Chords for Oysterband - Diamonds On The Water - Gustavsburg 5.4.2014

We're off a lot, haven't we?
_ _ Clearly [Ab] I was safe.
Thank you very [Bb] much indeed.
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We [F] lost a great singer, _ [N]
songwriter, Pete Seeger, [B] recently,
and [Db] lots of [F] people have loved eulogies and nice things about him.
One of the great _ _ qualities that he had,
[Ab] is he managed to make his anger [A] in songs and lyrics [Bbm] uplifting. _
[Ab] Even though he was singing about something [D] serious,
there was something [Gm] all the way that was positive [D] in the message. _
We tried to do [G] something like [F] that with his next song.
It's actually called [Bb] Diamonds on the Water.
[Ab] It's _ _ the song that gave our album its title.
Imagine you [B] had _ [Gb] _ a _ _ _ shit day, _ [E] a really, really [A] bad day,
but there's always something that just lifts you up.
I [Bbm] mean, with me, it's alcohol.
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_ But in this [Db] song, _ _ _ it's diamonds on the water.
It's that sparkle on the water.
_ Oh, music in the air. _
Diamonds on the water, music in the air.
[A] Let's see how it [G] is.
_ One, two, [F] three. _ _ _
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_ _ [Bb] You're [F] running on empty, _ and the world has come. _
_ _ You've got a four, _ no [Bb] man's 12. _
_ _ You reach out [Gb] for power, [F] _ but there's nothing but a star.
[Bb] _ There'll be [F] diamonds on the water, _ _ [Bb] music [F] in the _ air.
[Bb] _ _ [F] Diamonds on the water, _ _ music in the _ air.
When the creatures of your name are, _ _ sing without a trace.
_ _ [C] No more [F] power than water, _ [Cm] flows right [Bb] back in your face.
_ When the pressure is [F] killing, _ _ there's more than you can [Bb] _
bear.
There'll be [F] diamonds on the water, _ _ [Bb] music [F] in the air.
_ _ [Bb] _ [F] Diamonds on the water, _ _ [C] _ [F] music in the _ air.
_ _ [Bb] Diamonds on the [Gm] water.
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_ When the time comes, you'll be a princess _ in a world _ of thunder.
Roll up your randy pants and dance, trample [Bb] the earth. _
_ There's fire [F] on the mountain, _ you have to run it in the [Bb] wind.
_ There'll be diamonds [F] on the water, _ _ [Bb] music [F] in the _ air.
_ [Bb] Diamonds on [F] the water, _ _ [C] music [F] in the air.
That's all I did. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ There'll be [F] diamonds on the _ water, _ [Bb] _ music [F] in the _ air.
_ [Bb] _ [F] Diamonds on the water, _ _ _ music in the _ air.
_ _ Diamonds [Eb] on the water, _
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_ _ _ [Bb] diamonds [Eb] on the _ [Gm] water.
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_ _ _ Diamonds on the water.
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