Intro
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[Verse 1]
B
Backwater
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We're sailing at the edges of time
B
Backwater
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We're drifting at the waterline
[Chorus 1]
A E
Oh we're floating in the coastal waters
A E
You and me and the porter's daughters
D#m B D#m B
Ooh what to do not a sausage to do
A E
And the shorter of the porter's daughters
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Dips her hand in the deadly waters
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Ooh what to do in a tiny canoe
[Verse 2]
B
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]
A E
There was a senator from Ecuador
A E
Who talked about a meteor
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That crashed on a hill in the south of Peru
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And was found by a conquistador
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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]
A E
But if you study the logistics
A E
And heuristics of the mystics
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You will find that their minds rarely move in a line
A E
So it's much more realistic
A E
To abandon such ballistics
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And resign to be trapped on a leaf in the vine
[Instrumental]
B B7 B B7 B E B
B B7 B B7 B E B
A E A E
D#m B D#m B
A E A E
D#m B D#m B
[Verse 4]
B
Backwater
B7 B E B
We're sailing at the edges of time
B
Backwater
B7 B E B
We're drifting at the waterline
[Chorus 4]
A E
Oh we're floating in the coastal waters
A E
You and me and the porter's daughters
D#m B D#m B
Ooh what to do not a sausage to do
A E
And the shorter of the porter's daughters
A E
Dips her hand in the deadly waters
D#m B D#m B
Ooh what to do in a tiny canoe
[Outro]
B B7 B B7 B E B
B B7 B B7 B E B
A E A E
D#m B D#m B
A E A E
D#m B D#m B
B B7 B B7 B E B
B B7 B B7 B E B
A E A E
D#m B D#m B
A E A E
D#m B D#m E