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