Intro
| G | F* | G | F* |
| G | F* | G | F* |
[Verse 1]
G C
Thunder’s up and the real live wires are talking,
G C
set me straight as the rain falls on New Orleans.
G C
Silver bells ring for treaties made by starlight,
G C
for Southern girls and their faces lit by fire-flies .
[Pre-Chorus]
D C G
And through the gutters there will be water, running wilder than the
D C G
sea and as the rain comes down, a thousand circles fade like you and me.
D C G
They cal us lovers because our bony legs are tied. Once more to seed
D C Em D
but there ain’t nothing, I won’t risk to set this bird of love fly free.
[Chorus]
G F*
Shake your hair out and come and dance with me,
G F*
we are lonely with no good need to be.
G F*
Where the river grows wide to kiss the sea,
G F*
floods the delta and lovers’ eyes can see.
[Verse 2]
G C
Tonight is hot and there’s no wind from the ocean,
G C
I hear the drums as they bang across the water.
G C
Voodoo bells ring for treaties made by starlight,
G C
forgotten gold and greed and fear at midnight.
[Pre-Chorus]
D C G
And through the gutters there will be water, running wilder than the
D C G
sea and as the rain comes down, a thousand circles fade like you and me.
D C G
They cal us lovers because our bony legs are tied. Once more to seed
D C Em D
but there ain’t nothing, I won’t risk to set this bird of love fly free.
[Chorus]
G F*
Shake your hair out and come and dance with me,
G F*
we are lonely with no good need to be.
G F*
Where the river grows wide to kiss the sea,
G F*
floods the delta and lovers’ eyes can see.
[Bridge]
Em C G F
Do you remember how we held each other tight in sorrow,
C F G G
does it haunt you still?
Em C G F
And in a single raindrop I can see all our tomorrows,
C F G G
baby, can’t you too?
[Chorus]
G F*
Shake your hair out and come and dance with me,
G F*
we are lonely with no good need to be.
G F*
Where the river grows wide to kiss the sea,
G F*
floods the delta and lovers’ eyes can see.
[Chorus]
G F*
Shake your hair out and come and dance with me,
G F*
we are lonely with no good need to be.
G F*
Where the river grows wide to kiss the sea,
G F*
floods the delta as wide eyes can see.
[End-Chorus] (Repeat and Fade Out)
G F*
Shake your hair out and come and dance with me,
G F*
I am lonely with no good need to be.
G F*
Where the river grows wide to kiss the sea,
G F*
floods the delta and lovers’ eyes can see.