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