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Deeper Water

Paul Kelly
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 On  a crowded beach in a distant  time
 At the height  of summer see a  boy of five
 At the water's  edge so nimble  and free
 Jumping over  the ripples looking way  out to sea
 Now a man comes up from amoungst the throng
 Takes the young boy's hand and his hand is strong
 And the child feels safe, yeah the child feels brave
 As he's carried in those arems up and over the waves
Deeper  water,
deeper  water,
deeper  water,
calling  him on
 (same chord progression, but now its powerchords.)
Let's  move forward now  and the child's seventeen
 With a  girl in the back seat  tugging at his jeans
 And she  knows what she wants,  she guides with her hand
 As a  voice cries inside him  - I'm a man, I'm a man!
 Deeper water, deeper water, deeper water, calling him on
Deeper  water,
deeper  water,
deeper  water,
calling  him on
Now  the man meets a woman  unlike all the rest
 He doesn't  know it yet but he's  out of his depth
 And he  thinks he can run, it's  amatter of pride
 But he  keeps coming back like  a cork on the tide
 Well  the years hurry by and the  woman loves the man
 Then one  night in the dark she  grabs hold of his hand
 Says 'There,  can you feel it kicking  inside!'
 And the  man gets a shiver right  up and down his spine
Deeper  water,
deeper  water,
deeper  water,
calling  him on
 (back to regular chords for this verse)
So  the clock moves around  and the child is a joy
 But Death  doesn't care just  who it destroys
 Now the  woamn gets sick, thins  down to the bone
 She says  'Where I'm going next,  I'm going alone'
Deeper  water,
deeper  water,
deeper  water,
calling  him on
On  a distant beach lonely  and wild
 At  a later time see a  man and a child
 And the  man takes the  child up into his  arms
 Takes  her over the  breakers
 To  where the water  is calm
Deeper  water,
deeper  water,
deeper  water,
calling  him on
Cpower Dpower Gpower
E|-0----2-----3-----x-----x----x------||
B|-1----3-----2-----x-----x----x------||
G|-0----2-----0-----5-----7----x------||
D|-2----0-----0-----5-----7----5------||
A|-3----0-----2-----3-----5----5------||
E|-0----0-----3-----x-----x----3------||

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Readable chord sheet for Deeper Water by Paul Kelly

On[C] a crowded beach in a d[D]istant time [G]
At the heigh[C]t of summer see a[D] boy of fiv[G]e
At the water'[C]s edge so [D]nimble and free[G]
Jumping [C]over the ripples looking [D]way out to sea [G]

Now a man comes up from amoungst the throng
Takes the young boy's hand and his hand is strong
And the child feels safe, yeah the child feels brave
As he's carried in those arems up and over the waves

[C]Deeper water[D],     [G]
[C]deeper water[D],     [G]
[C]deeper water[D],     [G]
[C]calling him [D]on    [G]

(same chord progression, but now its powerchords.)

[C]Let's move forward now[D] and the child's seventee[G]n
With [C]a girl in the back s[D]eat tugging at his jeans[G]
And [C]she knows what she wants[D], she guides with her hand[G]
As a[C] voice cries inside him[D] - I'm a man, I'm a ma[G]n!

Deeper water, deeper water, deeper water, calling him on

[C]Deeper water[D],     [G]
[C]deeper water[D],     [G]
[C]deeper water[D],     [G]
[C]calling him [D]on    [G]

[C]Now the man meets a woma[D]n unlike all the rest   [G]
He d[C]oesn't know it yet but h[D]e's out of his depth[G]
And h[C]e thinks he can run, i[D]t's amatter of pride[G]
But [C]he keeps coming back li[D]ke a cork on the tide[G]

Wel[C]l the years hurry by and [D]the woman loves the m[G]an
Then [C]one night in the dark sh[D]e grabs hold of his ha[G]nd
Says [C]'There, can you feel it [D]kicking inside!'[G]
And [C]the man gets a shiver r[D]ight up and down his [G]spine

[C]Deeper water[D],     [G]
[C]deeper water[D],     [G]
[C]deeper water[D],     [G]
[C]calling him [D]on    [G]

(back to regular chords for this verse)
[C]So the clock moves around[D] and the child is a jo[G]y
But [C]Death doesn't care jus[D]t who it destroys   [G]
Now [C]the woamn gets sick, [D]thins down to the bon[G]e
She [C]says 'Where I'm going [D]next, I'm going alo[G]ne'

[C]Deeper water[D],     [G]
[C]deeper water[D],     [G]
[C]deeper water[D],     [G]
[C]calling him [D]on    [G]
[C]On a distant beach l[D]onely and wild  [G]
At[C] a later time see [D]a man and a chi[G]ld
And [C]the man takes the[D] child up into his[G] arms
T[C]akes her over th[D]e breakers     [G]
T[C]o where the wate[D]r is calm     [G]

[C]Deeper water[D],     [G]
[C]deeper water[D],     [G]
[C]deeper water[D],     [G]
[C]calling him [D]on    [G]

    [C]    [D]     [G]  Cpower Dpower Gpower
 E|-0----2-----3-----x-----x----x------||
 B|-1----3-----2-----x-----x----x------||
 G|-0----2-----0-----5-----7----x------||
 D|-2----0-----0-----5-----7----5------||
 A|-3----0-----2-----3-----5----5------||
 E|-0----0-----3-----x-----x----3------||

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