Maroondah Reservoir chords by Augie March

Maroondah Reservoir ? Augie March

From Sunset Studies (2000)

Tabbed by: Juck

Tuning: Standard

Timing: 4/4

Chords

  F#m11 E  A  D  F  D#m G  F#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#m11
To be,
  E
A bee, a moth.
F#m11                                     E
Four wings spread for the soft last touch
         A
Of glory sun,
                  E                  A
Remembering blood plums and lips and lemons ?
                      E
One hundred different suns
                       D
In a hundred different heavens.
F               A
Spied from a rowboat ?

Chorus

D#m     G         G#m
Stroke, nought is spoken,
  A        D#m          G        E
Before you know it, the spell is broken,
D                E
You might wonder where you are,
A        D#m    G    F#m11
Floating on the reservoir.

Verse 2

          E
Oh I have counted the notes
   F#m11
We landed here not many years ago
                        E               A
And it was not a pretty song that we composed:
                E
La, la, la, the early bird he knows,
                  A
You hang from the cherry bough
                   D             F
When you're lichen yourself, and leave ?

Chorus

    A         D#m      G         F#m
The cold cold scent of stone and mulch,
A     D#m           G          E
Great stone wall to stave the rush,
   D                      E
To think that peace might be too much,
A       D#m      C   B
Waiting for that giant

Interlude

   A5   D#5  G5  F5 F#5 G5 Ab5 A5 D#5  G5  F5 F# G5 Ab5
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------6-6-----------------------6-6-------------------|
D|-7-7--6-6--5-5--3-4-5-6-7-7-----6-6--5-5--3-4-5-6-----|
A|-7-7--4-4--5-5--3-4-5-6-7-7-----4-4--5-5--3-4-5-6-----|
E|-5-5-------3-3--1-2-3-4-5-5----------3-3--1-2-3-4-----|
 touch.

  D               Dm               A5   D#5  G5   E
e|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------|
B|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------6-6-------1-----|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-5--6-6--5-5--2-----|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7--4-4--5-5--2-----|
E|----------------------------------5-5-------3-3--0-----|

Verse 3

    F#m11       E
The lake... the fir-fringed lake ?
F#m11
Placid and ample, birded, breezed and dappled
            E
Through the mountain break,
                     A
Through the mountain break,
     E               A        D    F
A moment take, a moment, a moment...

Bridge

A
You might wonder where you are,
D#m
Perched up on the reservoir,
G
Adolf in the white hotel,
A
All this time we've been in hell,
A         D#m    G         F#m
You might wonder where you are,
A        D#m      G    F#m
Perched above the reservoir,
D           E
Luis of the lake retire,

Outro

  A         D#m     D       A
Before they set the lake on fire
  A         E       D       A
Before they set the lake on fire
  A         E       C    B  F#m11
Before they set the lake on fire

F#m  E (repeat to fade)



The End