John Mayer – Taking On Water (Guitar)

Capo 3
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Verse 1]
C       Fadd9
On a sailboat I am

Am            Dm
Slowly floating nowhere

C          Fadd9      Am           G
Lost the memories of where I am and why
[Verse 2]
C       Fadd9
Black ocean churning

Am            Dm
A million stars are burning

C          Fadd9      Am           G
Planetariums were right about the sky
[Chorus]
F           C        Em        F
Once upon a day I set off on a journey

F               C               Em      Dm
Wishing on the wind to take me far from home

F              C             G         D
Now I'm on the waves and I'm taking on water

Dm        C         Em    Bb  C
Hard to see I won't always be alone
[Verse 3]
C             Fadd9         Am                Dm
There was a time when August sun was high and centered on me

C         Fadd9         Am                 G
But it dipped behind my back and settled down

C            Fadd9               Am            Dm         C
It used to square up with the land, used to size it in my hand

C            Fadd9      Am                 G
But it fell behind the line that meets the sky
[Chorus]
F           C        Em        F
Once upon a day I set off on a journey

F               C               Em      Dm
Wishing on the wind to take me far from home

F              C             G         D
Now I'm on the waves and I'm taking on water

Dm        C         Em    Bb  C
Hard to see I won't always be alone
[Bridge]
Am  C        F
Inside this storm

                Am        C       F
Whipping in the wind, my sail is torn

C                          Bb               F     C   Em  Bb
In other words, the ends I mend are not my own ooooooh ooooooh

F    C   F  Bb F   C   G   D
Oooohs

Dm        C         Em    Bb  C
Hard to see I won't always be alone
[Verse 4]
C       Fadd9
On a sailboat I am

Am            Dm
Slowly floating nowhere

C          Fadd9      Am           G            C
Hoping someday I'll wash upon someone else's shore