Maroondah Reservoir

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E|-0-----0--0--2--1--4---3--2--| 
B|-0-----0--2--3--1--5---3--2--| 
G|-1-----1--2--2--2--6---4--3--| 
D|-2-----2--2--0--3--6---5--4--| 
A|-0-----2--0-----3--4---5--4--| 
E|-2-----0--------1------3--2--| 


Verse 1

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To be,
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A bee, a moth.
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Four wings spread for the soft 
        E
last touch
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Of glory sun,
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Remembering blood plums and lips 
  A
and lemons –
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One hundred different suns
                       D
In a hundred different heavens.
F               A
Spied from a rowboat –

Chorus

D#m     G         G#m
Stroke, nought is spoken,
  A        D#m          G        
Before you know it, the spell is 
E
broken,
D                E
You might wonder where you are,
A        D#m    G    F#m11
Floating on the reservoir.

Verse 2

Continues after the ad
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Oh I have counted the notes
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We landed here not many years ago
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And it was not a pretty song that 
     A
we composed:
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La, la, la, the early bird he knows,
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You hang from the cherry bough
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When you're lichen yourself, and 
 F
leave –

Chorus

    A         D#m      G         
The cold cold scent of stone and 
F#m
mulch,
A     D#m           G          E
Great stone wall to stave the rush,
   D                      E
To think that peace might be too 
much,
A       D#m      C   B
Waiting for that giant

Interlude

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E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|------6-6-----------------------
D|-7-7--6-6--5-5--3-4-5-6-7-7-----
A|-7-7--4-4--5-5--3-4-5-6-7-7-----
E|-5-5-------3-3--1-2-3-4-5-5-----
  D#5 G5  F5 F# G5 Ab5   
E|----------------------| 
B|----------------------| 
G|6-6-------------------| 
D|6-6--5-5--3-4-5-6-----| 
A|4-4--5-5--3-4-5-6-----| 
E|-----3-3--1-2-3-4-----| 

 touch.

  D               Dm              
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
B|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
E|-------------------------------
   A5   D#5  G5   E   
E|5-----------------------| 
B|6-----------------------| 
G|7-------6-6-------1-----| 
D|7--7-5--6-6--5-5--2-----| 
A|5--7-7--4-4--5-5--2-----| 
E|---5-5-------3-3--0-----| 

Verse 3

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The lake... the fir-fringed lake –
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Placid and ample, birded, breezed 
and dappled
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Through the mountain break,
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Through the mountain break,
     E               A        D    F
A moment take, a moment, a moment...

Bridge

A
You might wonder where you are,
D#m
Perched up on the reservoir,
G
Adolf in the white hotel,
A
All this time we've been in hell,
A         D#m    G         F#m
You might wonder where you are,
A        D#m      G    F#m
Perched above the reservoir,
D           E
Luis of the lake retire,

Outro

  A         D#m     D       A
Before they set the lake on fire
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Before they set the lake on fire
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Before they set the lake on fire