Rock Me On The Water chords by Jackson Browne

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
G+G    D/F#D/F# E minorEm
Oh people,  look around you
C majorC       G+G
The signs are everywhere
    C majorC      G+G    FF     C majorC
You've left it for somebody other than you
  D MajorD       E minorEm
To be the one to care
    G+G      D/F#D/F# E minorEm
You're lost inside your houses
      C majorC      C9C9  A augmentedA G/BG/B A/C#A/C#
There's no time to find you now
   G/DG/D            D MajorD
Your walls are burning and your towers are turning
       E minorEm            C majorC            G+G   C/DC/D G/DG/D C/DC/D D MajorD
I'm going to leave you here and try to get down to the sea somehow

Verse 2:
  G+G       D/F#D/F# E minorEm
The road is filled with homeless souls
   C majorC          D/F#D/F# G+G
Every woman, child and man
  C majorC    G+G  FF        C majorC
Who have no idea where they will go
      D MajorD        E minorEm
But they'll help you if they can
  G+G       E minorEm
Now everyone must have some thought
        C majorC           A augmentedA G/BG/B A/C#A/C#
That's going to pull them through somehow
     G/DG/D       D MajorD
Well the fires are raging hotter and hotter
    E minorEm               C majorC               G+G
But the sisters of the sun are going to rock me on the water now

Chorus 1:
D MajorD       C majorC
Rock me on the water
    D MajorD    G+G     D MajorD    C majorC   D MajorD
Sister will you soothe my fevered brow
G+G    D/F#D/F#  E minorEm  D MajorD
Rock me on the water
   A augmentedA       G/BG/B A/C#A/C# C majorC
I'll get down to the sea somehow

Piano Interlude:
G+G   D/F#D/F# E minorEm G/DG/D
C majorC  G+G  A augmentedA G/BG/B A/C#A/C#
G/DG/D   D MajorD
E minorEm   C majorC

Verse 3:
G+G     D/F#D/F# E minorEm
Oh people,   look among you
   C majorC          G+G
It's there your hope must lie
     C majorC     G+G
There's a sea bird above you
FF       C majorC     D MajorD       E minorEm
Gliding in one place like Jesus in the sky
  G+G        E minorEm
We all must do the best we can
       C majorC         A augmentedA G/BG/B A/C#A/C#
And then hang on to that Gospel plow
    G/DG/D            D MajorD
When my life is over, I'm going to stand before the Father
    E minorEm               C majorC              G+G
But the sisters of the sun are going to rock me on the water now

Chorus 2:
D MajorD       C majorC
Rock me on the water
    D MajorD    G+G     D MajorD    C majorC  D MajorD
Sister will you soothe my fevered brow
G+G     D/F#D/F# E minorEm  D MajorD  A augmentedA      G/BG/B  A/C#A/C#
Rock me on the water, maybe I'll remember
C majorC          G+G
Maybe I'll remember how
D MajorD       C majorC   D MajorD
Rock me on the water
  G+G    D MajorD    C majorC  D MajorD
The wind is with me now
  G+G    D/F#D/F#  E minorEm  D MajorD
So rock me on the water
   A augmentedA        G/BG/B A/C#A/C# C majorC      G+G
I'll get down to the sea somehow (hoo hoo hoo)

Outro Chorus:
F/B      C majorC   C/DC/D   G+G
Rock me on the water (hoo hoo hoo)
F/B      C majorC   C/DC/D   G+G
Rock me on the water (hoo hoo hoo)
F/B      C majorC   C/DC/D   G+G
Rock me on the water (hoo hoo hoo)
F/B      C majorC   C/DC/D   G+G
Rock me on the water (hoo hoo hoo)

Outro Piano:
         (bare octaves)
G+G  G7/B  C7C7  E MajorE FF F#F# F#
G+G  G7/B  C7C7  E MajorE FF F#F# F#
G+G  G7/B  C7C7  E MajorE FF F#F# F#

G+G  G7/B  C7C7  C7C7
G+G  G7/B  C7C7  C7C7
G+G  G7/B  C7C7  C7C7

Repeat and fade

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