Chords with lyrics
Maroondah Reservoir ?" Augie March
From Sunset Studies (2000)
Tabbed by: Juck
Tuning: Standard
Timing: 4/4
Chords
F#m11F#m11 E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD FF D#mD#m G+G F# minorF#m
|-0?"----0?"-0-?"2?"-1--4?"--3?"-2--|
|-0?"----0?"-2-?"3--1--5?"--3?"-2--|
|-1?"----1?"-2-?"2?"-2--6?"--4--3--|
|-2?"----2?"-2-?"0?"-3--6?"--5--4--|
|-0?"----2?"-0-?"-?"-3?"-4?"--5--4--|
|-2?"----0?"---?"-?"-1---?"--3--2--|
Verse 1
F#m11F#m11
To be,
E MajorE
A augmentedA bee, a moth.
F#m11F#m11 E MajorE
Four wings spread for the soft last touch
A augmentedA
Of glory sun,
E MajorE A augmentedA
Remembering blood plums and lips and lemons ?"
E MajorE
One hundred different suns
D MajorD
In a hundred different heavens.
FF A augmentedA
Spied from a rowboat ?"
Chorus
D#mD#m G+G G# minorG#m
Stroke, nought is spoken,
A augmentedA D#mD#m G+G E MajorE
Before you know it, the spell is broken,
D MajorD E MajorE
You might wonder where you are,
A augmentedA D#mD#m G+G F#m11F#m11
Floating on the reservoir.
Verse 2
E MajorE
Oh I have counted the notes
F#m11F#m11
We landed here not many years ago
E MajorE A augmentedA
And it was not a pretty song that we composed:
E MajorE
La, la, la, the early bird he knows,
A augmentedA
You hang from the cherry bough
D MajorD FF
When you're lichen yourself, and leave ?"
Chorus
A augmentedA D#mD#m G+G F# minorF#m
The cold cold scent of stone and mulch,
A augmentedA D#mD#m G+G E MajorE
Great stone wall to stave the rush,
D MajorD E MajorE
To think that peace might be too much,
A augmentedA D#mD#m C majorC BB
Waiting for that giant
Interlude
A5A5 D#5D#5 G5G5 F5F5 F#5F#5 G5G5 Ab5Ab5 A5A5 D#5D#5 G5G5 F5F5 F#F# G5G5 Ab5Ab5
e|------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------6-6-----------------------6-6-------------------|
D MajorD|-7-7--6-6--5-5--3-4-5-6-7-7-----6-6--5-5--3-4-5-6-----|
A augmentedA|-7-7--4-4--5-5--3-4-5-6-7-7-----4-4--5-5--3-4-5-6-----|
E MajorE|-5-5-------3-3--1-2-3-4-5-5----------3-3--1-2-3-4-----|
touch.
D MajorD DmDm A5A5 D#5D#5 G5G5 E MajorE
e|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------|
BB|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------------|
G+G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------6-6-------1-----|
D MajorD|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-5--6-6--5-5--2-----|
A augmentedA|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7--4-4--5-5--2-----|
E MajorE|----------------------------------5-5-------3-3--0-----|
Verse 3
F#m11F#m11 E MajorE
The lake... the fir-fringed lake ?"
F#m11F#m11
Placid and ample, birded, breezed and dappled
E MajorE
Through the mountain break,
A augmentedA
Through the mountain break,
E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD FF
A augmentedA moment take, a moment, a moment...
Bridge
A augmentedA
You might wonder where you are,
D#mD#m
Perched up on the reservoir,
G+G
Adolf in the white hotel,
A augmentedA
All this time we've been in hell,
A augmentedA D#mD#m G+G F# minorF#m
You might wonder where you are,
A augmentedA D#mD#m G+G F# minorF#m
Perched above the reservoir,
D MajorD E MajorE
Luis of the lake retire,
Outro
A augmentedA D#mD#m D MajorD A augmentedA
Before they set the lake on fire
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA
Before they set the lake on fire
A augmentedA E MajorE C majorC BB F#m11F#m11
Before they set the lake on fire
F# minorF#m E MajorE (repeat to fade)
The End