Intro
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[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# Fm 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# Fm 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]
Fm C# G# F#
Do you remember how we held each other tight in sorrow,
C# F# G# G#
does it haunt you still?
Fm 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.