Spirit on the Water Chords & Lyrics by Bob Dylan
Spirit on the Water
guitar chords lyrics
I hear it's played in A with a capo on the first fret. You can play it this way if
you just transpose a step down, but if you are ambitious you might like this tab,
I created it for the piano. Enjoy!
Bb F Bb E Eb Bb Eb E Bb . . . | Eb . F# . |
Bb . Gm7 . | Cm7 . F . | Bb . Gm7 . | Cm7 .
F Bb F Bb F
Spirit on the water
Eb Bb Eb F Bb
Darkness on the face of the deep
Eb F# Bb Gm7
I keep thinking 'bout you, baby,
Cm F Bb . Gm7 . Cm7
And I can't hardly sleep.
. F . Bb
I'm travelling by land
Eb Bb
Travelling through the dawn of the day
Eb F# Bb Gm7
You're always on my mind
Cm7 F Bb Eb Ebm Bb
I can't stay away
G
I'd forgotten 'bout you
Cm
Then you turned up again
D7 Gm
I always knew
C9 F7sus4/b F7
We were meant to be more than friends
Bb
When you're near,
Eb Bb
It's just as plain as it can be
Eb F# Bb Gm7
I'm wild about you, gal
Cm7 F Bb Gm7 Cm7 F
You ought to be a fool about me
F Bb F Bb F
Can't explain
Eb Bb Eb F Bb
The sources of this hidden pain
Eb F# Bb Gm7
You burned your way into my heart
Cm F Bb . Gm7 . Cm7
You got the key to my brain
F Bb F Bb F
I've been trampling through mud
Eb Bb Eb F Bb
praying to the powers above
Eb F# Bb Gm7
I'm sweating blood
Cm7 F Bb Eb Ebm Bb
You got a face that begs for love
G
Life without you
Cm
Doesn't mean a thing to me
D7 Gm
If I can't have you
C9 F7sus4/b F7
I'll throw my love into the deep blue sea
F Bb F Bb F
Sometimes I wonder
Eb Bb Eb F Bb
Why you can't treat me right
Eb F# Bb Gm7
You do good all day
And then you do wrong all night
F Bb F Bb F
When you're with me
Eb Bb Eb F Bb
I'm a thousand times happier than I could ever say
Eb F# Bb Gm7
What does it matter
Cm F Bb . Gm7 . Cm7
What price I pay?
F Bb F Bb F
they brag about your sugar
Eb Bb Eb F Bb
Brag about it all over town
Eb F# Bb Gm7
Put some sugar in my bowl
Cm7 F Bb Eb Ebm Bb
I feel like layin' down
G
I'm as pale as a ghost
Cm
Holding a blossom on a stem
D7 Gm
You ever seen a ghost?
C9 F7sus4/b F7
No, but you have heard of them
F Bb F Bb F
I see you there
Eb Bb Eb F Bb
I'm blinded by the colors I see
Eb F# Bb Gm7
I take good care
Cm F Bb . Gm7 . Cm7
of what belongs to me
Bb F Bb E Eb Bb Eb E Bb . . . | Eb /c# Cm7 F |
F Bb F Bb F
I hear your name
Eb Bb Eb F Bb
ringing up and down the line
Eb F# Bb Gm7
I'm saying it plain:
Cm F Bb . Gm7 . Cm7
These ties are strong enough to bind
F Bb F Bb F
Your sweet voice
Eb Bb Eb F Bb
calls out from some old familiar shrine
Eb F# Bb Gm7
I got no choice,
Cm F Bb . Gm7 . Cm7
can't believe these things would ever fade from your mind
G
I could live forever
Cm
with you perfectly
D7 Gm
You don't ever
C9 F7sus4/b F7
have to make a fuss over me
F Bb F Bb F
From east to west
Eb Bb Eb F Bb
ever since the world began
Eb F# Bb Gm7
I only mean it for the best
Cm F Bb . Gm7 . Cm7
I won't be with you any way I can
Bb F Bb E Eb Bb Eb E Bb . . . | Eb /c# Cm7 F |
F Bb F Bb F
I've been in a brawl
Eb Bb Eb F Bb
Now I'm feeling the wall
Eb F# Bb Gm7
I'm going away, baby
Cm F Bb . Gm7 . Cm7
I won't be back till fall
F Bb F Bb F
High on the hill
Eb Bb Eb F Bb
you can carry all my thoughts with you
Eb F# Bb Gm7
You know my will
Cm7 F Bb Eb Ebm Bb
This love could tear me in two
G
I won't be with you in paradise
Cm
and it seems so unfair
D7 Gm
I can't go to paradise no more,
C9 F7sus4/b F7
I killed a man back there
F Bb F Bb F
You think I'm over the hill
Eb Bb Eb F Bb
Think I'm past my prime
Eb F# Bb Gm7
Let me see what you got
Cm F Bb . Gm7 . Cm7
We can have a whoppin' good time
Final guitar solo:
G Cm
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D7 Gm
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C9 F7 Bb
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