Rock Me On The Water chords

Jackson Browne

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  			Submitted by Pat Donohoe 
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Verse 
G	       Em		    C		       G 
Oh people, look around you the signs are everywhere 
C		     G		D               C     D                  Em  
You've left it for somebody other than you to be the one to care 
G			     Em		       C			       D 
You're lost inside your houses there's no time to find you now 
G					     D 
While your walls are burning and your towers are turning 
Em 						C			         G 
I'm going to leave you here and try to get down to the sea somehow 
D 
 
Verse 
G			     Em			       C			          G 
The road is filled with homeless souls every woman, child and man 
C		G       D	        C		       D		        Em 
Who have no idea where they will go but they'll help you if they can 
G		          Em				     C				D 
Now everyone must have some thought that's going to pull them through somehow 
G			       D 
While the fires are raging hotter and hotter 
Em					         C				    G 
But the sisters of the sun are going to rock me on the water now 
 
Chorus 
D		  C 
Rock me on the water 
C		 G	       D	        C 
Sister will you soothe my fevered brow 
G	    D        Em 
Rock me on the water 
A 
I'll get down to the sea somehow 
C 
(I'll get down to the sea somehow) 
 
Interlude 
 G		Em		C	A	D		G		D  	 
 
Em		C	 
 
 
Verse 
G	       Em		    C			         G 
Oh people, look among you it's there your hope must lie 
C		      G		D	           C	     D              Em 
There's a sea bird above you gliding in one place like Jesus in the sky 
G		        Em			       C			D 
We all must do the best we can and then hang on to that gospel plow 
G				D 
When my life is over, and I stand before the father 
Em					 C 
But the sisters of the sun are going to rock me on the water now 
 
Chorus 
G	    D        C 
Rock me on the water 
C		 G               D         C 
Sister will you soothe my fevered brow 
G             D         Em       
Rock me on the water  
A 
Maybe I'll remember 
C 
Maybe I'll remember now 
G	   D	  C	 
Rock me on the water 
G	        D		C 
The wind is with me now 
      G           D        C 
So rock me on the water 
A 
I'll get down to the sea somehow 
C 
I'll get down to the sea somehow 
G             D        C           G 
Rock me on the water 
D	    C 
Rock me now 
G	    D       C           G 
Rock me on the water 
D	    C 
Rock me now 
 
Outro 
G	D	C	D (6x) fade out