I'm going to show you the chords and some tab for a guitar intro - you can take it from there. There are all kinds of moving bass notes in this song - I've captured a few of them so that this piece can be played on one guitar and sound something like the song was intended to be. Also, I couldn't finger-out the last few chords at the end - the pedal steel going up and down - beyond me. If you figure it out, lemme know! Be sure to visit my tab page in order to understand how I write tablature on the web.

By the way, I interpreted these chords from listening to the CD - I did not use any other written music as an aid in writing the tab presented on this page. If you think that I have made a mistake, please let me know about it by dropping me a quick note.

Click here if you want only the lyrics.

THE CHORDS:

F  gag  C    F  F/G  C

F  gag  C    F  F/G  C
  
(KEYBOARDS INTRO)


F                    C          
 where the snow melts and the shadows bend


F                C
 weeping willows dance 


F                  C   
 and the sea swells at the river's end


F               C
 calling in the trance



 
F                 C 
 and our eyes meet while the watermill


G
turns the stubborn stream


Am7                D 
 and my life breaks on the waterwheel


Am7     D      C  D
 into a dream


ef  F  gag  C    F  F/G  C

 
F                    C 
 when the light fades and the wind is still


F                   C
 hear the cricket's rhyme


F                C
 and the cascades of the river spill


F               C
 falling out of time



F                 C
 and our eyes meet while the watermill


G
turns the stubborn stream


Am7                D
 and my life breaks on the waterwheel


Am7     D      C  D
 into a dream


ab C  D  C  D

   C  D  C  D      C  D
 
(PEDAL STEEL STUFF)


ef F  gag  C    F  F/G  C

   F  gag  C    F  F/G  C
 
(HARP SOLO)


F                  C 
 so the earth turns like a paddlewheel


F                C
 secret still in spin


F                 C
 and the sun burns on a golden field


F                    C
 where you've always been


 
F                 C 
 and our eyes meet while the watermill


G
turns the stubborn stream


Am7                D
 and my life breaks on the waterwheel


Am7     D      C  D  (slide chord up neck)
 into a dream



G   F   C

G   F   C

G   F   C

F   C   G

G   F   C

F   C   ... G   D   ?/D    ?/D

(SAX SOLO)

THE CHORDS:

F

1 -|| ---1---------------------------1
2 -|| ---1---------------------------1
3 -|| ---------2---------------------2
4 -|| -------------4-----------------3
5 -|| -------------3-----------------3
6 -|| ---1---------------------------1

C

1 -|| ---0----------------------------0
2 -|| ---1----------------------------1
3 -|| ---0----------------------------0
4 -|| ----------2---------------------2
5 -|| ------------------3-------------3
6 -|| ---------------------------------

F/G

1 -|| ---1---------------------------1
2 -|| ---1---------------------------1
3 -|| ---------2---------------------2
4 -|| -------------4-----------------3
5 -|| ---x---------------------------x
6 -|| -------------3-----------------3

G

1 -|| ------------------4-------------3
2 -|| -----0--------------------------0
3 -|| -----0--------------------------0
4 -|| -----0--------------------------0
5 -|| ------------2-------------------2
6 -|| ------------------3-------------3

Am7

1 -|| ----0---------------------------0
2 -|| -------1------------------------1
3 -|| ----0---------------------------0
4 -|| -------------2------------------2
5 -|| ---0----------------------------0
6 -|| --------------------------------

D

1 -|| ------------3--------------------2
2 -|| -------------------2-------------3
3 -|| -----------1---------------------2
4 -|| -----0---------------------------0
5 -|| ----------------------------------
6 -|| ----------------------------------

INTRO:

 F  gag  C    F  F/G  C

The 'gag' represents 3 single notes (string/fret): 4/0, 4/2, 4/0. These notes should be "hammered," i.e., pluck string once.

DURING SONG:

ef  F  gag  C    F  F/G  C

Just like the intro with two beginning extra single notes 'ef' which are played (string/fret) 6/0, 6/1.

ab C  D  C  D.......

The pedal steel solo is made up of C and D chords. The 'ab' single notes are played (string/fret) 5/0, 5/2.

During this part:

Am7                D
 and my life breaks on the waterwheel

Am7     D      C  D
 into a dream

try these chords:

     Am7             Am7    D       Dsus4  D  D     Am7    Am7  D   C   D 
1 -|| -0---------------------3--------2------------3-----2-------------0---------3----2----0----2------
2 -|| -1---------------------1--------3------------3-----3----3--------1---------1----3----1----3------
3 -|| -0---------------------0--------2------------2-----2----2--------0---------0----2----0----2------
4 -|| -2---------------------2--------0------------0-----0----0--------2---------2----0----2----0------
5 -|| -0---------------------0-----------------------------------------0---------0---------3-----------
6 -|| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         and my life breaks   on the waterwheel       into a  dream