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Shadow In The Water

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Lick during first three lines of the chorus:
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-------------5------|
A|-----3-5-5/7--------|
E|-3-5----------------|
[Intro]
C
C Am Em A7 Dm7
[Verse 1]
CShadow in the Amwater
EmShadow in the A7water moving Dm7faster than my little boat can Cgo
CThey think you are Amscary
EmBut I just find you A7very atDm7tractive
And I will learn to Cknow Em7you Dm7more
And I will learn to Cknow Em7you Dm7more
[Verse 2]
CYou could maybe Ambite me
But Emit's not very A7likely
I've Dm7heard of it to happen only Conce
CFor now I keep a Amdistance
EmA seldom act of A7wisdom
And Dm7prepare to tackle danger if it Ccomes
[Chorus]
FShadowC  G  
FShadowC  G  
FShadowC  G  
FShadow in Gm7the wateDm7r
[Verse 3]
CShadow in the Amwater
EmShadow in the A7water do you Dm7notice that I'm here looking at Cyou
CWe are very dAmiffеrent
EmExactly that's the rA7eason that I'm Dm7curious
Arе you curious of me tCo?   Em7Are Dm7you?
Are you curious of me tCo?   Em7Are yDm7ou?
[Verse 4]
CShadow in the Amwater
EmShadow in the A7water is it tDm7rue the things they tell me about yCou?
Is it Cmaj7true the things they tell me about Dm7you?
Is it Cmaj7true the things they tell me about Dm7you?
[Chorus]
FShadowC  G  
FShadowC  G  
FShadowC  G  
FShadow in Gm7the wateDm7r

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Shadow In The Water

by Erlend Øye

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm7

Em7

Gm7

Cmaj7

Lick during first three lines of the chorus:

e|--------------------|

B|--------------------|

G|--------------------|

D|-------------5------|

A|-----3-5-5/7--------|

E|-3-5----------------|

[Intro]

C Am Em A7 Dm7

[Verse 1]

C Am

Shadow in the water

Em A7 Dm7 C

Shadow in the water moving faster than my little boat can go

C Am

They think you are scary

Em A7 Dm7

But I just find you very attractive

C Em7 Dm7

And I will learn to know you more

C Em7 Dm7

And I will learn to know you more

[Verse 2]

C Am

You could maybe bite me

Em A7

But it's not very likely

Dm7 C

I've heard of it to happen only once

C Am

For now I keep a distance

Em A7

A seldom act of wisdom

Dm7 C

And prepare to tackle danger if it comes

[Chorus]

F C G

Shadow

F C G

Shadow

F C G

Shadow

F Gm7 Dm7

Shadow in the water

[Verse 3]

C Am

Shadow in the water

Em A7 Dm7 C

Shadow in the water do you notice that I'm here looking at you

C Am

We are very diffеrent

Em A7 Dm7

Exactly that's the reason that I'm curious

C Em7 Dm7

Arе you curious of me to? Are you?

C Em7 Dm7

Are you curious of me to? Are you?

[Verse 4]

C Am

Shadow in the water

Em A7 Dm7 C

Shadow in the water is it true the things they tell me about you?

Cmaj7 Dm7

Is it true the things they tell me about you?

Cmaj7 Dm7

Is it true the things they tell me about you?

[Chorus]

F C G

Shadow

F C G

Shadow

F C G

Shadow

F Gm7 Dm7

Shadow in the water

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