Deeper Water Chords by Paul Kelly

[G] [C] [Em] [D] [G] .
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[C] [D] .
[G] On [C] a crowded beach, [Em] [D] in a [G] distant time, at the [C] heart of summer.
[D] See a boy [G] of five, at [C] the water's edge, [D] so [G] nimble and free.
Jumping over the ripples, [D] looking [G] way at the sea.
[C] .
[G] [D] [G] Now a [C] man comes up, [D] from [G] amongst the throng.
Takes [C] a young boy's hand, [D] and he sings [G] this song.
And [C] the child feels safe, [G] see the child feels brave.
As he's [C] carrying those arms, [D] up and over [G] the wave.
Deeper [C] water, [G] [D] [G] deeper [C].
water, [G] [D] [G] deeper .
[C] water, [D] [G] toilet in [C] your mind.
[Em] [D] [G] .
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[C] [A] .
[G] [C] [D] .
[G] [C] [D] .
[G] [C] [D] .
[G] [C] This move for a man, [D] the [G] child's seventeen, [C] with a girl in the backseat.
[D].
[G] Dropping every string, [C] she knows what she [D] wants, she [G] got it in her head.
[C] Well of course the child decided, [A] I'm a [G] man, I'm a man, deeper [C] water.
[D] .
[G] [C] Deeper water, [D] .
[G] deeper [C] water, [D] .
[G] toilet [C] in your mind.
[D] .
[G] [C] [D] .
[G] [C] [G] .
[C] [D] .
[G] [C] [D] .
[G] [C] Now the man meets a woman, [G] a lot like all the rest.
[C] Well he doesn't know it yet, [G] but he's out of his step.
[C] And he thinks he can [G] run, it's a matter of pride.
[C] But he keeps coming back [G] like a cold, cold [C] child.
Deeper [D].
[G] water, [C] [D] deeper [G] water.
[C] Now the years are up by, [D] the woman [G] loves the man.
[C] One night in the dark, [D] she grabs hold [G] of his hand.
[C] She's back and you feel it, [D] kicking [G] inside.
And [C] the man gets a shiver, [D] right up and down [G] his spine.
Deeper [C] water, [D] deeper [G] water, deeper [C] water, [D] .
[G] [C] deep water, deep [D] water.
Oh [G] my darling [C] mom.
[D] Well [G] .
[C] [G] .
[C] [D] [G] .
[C] [G] .
[C] [G] .
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[C] [D] .
[G] [C] [D] .
[G] [C] [G] [D] .
[G] [C] the clock moves around, [D] the [G] child is a joy.
But [C] death doesn't care, [G] just who it destroys.
Another woman gets sick, fins down to the bone.
She says, where I'm going next, I'm going to love.
[C] Deeper [D] [G] water, [C] [D] deeper [G] water.
On a [C] distant beach, [D].
[G] long and wild, a [C] later [G] time.
She met a child, [C] and the man takes a shot.
[D] Up into [G] his arm, takes [C] her over the bridge.
[D] Where the [G] waters come, deeper [C] water.
[D] Deeper [G] water, [C] deeper water, [D] .
[G] [C] deeper water, [D] .
[G] deep [C] water.
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[G] [C] [G] .
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[C] [G] .
[C] [A] [G] .
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Well we're coming to the end of our show.
It's been our pleasure travelling for the last few weeks.
With the New Buffalo, playing with them.
We'd like to get them back to sing the last song of the night for you.
Please welcome back to the stage Sally Seltman and Jessica Venables.
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[Abm] I'd like to say thanks very much to our crew for getting this show on.
Had to get an extra early start today to get it all set up for filming.
So a big hand for the crew.
We've got [N] .
Tim on sound, Shannon on the lights and projection.
Davros looking after things on stage.
And also Ross, our East Coast crew.
Rigging and driving the trucks and helping set things up.
Troy, Josh, Troy, Craig and Jules out in the foyer with the merch .
Thanks to all of you for coming along.
Thanks to everyone for putting up with getting the lights on you from time to time.
And I also want to thank everyone here at the theatre.
We love playing here, it's such a beautiful theatre to play.
And they always treat us very well.
Special thanks to the Friends of the Empire Theatre for the beautiful biscuits backstage.
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this song we're going to sing, I mentioned the Triffids before.
This is a song first recorded by the Triffids.
And written by the singer and songwriter David McComb.