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Life in Dark Water – Al Stewart
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Al Stewart
Life in Dark Water (1978)
(Stewart)
From: "Time Passages"
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Dm x-x-0-2-3-1
Dm(aug) x-x-0-3-3-1 (= Bb/D)
Dm6 x-x-0-4-3-1
Em/D x-x-0-4-5-3
F/D x-x-0-5-6-5
Dmaj7sus2 x-x-0-2-2-0 (= A/D)
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INTRO
| Dm Bb/D | Dm6 Bb/D |
| Dm Bb/D | Dm6 Bb/D |
VERSE
Dm Em/D
Oh, come away from the day, here I stay
F/D Em/D | Dm Em/D | F/D Em/D |
Living on the bottom of the sea
Dm Em/D
Down metal snake, corridors, steely gray
F/D Em/D | Dm Em/D | F/D Em/D |
Engines hum for nobody but me
BRIDGE
Gm Am
No sound comes from the sea above me
Bb C | F G | Bb A |
No messages crackles through the radio leads
CHORUS
Dm Em/D
They'll never know, never, no, never
F/D Em/D [ Dm ]
How strange life in dark water can be
INTERLUDE
| Dm Bb/D | Dm6 Bb/D |
| Dm Bb/D | Dm6 Bb/D |
VERSE
Dm Em/D
Oh, mariners spare a thought when you pass
F/D Em/D | Dm Em/D | F/D Em/D |
Those who live the submarine life
Dm Em/D
Far in the deep sonar eyes never sleep
F/D Em/D | Dm Em/D | F/D Em/D |
Hiding like a shadow in the night
BRIDGE
Gm Am
Jet planes nose through the clouds above me
Bb C | F G | Bb A |
They look for radar traces of me to see
CHORUS
Dm Em/D
They'll never know, never, no, never
F/D Em/D [ Dm ]
How strange life in dark water can be
INTERLUDE
| Dm Bb/D | Dm6 Bb/D |
MIDDLE 8
Gm
Wonder what the stars look like
F
Coming out tonight
Gm C
Tell my girl she must be strong
F Dm [ Gm ]
She sits and waits all night long, yeah, yeah
Gm Am
Just looking for a better day
Gm Am [ Dm ]
She'll have to find another way to go
INTERLUDE
| Dm Bb/D | Dm6 Bb/D |
| Dm Bb/D | Dm6 Bb/D C |
SOLO I
| F C | Bb7 Dm |
| Abdim | A |
INTERLUDE
| Dm Bb/D | Dm6 Bb/D |
| Dm Bb/D | Dm6 Bb/D C |
SOLO II
| F C | Bb7 Dm |
| Abdim | A |
| Dm Gm | Dm Gm |
| Dm Gm |
| F C | Bb7 Dm |
| Bb Dm |
| Bb A | Gm A |
INTERLUDE
| Dm Bb/D | Dm6 Bb/D |
| Dm Bb/D | Dm6 Bb/D |
VERSE
Dm Em/D
No memory, tell me what's wrong with me
F/D Em/D | Dm Em/D | F/D Em/D |
Why am I alone here with no rest
Dm Em/D
And now the name of the ship's not the same
F/D Em/D | Dm Em/D | F/D Em/D |
How long has it been Marie Celeste?
BRIDGE
Gm Am
Now there's nobody from the crew left
Bb C | F G | Bb A |
Five hundred years supply of food just for me
CHORUS
Dm Em/D
They'll never know, never, no, never
F/D Em/D [ Dm ]
How strange life in dark water can be
INTERLUDE
| Dm Bb/D | Dm6 Bb/D |
CHORUS
Dm Em/D
They'll never know, never, no, never
F/D Em/D [ Dm ]
How strange life in dark water can be
INTERLUDE
| Dm Bb/D | Dm6 Bb/D |
| Dm Bb/D | Dm6 Bb/D |
CODA
| Bb A | Gm A | Dmaj7sus2