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Stone On The Water

Badly Drawn Boy
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 basically the first two minutes of the song)
 Chords ,
 Picking going something like this:
e--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
b--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
g--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-
d-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--
a---2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----
e-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------
 Mid-Break Bit
e--0-0-2-2-0-0--------
b--0-0-0-0-0-0-0------
g--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----
d----------------2-2--
a------------------2--
e-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-
 I am not actually how BDB is actually playing it, but he may be doing a similar
 picking pattern to the main intro bit, with alternating bass notes for the chords.
So  we've restored harmony
 Smoothed the lines on the face
 Of an old enemy
 But there's no wood  on the fire  again
 We can meet any place
 You know where  I know when
 To go......
Skip  like a Stone  on the Water
Fall  with no trace  to lie permanently
 Next verse is the same, but I dont know the words so it would be wrong
 of me to defile the great man's work

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Readable chord sheet for Stone On The Water by Badly Drawn Boy

basically the first two minutes of the song)

Chords [Em], [E]

Picking going something like this:

e--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
b--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
g--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-
d-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--
a---2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----
e-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------

Mid-Break Bit

e--0-0-2-2-0-0--------
b--0-0-0-0-0-0-0------
g--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----
d----------------2-2--
a------------------2--
e-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-

I am not actually how BDB is actually playing it, but he may be doing a similar
picking pattern to the main intro bit, with alternating bass notes for the chords.

[Em]So we've restored harmony
Smoothed the lines on the [C]face

Of an old enemy
But there's no [Am]wood on the [D]fire again [Em]
We can meet any [Am]place
You know [D]where I know [G]when
To [B7]go......

[Em]Skip like a [C]Stone on the [G]Water   [B7]
[Em]Fall with no [C]trace to lie [G]permanent[B7]ly

Next verse is the same, but I dont know the words so it would be wrong
of me to defile the great man's work

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