Intro
C C7 C F C
[Verse 1]
C
Backwater
C7 C F C
We're sailing at the edges of time
C
Backwater
C7 C F C
We're drifting at the waterline
[Chorus 1]
A# F
Oh we're floating in the coastal waters
A# F
You and me and the porter's daughters
Em C Em C
Ooh what to do not a sausage to do
A# F
And the shorter of the porter's daughters
A# F
Dips her hand in the deadly waters
Em C Em C
Ooh what to do in a tiny canoe
[Verse 2]
C
Black water
C7 C F C
There were six of us but now we are five
C
We're all talking
C7 C F C
To keep the conversation alive
[Chorus 2]
A# F
There was a senator from Ecuador
A# F
Who talked about a meteor
Em C Em C
That crashed on a hill in the south of Peru
A# F
And was found by a conquistador
A# F
Who took it to the emperor
Em C Em C
And he passed it on to a Turkish guru
[Verse 3]
C
His daughter
C7 C F C
Was slated for becoming divine
C
He taught her
C7 C F C
He taught her how to split and define
[Chorus 3]
A# F
But if you study the logistics
A# F
And heuristics of the mystics
Em C Em C
You will find that their minds rarely move in a line
A# F
So it's much more realistic
A# F
To abandon such ballistics
Em C Em C
And resign to be trapped on a leaf in the vine
[Instrumental]
C C7 C C7 C F C
C C7 C C7 C F C
A# F A# F
Em C Em C
A# F A# F
Em C Em C
[Verse 4]
C
Backwater
C7 C F C
We're sailing at the edges of time
C
Backwater
C7 C F C
We're drifting at the waterline
[Chorus 4]
A# F
Oh we're floating in the coastal waters
A# F
You and me and the porter's daughters
Em C Em C
Ooh what to do not a sausage to do
A# F
And the shorter of the porter's daughters
A# F
Dips her hand in the deadly waters
Em C Em C
Ooh what to do in a tiny canoe
[Outro]
C C7 C C7 C F C
C C7 C C7 C F C
A# F A# F
Em C Em C
A# F A# F
Em C Em C
C C7 C C7 C F C
C C7 C C7 C F C
A# F A# F
Em C Em C
A# F A# F
Em C Em E