Key: G major
Verse 1
F
Bb
F
C
F
Bb
F
C
F
Into the water,
Bb
F
so clear an d blue
C
F
The crowds are cheering,
Bb
F
willing her through
C
F
She wins the heat,
F
C
The dream is over for four
F
Bb
F
more years
Verse 2
C
F
Back in the homeland she
Bb
F
strained and strived
C
F
Bb
F
Each day she sweated, from e'er a child
C
F
Bb
To clinch the gold and the coloured rings
Bb
C
F
Bb
the masses wings
Verse 3
F
Bb
Am
But darkness came to her Syr ia
G
F
With bombs and bullets,
Bb
Dm
the reign of war
F
C
F
Bb
Through burning Lebanon, she had to flee
C
F
down to the sea
Verse 4
Dm
F
Dm
F
Dm
F
Into a boat there, by dark of night
F
Dm
Am
F
all taking flight
Dm
F
C
F
Bb
F
So overburdened, the en gine fails
C
F
Bb
G
F
In open water without a sail
Asus4
Am
Gm
Verse 5
Am
F
Bb
F
They're too far out now,
Bb
F
no turning back
C
F
Nothing behind them
Bb
F
to bring them back
C
F
Bb
The young and old now will surely drown
F
C
Miles from safe harbour without
Dm
F
a sound
Dm
F
Dm
F
Verse 6
F
C
F
Into the water, so dark and cold
Dm
C
F
Bb
F
Her and her sis ter, they pull the boat
C
F
Their faces frozen, limbs tired and weak
C
F
Bb
Over the abyss of the Ae
Verse 7
Dm
F
before school
Bb
F
The sea is only a bigger pool
C
F
C
Dm
F
It's just the gold now is in the boat
Dm
F
Tied to these rings at
C
F
the ends of rope"
Verse 8
Bb
C
And if the ancients had known
C
Bb
She'd be the pride of
C
Dm
all ancient Greece
C
Bb
She'd have the gold and
C
Bb
the laurel wreaths
Verse 9
C
Bb
C
And from that day forward most
C
Bb
They'd know the fame of
C
Dm
that brave young girl
Edim
C
Bb
Who lost her home but who
C
Bb
saved the dream
C
F
And held it gleaming for all to see
C
Bb
C
Who gave back hope to a world
Verse 10
C
Bb
And showed through courage
C
Dm
disgraced ath letes
C
Bb
Who gave back meaning
C
Bb
most real again
They chant that noble
C
Olympi
Verse 11
F
a
C
F
Olympia
C
F
Olympia
C
Bb
Olympia
C
Verse 12
Bb
F
Into the water,
Bb
F
so clear and blue
C
F
The crowds are cheering,
Bb
F
willing her through
C
F
She wins the heat,
F
C
The dream is over for four
Bb
F
C
Bb
F
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