Spirit on the water    (intro)    (sample)

 

    G - C - D   - G - C - D#   - G - Em - C - D   G - Em - C

 

        D               G        C                       D                 G

1. Spirit on the water, darkness on the face of the deep,

C              D#                 G          - Em        Am                  D - G - Em - Am

    I keep thinking 'bout you, baby,     and I can't hardly sleep.

            D                G       C                                D                 G

    I'm travelling by land, travelling through the dawn of the day,

C                        D#         G   - Em - Am             - D             G    - C - G

    you're always on my mind,                 I  can't       stay away.

 

     E                                  Am

    I'd forgotten 'bout you, then you turned up again,

B7                       - Em  A                                                   D      

    I always knew          we were meant to be more than friends.

 

     D7                        G          C                     D        G

2.       When you're near, it's just as plain as it can be,

C         D#             G         - Em        Am                  D             G   - Em - Am

    I'm wild about you, gal,         you ought to be a fool about me.

D7               G            C                    D          G

    Can't explain the sources of this hidden pain,

             C                       - D#               G        - Em 

    you burned your way         into my heart,

    Am               D               G       - Em - Am

    you got the key to my brain.

                     D7                          G     C                   D            G

    I've been trampling through mud praying to the powers above

C            D#         G     - Em                  Am           D          G     - C - G

    I'm sweating blood,           you got a face that begs for love.

 

E                             Am

    Life without you doesn't mean a thing to me,

B7                      Em                       A                                   D         

    if I can't have you, I'll throw my love into the deep blue sea.

 

      D7                 G          C                    D          G

3. Sometimes I wonder why you can't treat me right,

C              D#          G  - Em        Am                 D           G       - Em - Am

    you do good all day,        and then you do wrong all night.

 

 

 

 

 

         D7                   G               

    When you're with me,

                 C                                  D                        G

    I'm a thousand times happier than I could ever say,

C    D#                G       - Em - Am            D       G      - Em - Am

    what does it matter,                  what price I pay ?

               D7                     G          C                D          G

    They brag about your sugar, brag about it all over town

C                  D#               G     - Em   Am         D       G      - C - G

    put some sugar in my bowl,         I feel like layin' down.

 

                E                                      Am

    I'm as pale as a ghost holding a blossom on a stem.

B7                             Em             - A                                        D          

    You ever seen a ghost? No?        but you have heard of them.

 

    D7               G            C                    D          G

4.  I see you there, I'm blinded by the colors I see,

C    D#             G     - Em       Am      D           G     - Em - Am - D

    I take good care           of what belongs to me.

 

+ G - C - D     - G - C

                                                 

    D                 G       C                      D            G

5. I hear your name ringing up and down the line,

C        D#            G    - Em           Am                       D           G   - Em - Am

    I'm saying it plain,          these ties are strong enough to bind.

      D7             G                       C                        D        G

    Your sweet voice calls out from some old familiar shrine,

C     D#           G        - Em

    I have no choice,

                           Am                                 D                      G     - C - G

    can't believe these things would ever fade from your mind.

 

E                                Am

    I could live forever with you perfectly,

B7                Em    A                                     D            

    you don't ever have to make a fuss over me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      D7                 G     C                       D         G

6. From east to west, ever since the world began,

C                        D#        G     - Em

    I only mean it for the best,

       Am                        D             G      - Em  - Am - D

    I won't be with you any way I can.

 

+ G - C - D     - G - C

 

            D7             G       - C                 D              G

7. I've been in a brawl,         now I'm feeling the wall,

C        D#                G     - Em    Am          D         G    - Em - Am

    I'm going away, baby,         I won't be back till fall.

      D                G                  C                  D                 G

    High on the hill, you can carry all my thoughts with you,

C            D#        G   - Em        Am              D              G   - C - G

    you know my will,          this love could tear me in two.

 

                      E                              - Am

    I won't be with you in paradise,           and it seems so unfair,

       B7            Em                         - A                                    D             

    I can't go to paradise no more,        I killed a man back there.

 

                           D7         G     C            D          G

8. You think I'm over the hill, think I'm past my prime,

    C        D#                 G    - Em

   let me see what you got,          

    Am                       D                  G       - Em - Am - D

    we can have a whoppin' good time.

 

+ repeat complete verse 7

 

+    G - C - D   - G - C - D#   - G

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Bob Dylan)