pouring petrol on a burning man chords by Paul Kelly
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Intro 1
(A minor) (D minor) (A minor)
(D minor)
(A minor) (G major)
(A minor) (D minor)
Verse 1
On (A minor)
a crowded (D minor) beach in a distant (A minor) time
At the height of (D minor) summer; see
(A minor) a boy of five
At (D minor) the (F major) wa ter's edge so nimble
(A minor) (D minor) (A minor) and (D minor) free
Jumping (A minor) over the ripples,
looking way out to sea (D minor)
(A minor) Now (F major) a man
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Verse 2
comes up
from amongst the throng
Takes the young (A minor) (C major) boy's hand, (D major)
and (A minor) his hand is (D minor) strong
And the (A minor) child feels safe,
(C major) yeah, the child feels brave
As (D minor) he's carried (D major) in (E minor) those arms
up and over the waves
Deep (E major) er water, deep
Verse 3
(E minor) er water,
deeper water (A minor) , calling him on
Let's move forward now and
the child's seventeen
With a girl in the (D minor) (A minor) (D minor) back seat,
(A minor) tug ging at his jeans
And she knows (D minor) (A minor) what (F major) she wants; she
guides with her (A minor) (D minor) (A minor) (D minor) (A minor) (D minor) hand
(A minor) As a (D minor) (A minor) (D minor) (A minor) voice cries (D minor) (A minor) inside
him: "I'm a (F major) man! I'm a man!"
Verse 4
Deeper water, deeper water,
deeper (A minor) (D minor) (A minor) (D minor) (C major) (D minor) (C major) water, calling him on
(D minor) Now the (D major) man meet (A minor) s a woman,
(D minor) un like all the (A minor) (D minor) (A minor) (C major) rest
He does (D major) n't know it yet,
(E minor) but he's out of (E major) his depth
And he thinks he can (D minor) (E major)
(D minor)
(E major)
(A minor)
(C major) (A minor) (C major) run; it's a matter of pride
(A minor) But he keeps (F major) coming back like a cork
(A minor) (D minor) (A minor) (D minor) (A minor) (D minor) (C major) on the tide
Verse 5
Well (D major) the years (D minor) hurry (A minor) by, and the
(C major) woman loves (D major) the man
(A minor) Then one (D minor) night in the dark (A minor) she grabs
(C major) hold of his hand
Says: "There,
can you (D major) feel it kicking inside?"
And (E minor) the man gets a shiver right up and
down his spine
Verse 6
Deeper water, deeper water, deeper (A minor)
(D minor) (A minor) (D minor) (A minor) water, calling him on
So the (D minor) (A minor) (D minor) (A minor) clock moves around,
and the child is a (F major) joy
But Death doesn't (D minor) care (F major) (D minor)
(A minor) just who it destroys
Now the woamn gets sick,
thins (G major) (A minor) down to the bone
She says: "Where I'm going next,
(F major) I'm going (D minor) alone."
Deep (F major) er (D minor)
Verse 7
(F major) (D minor) water, deeper
water
(A minor) On a distant beach, lonely and wild
At a later (G major) (A minor) time, see a man and a child
And the man takes the child
up (F major) into (D minor) his arms
Takes (F major) her (D minor) over (A minor) the breakers
Verse 8
To where the water is calm
(A minor)
Deeper water, deeper water
Deeper water, calling them on
pouring petrol on a burning man
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