Spirit On The Water

Bob Dylan

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Key:
(intro) G C D G C D# G Em C D G Em C
D G C D G 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 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 Sometimes I wonder why you can't treat me right,
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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 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.
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D G C D G 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 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.
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D7 G C D G 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 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.
( G C D G C D# G )
Song details

Composition: Bob Dylan

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