I am pretty sure all these chords are right. Holmes doesn’t have his middle finger down on the D chord during the verse which gives the song a unique sound. All the verses and choruses follow the first except for the part where it goes “why the hell would I want marijuana” which changes slightly. I think I have changed it correctly. There are many ways of playing the solo (different parts of the guitar, but same notes) but this is how I do it.

-MJ

Over The Wateree by the Floating Men

D

No, I really couldn’t stay

Bm F#

What with all of these meetings to make

G A

I keep waking up naked, clawed up, and

D A

sore in a goddess’s bed every day

D

I’ll take part of the blame

Bm F#

If I seem a little lost in a daze

G A

Every time I think I got my feet on the

D

ground I look down

A

and the ground moves away

Bm

It goes shaking away

A G

I look down and the ground moves away

Bm D

Why the hell would I want any money?

Bm D

With all these acres of anger to farm,

Bm D

A quiet understanding with manhood, and

Em A

a fist full of feathers and yarn?

Em F# G
I’m wading over the Wateree

Em F# G

To lay me down in the shade of the trees

A D (right after “trees”)

In the shade of the trees

I’ve been speaking in tongues
With the breath of gods in my lungs
I’ve been channeling Ponce de Leon
Swallowing sunlight, and coming undone

I remember how tenderness tastes
I can still see the smile on her face
When she spotted me drunk on the trunk
of the car in Kentucky on the day of the race
Laughing "My, what a waste!"
Howling "My, what a pitiful waste!"

Why the hell would I want any whiskey?                            (non-sequitur alert)
When I done shot out the lights on the street
With a kerosene lantern in one hand and
The mysteries of manhood clamped in my teeth

I’m wading over the Wateree
To lay me down in the shade of the trees
In the shade of the trees

The solo is this played twice:

1/7 1/7 1/7 1/5 2/7 2/7 2/7 2/7 3/9 3/7 4/9 4/7 2/7 2/7 3/9 3/7 3/7

D D Bm A D
the second time the chords change

D D Bm A G

The rest is the same as above except the last bridge.

In the dark at the top of the stairs
We were way to wasted to care
Our naiveté beaded like sweat on the
walls, hell, it hung like honey in the air

But, hey, what’s a memory or two
In the cycle of planets and moons?
If I came here to claim the lifeless remains
of my wildest dreams, I should know what to do
I ought to know what to do
I should know what to do
I should know what to do

Bm F#
Why the hell would I want marijuana?

G A

With all these mountains of madness to move?

Bm

When the Martian marauders come

F# G

marching they’ll march with our manhood

A

stuck to their shoes

I’m wading over the Wateree
To lay me down in the shade of the trees
In the shade of the tallest trees
In the shade of the trees