Spirit On The Water

Bob Dylan

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Spirit on the water

Darkness on the face of the deep

I keep thinking 'bout you, baby,

And I can't hardly sleep.

I'm travelling by land

Travelling through the dawn of the day

You're always on my mind

I can't stay away

I'd forgotten 'bout you

Then you turned up again

I always knew

We were meant to be more than friends

When you're near,

It's just as plain as it can be

I'm wild about you, gal

You ought to be a fool about me

Can't explain

The sources of this hidden pain

You burned your way into my heart

You got the key to my brain

I've been trampling through mud

praying to the powers above

I'm sweating blood

You got a face that begs for love

Life without you

Doesn't mean a thing to me

If I can't have you

I'll throw my love into the deep blue sea

Sometimes I wonder

Why you can't treat me right

You do good all day

And then you do wrong all night

When you're with me

I'm a thousand times happier than I could ever say

What does it matter

What price I pay?

they brag about your sugar

Brag about it all over town

Put some sugar in my bowl

I feel like layin' down

I'm as pale as a ghost

Holding a blossom on a stem

You ever seen a ghost?

No, but you have heard of them

I see you there

I'm blinded by the colors I see

I take good care

of what belongs to me

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I hear your name

ringing up and down the line

I'm saying it plain:

These ties are strong enough to bind

Your sweet voice

calls out from some old familiar shrine

I got no choice,

can't believe these things would ever fade from your mind

I could live forever

with you perfectly

You don't ever

have to make a fuss over me

From east to west

ever since the world began

I only mean it for the best

I won't be with you any way I can

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I've been in a brawl

Now I'm feeling the wall

I'm going away, baby

I won't be back till fall

High on the hill

you can carry all my thoughts with you

You know my will

This love could tear me in two

I won't be with you in paradise

and it seems so unfair

I can't go to paradise no more,

I killed a man back there

You think I'm over the hill

Think I'm past my prime

Let me see what you got

We can have a whoppin' good time

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Readable chord sheet for Spirit On The Water by Bob Dylan

[Bb]   [F]   [Bb]   [E]  [Eb]    [Bb]   [Eb]  [E]  [Bb]               [Eb]       [F#]
  [Bb]     [Gm7]      [Cm7]     [F]       [Bb]     [Gm7]       [Cm7]
 S[F]pirit on the wa[Bb]ter    [F]         [Bb]               [F]
 D[Eb]arkness on [Bb]the face o[Eb]f the dee[F]p      [Bb]
 I[Eb] keep thi[F#]nking 'bout you, [Bb]baby,       [Gm7]
  [Cm]And I can't ha[F]rdly sle[Bb]ep.        [Gm7]                [Cm7]
 I'm t[F]ravelling by lan[Bb]d
 T[Eb]ravelling through the dawn of the day[Bb]
 Y[Eb]ou're always on m[F#]y mind  [Bb]          [Gm7]
 I[Cm7] can't st[F]ay away[Bb]       [Eb]              [Ebm]                    [Bb]
 I[G]'d forgotten 'bout you
 T[Cm]hen you turned up again
 I[D7] always k[Gm]new
  [C9]                             [F7sus4]/[b]      [F7]
 We were meant to be more than friends
 When you're n[Bb]ear,
 It's j[Eb]ust as plain as it can be [Bb]
 I[Eb]'m wil[F#]d about you, [Bb]gal      [Gm7]
 You o[Cm7]ught to be a fo[F]ol about me [Bb]        [Gm7]              [Cm7]                   [F]
 C[F]an't explain   [Bb]          [F]               [Bb]                     [F]
 T[Eb]he sources [Bb]of this hi[Eb]dden pain[F]       [Bb]
 Y[Eb]ou burned[F#] your way into my[Bb] heart      [Gm7]
 Y[Cm]ou got the key[F] to my b[Bb]rain       [Gm7]               [Cm7]

 I[F]'ve been trampl[Bb]ing thr[F]ough [Bb]mud   [F]
 p[Eb]raying to t[Bb]he powers [Eb]above    [F]           [Bb]
 I[Eb]'m sweati[F#]ng blood         [Bb]                     [Gm7]
 Y[Cm7]ou got a [F]face th[Bb]at begs[Eb] for lo[Ebm]ve    [Bb]

 L[G]ife without you
 Doe[Cm]sn't mean a thing to me
 I[D7]f I can'[Gm]t have you
  [C9]                             [F7sus4]/[b]      [F7]
  I'll throw my love into the deep blue sea

 S[F]ometimes I wond[Bb]er     [F]          [Bb]                [F]
 W[Eb]hy you can'[Bb]t treat me[Eb] right   [F]          [Bb]
 Y[Eb]ou do goo[F#]d all day        [Bb]                    [Gm7]
 And then you do wrong all night
 W[F]hen you're with[Bb] me    [F]         [Bb]               [F]
 I[Eb]'m a thousa[Bb]nd times h[Eb]appier th[F]an I co[Bb]uld ever say
 W[Eb]hat does [F#]it matter        [Bb]                    [Gm7]
 W[Cm]hat price I pa[F]y?      [Bb]                 [Gm7]                         [Cm7]

 t[F]hey brag about [Bb]your su[F]gar  [Bb]        [F]
 B[Eb]rag about i[Bb]t all over[Eb] town    [F]           [Bb]
 P[Eb]ut some s[F#]ugar in my bowl  [Bb]              [Gm7]
 I[Cm7] feel lik[F]e layin[Bb]' down [Eb]        [Ebm]              [Bb]

  [G]I'm as pale as a ghost
 H[Cm]olding a blossom on a stem
 Y[D7]ou ever [Gm]seen a ghost?
  [C9]                             [F7sus4]/[b]      [F7]
 No, but you have heard of them

 I[F] see you there [Bb]        [F]             [Bb]                   [F]
 I[Eb]'m blinded [Bb]by the col[Eb]ors I see[F]       [Bb]
 I[Eb] take goo[F#]d care           [Bb]                       [Gm7]
 o[Cm]f what belongs[F] to me  [Bb]             [Gm7]                     [Cm7]
  [Bb]   [F]   [Bb]   [E]  [Eb]    [Bb]   [Eb]  [E]  [Bb]  .  .   .  |  [Eb] /[c#]   [Cm7]   [F]  |

 I[F] hear your name[Bb]       [F]            [Bb]                  [F]
 r[Eb]inging up a[Bb]nd down th[Eb]e line   [F]          [Bb]
 I[Eb]'m saying[F#] it plain:       [Bb]                   [Gm7]
 T[Cm]hese ties are [F]strong e[Bb]nough to bi[Gm7]nd      [Cm7]

 Y[F]our sweet voice[Bb]       [F]            [Bb]                  [F]
 c[Eb]alls out fr[Bb]om some ol[Eb]d familia[F]r shrin[Bb]e
 I[Eb] got no c[F#]hoice,           [Bb]                       [Gm7]
 c[Cm]an't believe t[F]hese thi[Bb]ngs would e[Gm7]ver fade[Cm7] from your mind

   I cou[G]ld live forever
  wit[Cm]h you perfectly
  Y[D7]ou don't [Gm]ever
  [C9]                             [F7sus4]/[b]      [F7]
  have to make a fuss over me

 F[F]rom east to wes[Bb]t      [F]           [Bb]                 [F]
 e[Eb]ver since t[Bb]he world b[Eb]egan     [F]            [Bb]
 I[Eb] only mea[F#]n it for the best[Bb]            [Gm7]
 I[Cm] won't be with[F] you any[Bb] way I can [Gm7]         [Cm7]
  [Bb]   [F]   [Bb]   [E]  [Eb]    [Bb]   [Eb]  [E]  [Bb]  .  .   .  |  [Eb] /[c#]   [Cm7]   [F]  |
 I[F]'ve been in a b[Bb]rawl   [F]        [Bb]              [F]
 N[Eb]ow I'm feel[Bb]ing the wa[Eb]ll       [F]              [Bb]
 I[Eb]'m going [F#]away, baby       [Bb]                   [Gm7]
 I[Cm] won't be back[F] till fa[Bb]ll         [Gm7]                 [Cm7]

 H[F]igh on the hill[Bb]       [F]            [Bb]                  [F]
 y[Eb]ou can carr[Bb]y all my t[Eb]houghts w[F]ith you[Bb]
 Y[Eb]ou know m[F#]y will           [Bb]                       [Gm7]
 T[Cm7]his love [F]could t[Bb]ear me [Eb]in two [Ebm]       [Bb]

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

 Y[F]ou think I'm ov[Bb]er the [F]hill [Bb]       [F]
 T[Eb]hink I'm pa[Bb]st my prim[Eb]e        [F]               [Bb]
 L[Eb]et me see[F#] what you got    [Bb]                [Gm7]
 W[Cm]e can have a w[F]hoppin' [Bb]good time  [Gm7]          [Cm7]
    [G]                                                    [Cm]
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