Maroondah Reservoir chords by Augie March

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