Down the waterline (midi)   (sample)

 

    Am-F-Am ~  F-Am-F-Am        

 

1.                         

        Em       G         - D                                - Am

    Sweet surrender         on the quay side,

Em            G        - D                               Am

    you remember     we used to run and hide.

                 \                                Em

    In the shadows of cargoes, I take you on time,

       G                                      D      - - - - - - - Am

    counting all the numbers, down to the waterline.

 

   Em             G                    D                          - Am

2.       Near misses on the dogleap stairways,

Em              G                  D                              - Am

      French kisses in the darkened doorways.

      \                               Em

    Foghorn blowing out wild and cold,

          G                            D     - - - - - - - - - - -    - Am    F-Am-F-G-Am

    a policeman shines a light upon my shoulder.      

 

    Em                 G          D                  Am

3. Up comes a coaster, fast and silent in the night,

     Em           G          D                            Am

    over my shoulder, all you can see are pilot lights.

             \                                     Em

    No money in our jackets and jeans are torn,

              G                                    D    - - - - - -     - Am

    your hands are cold, but your lips are warm.

 

    Instr. : F-Am-F-G-Am    F-Am-F-G-Am    F-Am-F-G

 

                   Am                 Em                     G         D     - Am

4. She can see you in the jetty where you used to go,

                    \                     Em                       G        D      - Am

    she can see you in the places where the sailors go.

                         \                                            Em

   When she's walking down the river on the railway line,

                   G                                  D     - - - - - - - - - -   Am

    she can still hear you whisper : Lets go down to the water line.

                       F-Am-F-G-Am  F-G-Am

    Come on ! 

                              

capo 2nd)                     (Dire Straits)