STANDELLS - "dirty water" Tablature

The Standells were from L.A., not Boston - but producer/writer/former
Four Prep Ed Cobb reputedly wrote this song about dorm curfews at Boston
University. --AWR


"Dirty Water"
(Ed Cobb)

Intro [6X; tambourine and bass enter 2nd time, drums 3rd, organ 4th]:

[E] [A/E] [E7no3][A/E]
v v v v v v v v
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(spoken:)

I'm gonna tell you a ....

Verse 1:

E [as above]
Yeah, down by the river....

[A] [D/A] [A7no3][D/A]
v v v v v v v v
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/12--12----------|-----------------
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A [as above]
That's where ....
E
Along with lovers, fuggers, and ....
B
Well I love that .....
(B) Bb A [N.C.] E
Oh, Boston, you're my .....

Verse 2:

Frustrated women (I mean they're .....

Instrumental (as per verse chords; harmonica [A] solo first four bars):

Because I love that dir....

Coda (repeat to fade over intro riff):

Well, I love that dirty ....


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers