Watership Down
Written by Gerry Beckley, ©1976
A E/G# F#m7 E C G Bsus4 E/D ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ |||||| ||*|||2fr ******2fr |||*|| ||||*| |||||| ******2fr |||*|| ||***| |||||| |||||| |**||| ||*||| |*|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| *||*|| |*|||| |||||| |*|||| *||||* ||**|| |||||| ||||*| C#m7 A#m7-5 B Bm7 E9 Amaj7 Dmaj7 ------ --x--- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ******4fr |*|*|| ******2fr ******2fr |||*|| |||*|| |||||| ||||*| ||||*| |||||| ||||*| |*|||* ||*|*| |||*** ||*||| |||||| ||***| ||*||| |||||| |||||| |||||| F#m F#m/E D#m7-5 ------ ------ ------ ******2fr ||****2fr ||*||| |||||| |||||| |||*** |**||| |||||| |||||| A E/G# F#m7 E A C G Bsus4 (intro) E E/D Watership Down, gather around C#m7 There's a story to be told A#m7-5 It's for the young and for the old E You might hear them in the distance B If your ear's to the ground E E/D Whisper it loud, carry the sound C#m7 Of the footsteps alone A#m7-5 When they're heading for home E Through the raining of the dangers B And the grayness of the dawn Bm7 E9 Amaj7 I can feel there's better days Dmaj7 Well, they're comin', they're comin' Bm7 E9 F#m I can see them through the haze F#m/E D#m7-5 So can you A E/G# F#m7 E A C G Bsus4 E E/D Watership Down, gather around C#m7 There's a story to be told A#m7-5 It's for the young and for the old E You might hear them in the distance B If your ear's to the ground Bm7 E9 Amaj7 I can feel there's better days Dmaj7 Well, they're comin', they're comin' Bm7 E9 F#m I can see them through the haze F#m/E D#m7-5 So can you A E/G# F#m7 E A C G Bsus4 A E/G# F#m7 E A C G Bsus4 Oo, oo, oo E E/D Watership Down, gather around C#m7 There's a story to be told A#m7-5 It's for the young and for the old E You might hear them in the distance B If your ear's to the ground E E/D Whisper it loud, carry the sound C#m7 Of the footsteps alone A#m7-5 When they're heading for home E Through the raining of the dangers B And the grayness of the dawn Bm7 E9 Amaj7 I can feel there's better days Dmaj7 Well, they're comin', they're comin' Bm7 E9 F#m I can see them through the haze F#m/E D#m7-5 So can you A E/G# F#m7 A E/G# F#m7 A E/G# F#m7 E A E/G# F#m7 Oo E A E/G# F#m7 Oo, oo, (repeat and fade)
Some of the chords to this song were transcribed by Steve Lowry and may contain errors. If you are aware of corrections that need to be made, please e-mail them to Steve so that he can make the corrections. Thanks!