Floating Bridge Chords by Eric Clapton

Tempo:
89.6 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

Gm

D

Bb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Floating Bridge chords
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[G] [D]
[G] [C] [Gm] [G]
[G] [C] [D]
[Gm] [C] [Gm] [C] [Gm] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [D] [C] Well,
[Gm] [C] [G] [Bb]
[Bm] [Bb] [C] [G] [C]
[Gb] I [G] never [E] will forget that [A] [G] golden bridge.
[G] [G]
[C] Lord, I never [Gm] [C] will forget [D] that [Em] golden bridge.
[C] [G] [C]
[Eb] Lord, I [G] never will [Gm] forget [C] [Gm] that golden [C] [D] bridge.
[Am] They [G] tell me, fine, [Ab] it's time [G] for the water I was [C] given.
[Gm] [C] [G]
I was [D] going down, and then I pulled up [G] my hand.
As [C] I was going down, I pulled up [Gm] my [G] hand.
As I was going down, [C] I pulled up my hand.
[G] Saying, please, [D] Lord, take [C] me [G] on dry [C] land.
[G] [Gm]
Well, they [C] [G] carried me [D] in the house, and they laid me [G] across the bed.
[C]
[E] Well, they [C] carried me in the house, and they [Am] laid me [G] across the bed.
[F] [Gm] Well, they [G] carried me in the house, [C] and they laid me across the bed.
[Bb]
[F] I [G] couldn't feel nothing [Ab] but [A] muddy [F] water [Bb] running [G] around my [Gm] head.
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C] [Gm] [C] [G]
[C]
[G] [C] [Gm]
[G] [C] [G]
[C] [C]
[Gm] [C] [G] [Dm]
[G] [C] [Gm] [G] [C]
Oh, [Gm] my [C] mother [D] often told me, quit [G] playing a bum.
My mother [Gm] [C] often told me, [Gm] quit playing a bum.
[G] Oh, [G]
my mother often told [Am] me, [Gm] [C] son, quit [Bb] playing a bum.
[Bb]
[G] Go [B] out [D] somewhere and [Bb] make a crown.
[Gm]
[G] [D]
[G]
[C]
[Gm]
[Gb] [G] [C] [Gm]
[G] [Gm] [C]
[Gm] [C] [G] [C] [Dm]
[G] People, all the people [D] on the bridge were screaming [G] and [F] crying.
[E] [Gm] [C] [Dm]
[C] Well, all the people [Gm] [Am] on the bridge [C] were screaming and [Em] [G] crying.
[Gm] [G]
All the people on the bridge [Am]
[C] stood screaming and crying,
[G] saying, Lord, [D] what happens [Am] when [G] we [C] find [Gm] you?
[G] When we find you.
When we find [D]
[G]
[C]
[G] [C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [Gm]
[D]
[G] you.
[C] [G] [D] [G]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
Gm
123111113
D
1321
Bb
12341111
G
2131
C
3211
Gm
123111113
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To start learning Eric Clapton - Floating Bridge chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: C, C, Gm, G, C and G. Ease into the song by practicing at 44 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 90 BPM. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: G Minor.

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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ [Gm] _ [G] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[Gm] _ [C] _ [Gm] _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ [D] _ [C] _ Well, _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Bm] _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
[Gb] I [G] never [E] will forget that [A] [G] golden bridge.
[G] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[C] Lord, I never _ [Gm] [C] will forget [D] that [Em] golden bridge.
[C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
[Eb] Lord, I [G] never will _ [Gm] forget _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ that golden [C] [D] bridge.
[Am] They [G] tell me, fine, [Ab] it's time [G] for the water I was [C] given.
[Gm] _ _ [C] _ [G] _
I was _ _ [D] going down, and then I pulled up [G] my hand. _ _ _ _
As [C] I was going _ _ down, I pulled up [Gm] my [G] hand. _ _ _
As I was going _ down, _ [C] I pulled _ up my hand.
[G] Saying, please, [D] Lord, take [C] me [G] on dry [C] land.
[G] _ _ _ [Gm] _
Well, they [C] [G] carried me [D] in the house, and they laid me [G] across the bed.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
[E] Well, they [C] carried me in the house, and they [Am] laid me [G] across the bed. _ _ _ _
[F] [Gm] Well, they [G] carried me in the house, _ [C] and they laid me across the bed.
[Bb]
[F] I [G] couldn't feel nothing [Ab] but [A] muddy [F] water [Bb] running [G] around my [Gm] head.
_ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
[C] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ [Gm] _ [G] _ _ [C] _
Oh, [Gm] my [C] mother _ [D] often told me, quit [G] playing a bum. _ _ _ _ _
My mother [Gm] _ [C] often told me, [Gm] quit playing a bum.
_ [G] Oh, _ [G] _
my mother _ often told [Am] me, [Gm] [C] son, quit _ [Bb] playing a bum.
[Bb] _
_ [G] Go [B] out [D] somewhere and [Bb] make a crown.
[Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ People, all the people _ [D] on the bridge were screaming [G] and [F] crying.
[E] _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ [Dm]
[C] Well, all the people _ [Gm] [Am] on the bridge [C] were screaming and [Em] [G] crying.
[Gm] _ [G] _ _ _
All the people on the bridge [Am] _
[C] stood _ screaming and crying, _
[G] saying, Lord, [D] what happens [Am] when [G] we [C] find [Gm] _ you? _ _
[G] When we find you.
When we find [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ you.
[C] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was authored by Sleepy John Estes.

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