Dirty Water Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays486

Dirty Water by The Jesus And Mary Chain is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
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Intro: E A (x2) 

      E            A     
It's off then it's on 
      E            A 
It's on then it's gone 
      E              A 
It's high and it's steep 
      E              A 
It's wide and it's deep 

E                       A 
Fuck with me, and I'll fuck with you 
E                        A 
Isn't that what we're supposed to do 
E                        A 
Kick me down and I will kick you too 
E                        A 
Isn't that what we're supposed to do 

E                           A 
I've been swimming in the dirty water 
E                             A 
I've been swimming where the fish won't go 
E                          A 
I've been swimming in the dirty water 
E                              A 
I've been swimming where the fish won't go 

     E              A 
It's off then it's on 
     E              A 
It's on then it's gone 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante