Chords for The Man by the Coast

_ _ _ _ [E] I heard [B] there's a man who [F#] lives out by [G#m] the coast
[E] He stays [B] there through winters [F#] when the waters [G#m] get cold
[E] He was young [B] once like me, [F#] now he's scared [G#m] that he's through
[E] That the last time [B] he'd swim would [F#] be coming [G#m] up soon
[E] I _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [G#] _ _ [E] was twelve [F#] years old, [G#m] at least I think [F#] I [B] was
When my father [C#m] told [G#m] me I'd be growing [C#m] up
[E] That my legs [F#] grew until [G#m] I could reach the [F#] [B] things he did
[C#m] _ _ [E] But my eyes [F#] got [G#m] smaller, [F#] [B] and the world [C#m] got [G#m] taller
_ [E] And I couldn't [F#] reach the [G#m] things I'd see [F#] when I was [B] young
_ [F#] _ _ _ [E] I heard [B] there's a man who [F#] lives out by [G#m] the coast
[E] He stays [B] there through winters [F#] when the waters [G#m] get cold
[E] He was young [B] once like me, now [F#] he's scared [G#m] that he's through
[E] That the last time [B] he'd swim would [F#] be coming [G#m] up soon
[E] Then _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ [E]
the years [F#] got short [G#m] and I was twenty [F#]-one
[B] Then I lost a [C#m] friend and [G#m] then I fell in [C#m] love
[E] And I held it [F#] tight cause [G#m] I was tired [F#] of letting [B] go
_ _ [C#m] _ [A#] _ [E] I was [F#] terrified the [G#m] years were speeding [F#] up
[B] When the wrinkles [C#m] come [G#m] before I lived [C#m] enough
[E] I miss the [F#] days I [G#m] didn't know that [F#] [B] I'd grow up
[F#] _ _ [E] I heard [B] there's a man who [F#] lives out by [G#m] the coast
[E] He stays [B] there through winters [F#] when the waters [G#m] get cold
[E] He was young [B] once like me, now [F#] he's scared [G#m] that he's through
[E] That the last time [B] he'd swim would [F#] be coming [G#m] up soon
[E] The _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [E]
leaves fell [B] for winter, [F#] I went out by [G#m] the coast
[E] I was chasing [B] the youth that [F#] I'd lost years [G#m] before
[E] I looked [B] out and saw a man [F#]
walk to [G#m] the shore
[E] There was snow on [B] his feet
[F#] But a smile [G#m] in his [F#] soul
[E] I talked to [B] the man who lives [F#]
out by [G#m] the coast
[E] He was old now [B] like I'd be [F#] when the years [G#m] carried on
[E] I begged him [B] to tell me [F#] how to swim when [G#m] it's cold
[E] He said that everything [B] ages [F#] but the youth in [G#m] your soul
[E] When I swim for [B] the last time, [F#] I won't care if [G#m] it's cold _ _
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