I Cover The Waterfront Chords by John Lee Hooker

[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
I [F] _ _ cover [C] the water run, _ watching [F] the _ sea, sea, sea.
[G] I [C] cover.
[G] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [C] I can see the [F] ships _ _ [G] coming in to _ [C] the harbor, harbor.
_ [Am]
I can see, see, see [G] the people getting off board.
[C] I [F] _ _ [C] could not [G] see, see the one I [F] love _ got off [Am] board. _
[F] I [G] cover the water run.
[F] _
_ And after [C] a while, _ [G] all the ships [C] left the harbor, _ [F] headed for the next [G] destination.
[G] I _ [C] cover [F] the _ [C] water run.
[G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ All night long, [F] in the pouring rain, I [G] did too, searching [F] for my baby. _
_ [C] I was drinking black coffee from a paper cup, and [G] _
smoking 40 [F] cigarettes a day.
[C] _
[G] And when the sun [Am] in the sky came _ [F] up early in the morning,
[G] I said, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, [F] Lord, Lord, bring my baby back.
_ [C] Bring my baby back.
_ _ [G] I still cover the [C] water run.
_ _ [G] _ [F] _ _
I cover the [G] water run, [C] _ _
watching [F] for my baby [G] _ [C]
[G] to come down.
[C] _ _ [F] And after a [C] while, _
[G] I saw a ship coming [F] down the ocean out [G] of the fog, _ _ [C] rolling [F] so, so, so slow.
_ _ [G] Must be, must be my baby [C] coming [F] down.
_ [C] _ [G] I cover the water [F] run.
_ _ I see my baby coming down, [C] coming down, gangway.
I [F] _
[G] said, from the bottom of [C] my heart, [F] thank you, _ [G] _ Lord, for bringing [C] my baby back home to [F] me.
_ _ [G] I've been so lonely [G] all along, [Am] sitting in my room by my [F] telephone. _ _ _
[G] _ _ I said, baby, [C] welcome back home. _
[F] Welcome back.
[C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] After a [F] while, the ship pulled [G] in to the harbor.
_ [C] She run, run, run [F] to my arm, to my arm.
[Am] I said, [C] Johnny, [G] I've been waiting [C] so long, so long [F] to come down.
_ [C] I know, I know [G] you've been waiting [Am] for me, me, [F] me.
Covering the [C] water run, _ covering [F] the water run for me, [C] me, me, me.
[G] _
For _ me, me, me, me.
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