Waterlily chords by Karine Polwart

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
A minorAm FF A minorAm FF
C majorC FF C majorC FF

Verse:
C majorC         G+G      C majorC    FF
Caught between the air and the windless deep
  C majorC   FF   G+G  C majorC
You float like a lily flower
              G+G    C majorC    FF
And you look just like you fell to earth to sleep
        C majorC  FF    G+G   C majorC
And you're waiting for your waking hour

Chorus:
   FF    G+G      C majorC         FF
And I swear to god I saw an angel hand attend you
  C majorC             FF   G+G
But that was just the dancing of the light
  C majorC      G+G      A minorAm     FF
No mortal or immortal did deliver or defend you
         Dm7Dm7  G+G   C majorC
All hands have forsaken you tonight

Verse:
           G+G       C majorC       FF
Are you dreaming of a lover who will carry you away?
       C majorC    FF   G+G   C majorC
And keep you from the crying of the crowd?
         G+G        C majorC        FF
No cradle in the rushes, you are broken like the day
       C majorC  FF     G+G   C majorC
And darkness all around you like a shroud

Chorus:
   FF    G+G      C majorC         FF
And I swear to god I saw an angel hand attend you
  C majorC             FF   G+G
But that was just the dancing of the light
  C majorC      G+G      A minorAm     FF
No mortal or immortal did deliver or defend you
         Dm7Dm7  G+G   C majorC
All hands have forsaken you tonight

Verse:
           G+G        C majorC      FF
When they finally surrounded you, did any of them face you?
      C majorC     FF    G+G   C majorC
And did you curse the moon and stars above?
         G+G        C majorC        FF
Those cruel arms abandoned you for water to embrace you
          C majorC    FF  G+G  C majorC
Won't you lay your head, my waterlily love?

Chorus:
   FF    G+G      C majorC         FF
And I swear to god I saw an angel hand attend you
  C majorC             FF   G+G
But that was just the dancing of the light
  C majorC      G+G      A minorAm     FF
No mortal or immortal did deliver or defend you
         Dm7Dm7  G+G   C majorC
All hands have forsaken you tonight

Verse:
          G+G      C majorC    FF
Caught between the air and the windless deep
  C majorC   FF   G+G  C majorC
You float like a lily flower
              G+G    C majorC    FF
And you look just like you fell to earth to sleep
        C majorC  FF    G+G   C majorC
And you're waiting for your waking hour
          FF    G+G   A minorAm
And you're waiting for your waking hour