Capo 3
A (4 beats) C (4 beats) F (2 beats) Em (2 beats)
A C F Em
Time it took us
A C F Em A
To where the water was, That's what the water gave me
C F Em
And time goes quicker
D C F Em A
Between the two of us, Oh my love, don't forsake me
C G
Take what the water gave me
D A
Lay me down
C G
Let the only sound
F A
Be the overflow
C G
Pockets full of stones
D A
Lay me down
C G
Let the only sound
D A C Em
Be the overflow
A C F Em
A C F Em
And oh, poor Atlas
A C F Em A
The world's a beast of a burden, You've been holding on a long time
C F Em
And all this longing
A C F Em G
And the ships are left to rust, That's what the water gave us
D A
Lay me down
C G
Let the only sound
F A
Be the overflow
C G
Pockets full of stones
D A
Lay me down
C G
Let the only sound
D A C Em G
Be the overflow... 'Cause they took your loved ones
D
But returned them in exchange for you
F G6(sus4) = [330010]
But would you have it any other way?
D F
Would you have it any other way?
G D A
You could have it any other way
A C F Em
'Cause she's a cruel mistress
A C F Em A
and her temper cannot be tamed, but oh my love don't forsake me
C G
Take what the water gave me
D A
So, lay me down
C G
Let the only sound
F A
Be the overflow
C G
Pockets full of stones
D A
Lay me down
C G
Let the only sound
D A C G
Be the overflow...
D A C G
Yea yea yea yea yea
D A C G
