[Intro]EBF#Ex6[Verse 1]EB
Hey, where you goin’ now?
F#
Are you goin’ home?
E
Where is that at, baby?
EB
I, I been thinkin’
F#
I been drinkin’
E
I been dyin’ and craving some
[Chorus]BF#E
Cool water
F#EBE
Cool water
BF#E
Just like Hank sang
F#EBE
Hank sang
[Interlude]EBF#Ex2[Verse 2]EB
Wait, wait your turn
F#E
And do ya got something to burn?
EB
‘Cause now, now is the time
F#E
To smoke ’em if you got ’em
EB
But when, when you’re done
F#
Bite your tongue and put
E
out the cherry with some
[Chorus]BF#E
Cool water
F#EBE
Cool water
BF#E
Just like Hank sang
F#EBE
Hank sang
EBF#E
But a son of a pioneer wrote
EBF#Ex3
Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.
[Verse 3]EB
Hey, where you going now?
F#
Are you goin’ home?
E
Where is that at, baby?
EB
‘Cause I, I been thinkin’
F#
And I been drinkin’
E
For a while
EB
But when you’re done
F#E
bite your tongue and
EB
‘Cause now I could use some,
F#E
we all could use some
[Chorus]BF#E
Cool water
F#EBE
Cool water
BF#E
Just like Hank sang
F#EBE
Hank sang
EBF#EE
But a one Marty Robbins slayed
BF#E
with the brothers Glaser
[Outro]EBF#Ex3E
How to play Cool Water: key, chords and progression
These are the chords for Cool Water by Kurt Vile on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard
To play Cool Water by Kurt Vile, think in B major (five sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯). It takes 3 chords: E, B and F#.
The backbone of the song is E – B – F# – E (IV – I – V – IV in B major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – fah. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.
Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes D, A, E (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 33% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.