Water on the Ground

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WATER ON THE GROUND

Eric Clapton

from the album "Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies" (1996)

transcribed by Steve Garner (s_garner@hotmail.com)

This song has only 2 main picking patterns. Listen to

the album to hear when you should play each one. The

first one is played throughout the majority of the song,

and the second one comes in around the third line of each

verse, or what you could call the "chorus". Play it once,

then go back to repeating the first one.

Pattern #1:

|------------------------------------------------------|
|--------4------------4------------4------------4------|
|--------4------------4------------4------------4------|
|-----4------------4------------4------------4---------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|?-2---------2--0---------0--2---------2--0---------0--|

Pattern #2:

|--------0--------0--0---------------------------------|
|-----0--0--------0--0-------------2-----------2-------|
|-----1--1--1-----1--1-------------3-----------3-------|
|-----2--2--------2--2----------4-----4-----4-----4----|
|--------------2---------------------------------------|
|?-0----------------------0--2-----------2-------------|

LYRICS:

Water on the ground, cloud on the sun

Moon on the rise, and the wind on the run

Cause you know it's only water

Water on the ground

Snow is falling, weather is cold

Maybe I'm just getting old

And I think it's only water

Water on the ground

Back to the rivers, back to the sea

Keeps on running, just like me

But you know it's only water