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[Intro]
Am  F  Am  F
C  F  C  F
[Verse]
CCaught between the Gair and the Cwindless Fdeep
You Cfloat Flike a Glily Cflower
And you look just like you Gfell to Cearth to Fsleep
And you're waitCing Ffor your Gwaking Chour
[Chorus]
And I Fswear to Ggod I saw an Cangel hand attend Fyou
But Cthat was just the dancing Fof the Glight
No Cmortal or imGmortal did deAmliver or deFfend you
All hands have forDm7saken Gyou toCnight
[Verse]
Are you dreaming of a Glover who will Ccarry you away?F  
And keep you Cfrom the Fcrying Gof the Ccrowd?
No cradle in the Grushes, you are Cbroken like the Fday
And darkness Call aFround you Glike a Cshroud
[Chorus]
And I Fswear to Ggod I saw an Cangel hand attend Fyou
But Cthat was just the dancing Fof the Glight
No Cmortal or imGmortal did deAmliver or deFfend you
All hands have forDm7saken Gyou toCnight
[Verse]
When they finally surGrounded you, did Cany of them Fface you?
And did you Ccurse the Fmoon and Gstars aCbove?
Those cruel arms aGbandoned you for Cwater to embrace Fyou
Won't you lay your Chead, my FwaterGlily Clove?
[Chorus]
And I Fswear to Ggod I saw an Cangel hand attend Fyou
But Cthat was just the dancing Fof the Glight
No Cmortal or imGmortal did deAmliver or deFfend you
All hands have forDm7saken Gyou toCnight
[Verse]
Caught between the Gair and the Cwindless Fdeep
You Cfloat Flike a Glily Cflower
And you look just like you Gfell to Cearth to Fsleep
And you're waitCing Ffor your Gwaking Chour
And you're waiting Ffor your Gwaking Amhour

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Waterlily

by Karine Polwart

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm7

[Intro]

Am F Am F

C F C F

[Verse]

C G C F

Caught between the air and the windless deep

C F G C

You float like a lily flower

G C F

And you look just like you fell to earth to sleep

C F G C

And you're waiting for your waking hour

[Chorus]

F G C F

And I swear to god I saw an angel hand attend you

C F G

But that was just the dancing of the light

C G Am F

No mortal or immortal did deliver or defend you

Dm7 G C

All hands have forsaken you tonight

[Verse]

G C F

Are you dreaming of a lover who will carry you away?

C F G C

And keep you from the crying of the crowd?

G C F

No cradle in the rushes, you are broken like the day

C F G C

And darkness all around you like a shroud

[Chorus]

F G C F

And I swear to god I saw an angel hand attend you

C F G

But that was just the dancing of the light

C G Am F

No mortal or immortal did deliver or defend you

Dm7 G C

All hands have forsaken you tonight

[Verse]

G C F

When they finally surrounded you, did any of them face you?

C F G C

And did you curse the moon and stars above?

G C F

Those cruel arms abandoned you for water to embrace you

C F G C

Won't you lay your head, my waterlily love?

[Chorus]

F G C F

And I swear to god I saw an angel hand attend you

C F G

But that was just the dancing of the light

C G Am F

No mortal or immortal did deliver or defend you

Dm7 G C

All hands have forsaken you tonight

[Verse]

G C F

Caught between the air and the windless deep

C F G C

You float like a lily flower

G C F

And you look just like you fell to earth to sleep

C F G C

And you're waiting for your waking hour

F G Am

And you're waiting for your waking hour

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