I Cover The Waterfront Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays432

I Cover The Waterfront by Sam Cooke is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D7M, G6, F#m7, Fdim, Bb9, G, Em7/9, Em7, A7/13, A7, G/B, D6, Cdim, D, Gm, B7, Bm7, E7M, C#m, A, Em and A4/7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			 
Introdução: D7M G6 F#m7 Fdim D7M G6 F#m7 Fdim  

G6            Bb9    G6           Bb9 
Away from the city the hurts and knocks 
   G6         Bb9       G6         Bb9 
I'm standing alone by the desolate docks 
      G6          Bb9        G      Bb9 
In the still and the chill of the night 
G6            Bb9     G6         Bb9 
I see the horizon, the great unknown 
    G6          Bb9             G6      Bb9 
My heart has an ache, it's as heavy as stone  
          G6    Bb9             G6 
Will the dawn coming on make it last 
Melody 
Em7/9 Em7      A7/13    A7  D7M     G6      F#m7 Fdim 
I cover the waterfront, I'm watching the sea 
Em7      G/B       A7     D6   Cdim   D   D6 
Will the one that I love be coming back to me 
Em7/9 Em7        A7/13   A7  D    G        F#m7 Fdim 
I cover the waterfront,  in search of my love 
    Em7       G/B      A7  D     Gm  D 
And I'm covered by a deep blue sky above 
Bridge 
Em7    A7  D7M        B7 
Here am I, patiently waiting 
Em7      A7          D7M        Bm7 
Hoping and longing  oh, how I yearn 
B7             E7M         C#m 
Where are you, are you forgetting 
A       B7       A7/13       A7 
Do you remember, will you return 
Em7/9 Em7      A7/13     A7     D       F#m7      
I  cover the waterfront, I'm watching the sea 
 Fdim     Em         Em7        G     A4/7   A7  D 
'Cause the one that I love will soon come back to me 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante