The Waterboys – Spirit (Guitar)

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------ This is from 1985 album "This is the Sea", track 3. It is a piano based song, but can be played on the guitar as follows. The C and G chords repeat several times in the Intro. [Intro] C G (x4) [Verse 1]
G
Man gets tired

           C
Spirit don't

G
Man surrenders

           C
Spirit won't

G
Man crawls

           C
Spirit flies

G                       C
Spirit lives when man dies
[Verse 2]
G
Man seems

        C
Spirit is

G
Man dreams

             C
The spirit lives

G
Man is tethered

            C
Spirit is free

G                       C
What spirit is man can be 

G                       C
What spirit is man can be 

G                       C
What spirit is man can be 

G                          C    G   C
What spirit is the man can be
[Bridge]
G
Now we tread the fresh fields

              C
The higher ground in the summer slopes that

G
man may some day climb on

G
Now we tread the fresh fields

              C
The higher ground in the summer slopes that

G
man may some day climb on

                       C
We're on the heels of Rimbaud

G
We're in the swing, chandeliers like dancing

C
We feel everything

G                  C
High on the wine of life

G                  C
High on the wine of life

G                      C
High on the wine of life 

G                  C
Untethered and Free

G                  C
Untethered and Free

G                  C
Untethered and Free

G                  C
Untethered and Free

G                       C
What spirit is man can be

G                  C
Ooohh man can be 

G                  C
Ooohh man can be 

G                  C
Man can be
[Outro] C G (x4)