Paul Kelly – Deeper Water (Guitar)

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Title: Deeper Water Artist: Paul Kelly Album: Ways and Means Tabbed by: Rayman1986 [Verse 1]
  C                      D           G
On a crowded beach in a distant time

            C                D          G
At the height of summer see a boy of five

             C         D              G
At the water's edge so nimble and free

        C                        D              G
Jumping over the ripples looking way out to sea

      C                  D          G
Now a man comes up from amongst the throng

           C                        D       G
Takes the young boy's hand, and his hand is strong

         C                         D           G
And the child feels safe, yeah the child feels brave

        C                             D        G
As he's carried in those arms, up and over the waves
[Chorus]
C           D     G
Deeper water,

C           D     G
deeper water,

C           D     G
deeper water, 

C           D     G
calling him on
(Same chord progression, but now it's powerchords.) [Verse 2]
C                              D        G
Let's move forward now and the child's seventeen

       C                     D              G
With a girl in the back seat tugging at his jeans

    C                             D               G
And she knows what she wants, she guides with her hand

    C                      D                     G
As a voice cries inside him - I'm a man, I'm a man!
[Chorus]
C           D     G
Deeper water,  (Deeper water)

C           D     G
deeper water,  (Deeper water)

C           D     G
deeper water,   (Deeper water)

C           D     G
calling him on
[Verse 3]
C                         D              G
Now the man meets a woman unlike all the rest

    C                           D          G
He doesn't know it yet but he's out of his depth

     C                           D         G
And he thinks he can run, it's a matter of pride

    C                           D           G
But he keeps coming back like a cork on the tide

   C                             D               G
Well, the years hurry by and the woman loves the man

     C                               D           G
Then one night in the dark she grabs hold of his hand

     C                       D         G
Says "There, can you feel it kicking inside!"

    C                                  D        G
And the man gets a shiver right up and down his spine
[Chorus]
C           D     G
Deeper water,

C           D     G
deeper water,

C           D     G
deeper water, 

C           D     G
calling him on
[Verse 4] (back to regular chords for this verse)
C                        D                     G
So the clock moves around and the child is a joy

    C                     D                   G
But Death doesn't care just who it destroys

    C                    D                    G
Now the woman gets sick, thins down to the bone

    C                     D                  G
She says "Where I'm going next, I'm going alone"
[Chorus]
C           D     G
Deeper water,

C           D     G
deeper water,

C           D     G
deeper water,

C           D     G
calling him on
[Verse 5]
C                   D               G
On a distant beach lonely and wild

  C                   D           G
At a later time see a man and a child

       C                       D        G
And the man takes the child up into his arms

 C                                        D        G
Takes her over the breakers, to where the water is calm
[Chorus]
C           D     G
Deeper water,

C           D     G
deeper water,

C           D     G
deeper water,

C           D     G
calling him on

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