Moving To Blackwater Guitar Tab

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Artist:	Reuben
Song: 	Moving To Blackwater
Album: 	Racecar Is Racecar Backwards
Tabbed by:	Chris Williams, First Tab :P

Drop D tuned down half a step, just like most newer Reuben stuff, excellent!

INTRO/RIFF 1

D#|-------------------------------------------
Bb|-------------------------------------------
F#|-------------------------------------------
C#|-9-9-9-9---12-14---12--8-8-8-8---12-14--12-
G#|-9-9-9-9---12-14---12--8-8-8-8---12-14--12-
C#|-9-9-9-9---12-14---12--8-8-8-8---12-14--12-

D#|--------------------------------------------
Bb|--------------------------------------------
F#|--------------------------------------------
C#|-7-7-7-7---12-14---12--6-6-6-6---12-14-12-11
G#|-7-7-7-7---12-14---12--6-6-6-6---12-14-12-11
C#|-7-7-7-7---12-14---12--6-6-6-6---12-14-12-11

D#|-------------------------------------------
Bb|-------------------------------------------
F#|-------------------------------------------
C#|-9-9-9-9---12-14---12--8-8-8-8---12-14--12-
G#|-9-9-9-9---12-14---12--8-8-8-8---12-14--12-
C#|-9-9-9-9---12-14---12--8-8-8-8---12-14--12-


D#|--------------------------------------------
Bb|--------------------------------------------
F#|--------------------------------------------
C#|-7-7-7-7---12-14---12--6-6-6-6---12-14-16---
G#|-7-7-7-7---12-14---12--6-6-6-6---12-14-16---
C#|-7-7-7-7---12-14---12--6-6-6-6---12-14-16---

VERSE 1

Hey You, Talking Sideways. . .
Bass only

Got nothing to prove, got nothing to lose. . .
D#|----------------------------------------------------------
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------
F#|----------------------------------------------------------
C#|-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7--12-12-12-12-12-12--2-2-2-2-2-2-
G#|-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7--12-12-12-12-12-12--2-2-2-2-2-2-
C#|-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7--12-12-12-12-12-12--2-2-2-2-2-2-
PM  . . . . . .  . . . . . .  .  .  .  .  .  .   . . . . . .

CHORUS 1

It’s now or it’s never. . .
D#|----------------------------------------------------------
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------
F#|----------------------------------------------------------
C#|-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14--12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14-------
G#|-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14--12-12-12-12- 14-14-14-14-------
C#|-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14--12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14-------

Then RIFF 1
(It’s not for fun. . .)

VERSE 2
And it feel’s like both boats. . .
D#|----------------------------------------------------------
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------
F#|----------------------------------------------------------
C#|-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7--12-12-12-12-12-12--2-2-2-2-2-2-
G#|-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7--12-12-12-12-12-12--2-2-2-2-2-2-
C#|-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7--12-12-12-12-12-12--2-2-2-2-2-2- x2
PM  . . . . . .  . . . . . .  .  .  .  .  .  .   . . . . . .

Should I abandon the plan. . .
D#|-------------------------------------------
Bb|-------------------------------------------
F#|-------------------------------------------
C#|-9-9-9-9---12-14---12--8-8-8-8---12-14--12-
G#|-9-9-9-9---12-14---12--8-8-8-8---12-14--12-
C#|-9-9-9-9---12-14---12--8-8-8-8---12-14--12-

D#|--------------------------------------------
Bb|--------------------------------------------
F#|--------------------------------------------
C#|-7-7-7-7---12-14---12--6-6-6-6---12-14-12-11
G#|-7-7-7-7---12-14---12--6-6-6-6---12-14-12-11
C#|-7-7-7-7---12-14---12--6-6-6-6---12-14-12-11

Or just wash up on the beach. . .
D#|-------------------------------------------
Bb|-------------------------------------------
F#|-------------------------------------------
C#|-9-9-9-9---12-14-16---8-8-8-8---12-14-16---
G#|-9-9-9-9---12-14-16---8-8-8-8---12-14-16---
C#|-9-9-9-9---12-14-16---8-8-8-8---12-14-16---


D#|--------------------------------------------
Bb|--------------------------------------------
F#|--------------------------------------------
C#|-7-7-7-7---12-14---12--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----
G#|-7-7-7-7---12-14---12--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----
C#|-7-7-7-7---12-14---12--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----

CHORUS 2
But my smile is fragile, my heart is held together, with string and sellotape
D#|----------------------------------------------------------
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------
F#|----------------------------------------------------------
C#|-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14--12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14-------
G#|-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14--12-12-12-12- 14-14-14-14-------
C#|-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14--12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14-------

D#|----------------------------------------------------------
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------
F#|----------------------------------------------------------
C#|-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------
G#|-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------
C#|-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------

BREAKDOWN
D#|----------------------------------------------------------
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------
F#|----------------------------------------------------------
C#|-4-4-4-4--2-2-2--0-2-2-2--2-2-2-4-5-4---------------------
G#|-4-4-4-4--2-2-2--0-2-2-2--2-2-2-4-5-4---------------------
C#|-4-4-4-4--2-2-2--0-2-2-2--2-2-2-4-5-4--------------------- x4

I don’t bleed, I don’t bruise, it’s always good news!. . .
D#|----------------------------------------------------------
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------
F#|----------------------------------------------------------
C#|-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-5-6-6------
G#|-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-5-6-6------
C#|-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-5-6-6------ x2

OUTRO (With string accompaniment!!)
I can’t looooooooooooooose, I can’t lose. . .
D#|----------------------------------------------------------
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------
F#|----------------------------------------------------------
C#|-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-5-6-6------
G#|-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-5-6-6------
C#|-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-5-6-6------
 
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
C#|-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-5-6-6--4-4-5-6-6--4-4-5-6-6--
G#|-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-5-6-6--4-4-5-6-6--4-4-5-6-6--
C#|-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-5-6-6--4-4-5-6-6--4-4-5-6-6--

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture skater-boy Rhythm Player	#1 by skater-boy at Mar 16, 1974 at 5:50 AM EST
	"Blackwater is a tiny, horrible place between Camberley and Yateley." (courtesy of www.wordsfromreuben.com)

No Picture Bobby Lead Player	#2 by Bobby Parker at May 21, 1981 at 9:18 PM EST
	What I get from this, is that whoever it's about feels so empty, and worthless, that he doesn't deserve to live in a nice house in a nice place. Hence he's 'moving to blackwater' "And it feels like both boats are sinking and I've got one foot in each." is about how he feels that no matter what he does, it's wrong." Good song, not as good as some of Reuben's other stuff, but sill quality stuff.