#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# WATER ON THE GROUND Eric Clapton from the album "Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies" 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 Water on the ground ------------------------------------------------------ comments, corrections: s_garner@hotmail.com