4-4-4/13-13-13-9-9-9-9/11-11-11-11--4-4-4-
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-4~-4-4-4/7-7-7--9~--9--9--92-2-2-2/11-11-11-7-7-7-7/9---9--9--9--2-2-2-
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

VERSE

guitar chords
C#m   x 4 6 6 5 4
G#    4 6 6 5 4 4
F#    2 4 4 3 2 2
E     0 2 2 1 0 0

C#m
Drink the water drink it down

This time I know I'm bound
   G#
To spit it back up
F#
I didn't want this
C#m
Salty substitute, just not going to do
  G#             F#
I need some air, if I'm going to live through
C#m
This experience reminds me of a clock 
     G#
That just won't tick
F#
I want to wake up 
C#m
From this concussion

But my dreams just not done
    G#
I'm late again, 
     F#                C#m
It's just one of those bad days

Look outside and

Be careful what you ride
    G#
You just might find 
F#                 E
That you're out of time
   G#      C#m
To swim ashore
     E          G#
If I drift long enough
        C#m
I'll be home

  (notice that there are two main riffs for the verse
   the C#m, G# and F# one and the E, G# and C#m one...
   these will be called VERSE part 1 and VERSE part 2
   from now onwards)

(repeat INTRO [x2]) 

(guitar silent)
He's got delusions between his ears
Man it takes up too much space
And all that tension between his gears man
He'll never ever leave this place

(VERSE part 1 pattern begins again play it [x2])

He's got stones instead of bones
And everybody knows
Ah, man that can make you real real slow
And if heaven was below
He'd know just where to go
Dive in the ocean
And he'd sink like a stone
And he'd say

(VERSE part 2 now [x2])

It's time to swim ashore
If I drift long enough
I'll be home

(back to VERSE part 1 [x2]) 

Hold on if you can
You're gonna sink faster 
Than you can imagine so
Hold on if you can
You're gonna sink faster 
Than you can imagine so

(VERSE part 2 again [x2])

It's just time to swim ashore
If I drift long enough
I'll be home 

 Song: Drink the Water
Artist: Jack Johnson
Album: Brushfire Fairytales
Tabbed By: ADRA (d_abernathy20@hotmail.com)


*= let ring


Verse
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-11*-11-11------11*-11-11-11-10-----------------------------|
A|-----------9-11-----------------11*-11-11-11-10-9*-9-9-9-11-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------9-11*-11-11------11*-11-11-11-10-|
A|-7*-7-7-7-9-11*-11-11-11-------------9-11-----------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------9-11*-|
A|-7*-7-7-7-9-11*-11-11-11-------|
E|-------------------------------|


That's pretty much all you need to know. I'm not going to bother 
putting the timing because the whole song is the verse except 3 
parts when it is obliously the chorus just once time each. It's 
pretty simple like Jack's bassist likes to make it, so just get
rhythm and you will be set. Enjoy.