Intro
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[Verse 1]
D
Backwater
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We're sailing at the edges of time
D
Backwater
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We're drifting at the waterline
[Chorus 1]
C G
Oh we're floating in the coastal waters
C G
You and me and the porter's daughters
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Ooh what to do not a sausage to do
C G
And the shorter of the porter's daughters
C G
Dips her hand in the deadly waters
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Ooh what to do in a tiny canoe
[Verse 2]
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Black water
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There were six of us but now we are five
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We're all talking
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To keep the conversation alive
[Chorus 2]
C G
There was a senator from Ecuador
C G
Who talked about a meteor
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That crashed on a hill in the south of Peru
C G
And was found by a conquistador
C G
Who took it to the emperor
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And he passed it on to a Turkish guru
[Verse 3]
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His daughter
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Was slated for becoming divine
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He taught her
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He taught her how to split and define
[Chorus 3]
C G
But if you study the logistics
C G
And heuristics of the mystics
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You will find that their minds rarely move in a line
C G
So it's much more realistic
C G
To abandon such ballistics
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And resign to be trapped on a leaf in the vine
[Instrumental]
D D7 D D7 D G D
D D7 D D7 D G D
C G C G
F#m D F#m D
C G C G
F#m D F#m D
[Verse 4]
D
Backwater
D7 D G D
We're sailing at the edges of time
D
Backwater
D7 D G D
We're drifting at the waterline
[Chorus 4]
C G
Oh we're floating in the coastal waters
C G
You and me and the porter's daughters
F#m D F#m D
Ooh what to do not a sausage to do
C G
And the shorter of the porter's daughters
C G
Dips her hand in the deadly waters
F#m D F#m D
Ooh what to do in a tiny canoe
[Outro]
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D D7 D D7 D G D
C G C G
F#m D F#m D
C G C G
F#m D F#m D
D D7 D D7 D G D
D D7 D D7 D G D
C G C G
F#m D F#m D
C G C G
F#m D F#m E