Chord/Tab song: Rock Me on the Water

By
Jackson Browne
Submitted by Pat Donohoe
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Verse
[G]Oh people, look[Em] around you the signs[C] are everywhere[G]
[C]You've left it for so[G]mebody othe[D]r than you to be[C] the o[D]ne to care[Em]
[G]You're lost inside your house[Em]s there's no time [C]to find you now[D]
[G]While your walls are burning and your towers [D]are turning
[Em]I'm going to leave you here and try to get down [C]to the sea somehow[G]
[D]
Verse
[G]The road is filled with homel[Em]ess souls every woman, chi[C]ld and man[G]
[C]Who have no idea[G] where t[D]hey will go but [C]they'll help you if the[D]y can[Em]
[G]Now everyone must have som[Em]e thought that's going to pull them[C] through somehow[D]
[G]While the fires are raging hott[D]er and hotter
[Em]But the sisters of the sun are going to rock me o[C]n the water now[G]

Chorus
[D]Rock me on the wat[C]er
[C]Sister will you s[G]oothe my fever[D]ed brow[C]
[G]Rock me on t[D]he water[Em]
[A]I'll get down to the sea somehow
[C](I'll get down to the sea somehow)

Interlude
[G] [Em] [C] [A][D][G][D]
[Em] [C]

Verse
[G]Oh people, look[Em] among you it's there[C] your hope must lie[G]
[C]There's a sea bird abo[G]ve you gli[D]ding in one place l[C]ike Jesus [D]in the sky[Em]
[G]We all must do the best [Em]we can and then hang on to that[C] gospel plow[D]
[G]When my life is over, and I stan[D]d before the father
[Em]But the sisters of the sun are going to r[C]ock me on the water now

Chorus
[G]Rock me on t[D]he water[C]
[C]Sister will you s[G]oothe my fevered[D] brow[C]
[G]Rock me on the[D] water [Em]
[A]Maybe I'll remember
[C]Maybe I'll remember now
[G]Rock me on [D]the wat[C]er
[G]The wind is with[D] me now[C]
So roc[G]k me on the [D]water[C]
[A]I'll get down to the sea somehow
[C]I'll get down to the sea somehow
[G]Rock me on the[D] water[C][G]
[D]Rock me now[C]
[G]Rock me on t[D]he water[C][G]
[D]Rock me now[C]

Outro
G D C D (6x) fade out