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Spirit On The Water Chords by Bob Dylan

Spirit On The Water chords by Bob Dylan

Guitar chords with lyrics

I hear it's played in A with a capo on the first fret. You can play it this way if
you just transpose a step down, but if you are ambitious you might like this tab,
I created it for the piano. Enjoy!

 Bb   F   Bb   E  Eb    Bb   Eb  E  Bb  .  .   .  |  Eb   .   F#  .  |
  Bb  .  Gm7 . |  Cm7 .   F  . |  Bb  .  Gm7 .  |  Cm7 .
  F              Bb     F    Bb    F
 Spirit on the water
  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb
 Darkness on the face of the deep
  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7
 I keep thinking 'bout you, baby,
  Cm            F       Bb    .    Gm7  .  Cm7
  And I can't hardly sleep.
 .    F         .     Bb
 I'm travelling by land
  Eb                                   Bb
 Travelling through the dawn of the day
  Eb               F#      Bb      Gm7
 You're always on my mind
  Cm7      F      Bb     Eb     Ebm   Bb
 I can't stay away
  G
 I'd forgotten 'bout you
  Cm
 Then you turned up again
  D7       Gm
 I always knew
  C9                             F7sus4/B      F7
 We were meant to be more than friends
              Bb
 When you're near,
       Eb                        Bb
 It's just as plain as it can be
  Eb    F#           Bb       Gm7
 I'm wild about you, gal
      Cm7            F           Bb     Gm7   Cm7  F
 You ought to be a fool about me
  F              Bb     F    Bb    F
 Can't explain
  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb
 The sources of this hidden pain
  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7
 You burned your way into my heart
  Cm            F       Bb    .    Gm7  .  Cm7
 You got the key to my brain
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  F              Bb     F    Bb    F
 I've been trampling through mud
  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb
 praying to the powers above
  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7
 I'm sweating blood
  Cm7      F      Bb     Eb     Ebm   Bb
 You got a face that begs for love

  G
 Life without you
    Cm
 Doesn't mean a thing to me
  D7      Gm
 If I can't have you
  C9                             F7sus4/B      F7
  I'll throw my love into the deep blue sea

  F              Bb     F    Bb    F
 Sometimes I wonder
  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb
 Why you can't treat me right
  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7
 You do good all day
 And then you do wrong all night
  F              Bb     F    Bb    F
 When you're with me
  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb
 I'm a thousand times happier than I could ever say
  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7
 What does it matter
  Cm            F       Bb    .    Gm7  .  Cm7
 What price I pay?

  F              Bb     F    Bb    F
 they brag about your sugar
  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb
 Brag about it all over town
  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7
 Put some sugar in my bowl
  Cm7      F      Bb     Eb     Ebm   Bb
 I feel like layin' down

  G
  I'm as pale as a ghost
  Cm
 Holding a blossom on a stem
  D7      Gm
 You ever seen a ghost?
  C9                             F7sus4/B      F7
 No, but you have heard of them

  F              Bb     F    Bb    F
 I see you there
  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb
 I'm blinded by the colors I see
  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7
 I take good care
  Cm            F       Bb    .    Gm7  .  Cm7
 of what belongs to me
  Bb   F   Bb   E  Eb    Bb   Eb  E  Bb  .  .   .  |  Eb /C#   Cm7   F  |

  F              Bb     F    Bb    F
 I hear your name
  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb
 ringing up and down the line
  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7
 I'm saying it plain:
  Cm            F       Bb    .    Gm7  .  Cm7
 These ties are strong enough to bind

  F              Bb     F    Bb    F
 Your sweet voice
  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb
 calls out from some old familiar shrine
  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7
 I got no choice,
  Cm            F       Bb    .    Gm7  .  Cm7
 can't believe these things would ever fade from your mind

        G
   I could live forever
     Cm
  with you perfectly
   D7       Gm
  You don't ever
  C9                             F7sus4/B      F7
  have to make a fuss over me

  F              Bb     F    Bb    F
 From east to west
  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb
 ever since the world began
  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7
 I only mean it for the best
  Cm            F       Bb    .    Gm7  .  Cm7
 I won't be with you any way I can
  Bb   F   Bb   E  Eb    Bb   Eb  E  Bb  .  .   .  |  Eb /C#   Cm7   F  |
  F              Bb     F    Bb    F
 I've been in a brawl
  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb
 Now I'm feeling the wall
  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7
 I'm going away, baby
  Cm            F       Bb    .    Gm7  .  Cm7
 I won't be back till fall

  F              Bb     F    Bb    F
 High on the hill
  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb
 you can carry all my thoughts with you
  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7
 You know my will
  Cm7      F      Bb     Eb     Ebm   Bb
 This love could tear me in two

  G
   I won't be with you in paradise
  Cm
   and it seems so unfair
  D7          Gm
  I can't go to paradise no more,
  C9                             F7sus4/B      F7
  I killed a man back there

  F              Bb     F    Bb    F
 You think I'm over the hill
  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb
 Think I'm past my prime
  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7
 Let me see what you got
  Cm            F       Bb    .    Gm7  .  Cm7
 We can have a whoppin' good time
 Final guitar solo:

    G                                                    Cm
   :     .     .      .       :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .
|--------------------3--h4-|-3---4-232---3-----------|-------------------------|
|-----------3-6------------|-----------6-----6-----4-|-------4---3-4---------3-|
|-------4------------------|-------------------------|-------------------5-----|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
                               D7                        Gm
   :     .     .      .       :     .     .     .       :     .     .     .
|-3------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-323----------------------|-----------------3-4---3-|-----------------2-3--/5-|
|--------------------------|-----------2-5-----------|-------3-----------------|
|--------------------------|-------4-----------------|-----------5-------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
    C9                          F7                         Bb
   :     .     .      .       :     .     .     .       :
 |--------------------------|-------------------------|------|
 |------------------3-5---6-|----------6-7------------|------|
 |--------------------------|-----------------7-------|------|
 |--------------------------|-------------------7-----|------|
 |--------------------------|-----------------------9-|-8----|
 |--------------------------|-------------------------|------|
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