Deeper Water
Paul KellyVersion1
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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
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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
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