It May Be The Water chords by
Lionel Richie

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Key: Ab major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

C

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I look at all the things I put you through

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I've often wondered

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how it bothered you

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I know how close I came to losing you

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But we managed to stay alive

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I guess only the strong survive

Verse 2

I just gotta tell you baby

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D

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Sometimes love can be so cruel

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Sometimes we learn 'bout being a fool

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C

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I don't know why girl,

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D

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we've lasted so long?

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C

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It may be the water that keeps us strong

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G

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D

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G

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C

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Verse 3

I took for granted that

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you'd always be there

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I know it seemed at times I didn't care

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I didn't know what

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you had given me

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But with love it takes some time

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But through the joy and

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pain you're mine

Verse 4

I just gotta tell you baby

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D

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Sometimes love can be so cruel

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Sometimes we learn 'bout being a fool

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I don't know why girl,

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D

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we've lasted so long?

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C

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It may be the water that

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keeps us strong

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It may be the water that keeps us strong

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You know that

Verse 5

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I'm so glad to say,

oh baby

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That it all turned out this

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way 'cause you know that

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It almost slipped away, oh baby

Am

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But we managed to stay alive

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I guess only the strong survive

Verse 6

I just gotta tell you baby

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C

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D

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G

G

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Sometimes love can be so cruel

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C

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D

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G

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Sometimes we learn 'bout being a fool

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I don't know why girl,

D

D

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G

G

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we've lasted so long?

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It may be the water

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that keeps us strong

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You know that

Verse 7

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I'm so glad to say,

oh baby

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G

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C

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That it all turned out this way,

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cause you know that

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It almost slipped away, oh baby

Am

Am

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But we managed to stay alive

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Am

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I guess we found that only

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the strong survive

Verse 8

So I just had to tell you baby

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Sometimes love can be so cruel

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Sometimes we learn 'bout be ing a fool

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I don't know why girl,

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D

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we've lasted so long?

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C

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It may be the water

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that keeps us strong

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It may be the water that keeps us strong

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It may

Verse 9

be the water

Keeps us strong

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It may be the water, baby

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Keeps us strong

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It may be the wa ter

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Keeps us strong

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It may be the

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water that keeps us strong

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Chords

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The original key of It May Be The Water by Lionel Richie is Ab major.

The primary chords used in It May Be The Water are Ab, Db, Eb, Bbm.

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