Key: F major
Intro 1
Bb
Eb
Bb
Verse 1
Bb
Backwater
Eb
Bb
We're sailing at the edges of time
Backwater
Eb
Bb
We're drifting at the waterline
Ab
Eb
Oh we're floating in the coastal waters
Ab
Eb
You and me and the porter's daughters
Dm
Bb
Dm
Bb
Ooh what to do not a sausage to do
Ab
Eb
Dips her hand in the deadly waters
Dm
Bb
Dm
Ooh what to do in a tiny ca noe
Bb
Verse 2
Black water
There were six of us but
Eb
Bb
now we are five
We're all talking
Bb
Ab
Eb
There was a senator from Ecuador
Ab
Eb
Who talked about a meteor
Dm
Bb
That crashed on a hill in
Dm
Bb
the south of Peru
Ab
Eb
And was found by a conquistador
Ab
Eb
Who took it to the emperor
Dm
Bb
Dm
Bb
And he passed it on to a Turkish guru
Verse 3
Eb
Bb
Was slated for becoming divine
He taught her
He taught her how to split and define
Ab
Eb
But if you study the logistics
Ab
Eb
And heuristics of the mystics
Dm
Bb
You will find that their minds
Bb
Ab
Eb
So it's much more realistic
Ab
Eb
To abandon such ballistics
Dm
Bb
Dm
Bb
Eb
Bb
And resign to be trapped on a leaf in
Eb
Bb
Ab
Eb
Ab
Eb
Dm
Bb
Dm
Bb
Ab
Eb
Ab
Eb
Dm
Bb
Dm
Bb
Eb
Bb
Eb
Bb
a vine
Outro 1
Ab
Eb
Ab
Eb
Dm
Bb
Dm
Bb
Ab
Eb
Ab
Eb
Dm
Bb
Eb
Bb
Eb
Bb
Ab
Eb
Ab
Eb
Dm
Bb
Dm
Bb
Ab
Eb
Ab
Eb
Dm
Bb
Dm
Bb
Eb
Bb
Eb
Bb
Ab
Eb
Dm
Bb
Dm
Bb
Ab
Eb
How did you like the song?
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBb Eb Ab Dm
More songs by Brian Eno
Discover chords for more songs to play
Related songs
Discover chords for more songs to play
Popular chords globally
Most played chords & tabs across all users
