the water was red chords by Johnny Cymbal

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (G major) A  (A major) boy  (D major) 
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met a  (F sharp minor) girl  on a  (G major) lonely beach  (D major) 
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A 
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And  (G major) soon they were  (A major) holding  (D major) hands
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They fell in love  (F sharp minor) on that  (G major) lonely beach  (D major) 
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D 
And  (G major) kissed on the  (A major) silver sand  (D major) 
Gm 
Till the water was  (G minor) red
D 
and the day was  (D major) done
Gm 
Till the water was  (G minor) red
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A 
from the setting  (D major) sun  (A major) 
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F#m 
They returned  (D major) to the  (F sharp minor) beach
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whenev (G major) er they could,  (D major) 
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A 
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and  (G major) stayed till the  (A major) moon was  (D major) bright.
And once they were swimming
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 (F sharp minor) where the  (G major) water was  (D major) deep,
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and the  (G major) white fin came  (A major) into  (D major) sight.  (B flat major) 
Eb 
Gm 
The  (E flat major) shark had  (G minor) struck and
Ab 
Eb 
 (A flat major) disappeared,  (E flat major) 
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Bb 
Eb 
and  (A flat major) left his  (B flat major) sweetheart dead.  (E flat major) 
Gm 
Ab 
Eb 
And as he pulled  (G minor) her to  (A flat major) the  (E flat major) shore,
Ab 
Bb 
Eb 
the  (A flat major) roaring waves  (B flat major) were  (E flat major) in.
Abm 
Oh, the water was  (A flat minor) red,
Eb 
for what the shark had  (E flat major) done
G#m 
Yes, the water was  (G sharp minor) red,
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B 
and his love was  (D sharp major) gone  (B major) 
E 
G#m 
He  (E major) looked towards the  (G sharp minor) water
A 
E 
and he  (A major) saw the  (E major) fin,
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B 
E 
so  (A major) he gently put her  (B major) on the  (E major) sand.
G#m 
He walked to the  (G sharp minor) water
A 
with a  (A major) tear in his eye
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A 
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E 
 (E major) and a  (A major) gleaming knife  (B major) in his  (E major) hand.
Am 
E 
And the water was  (A minor) red, once again  (E major) 
Am 
Yes, the water was  (A minor) red
E 
As he walked  (E major) towards his sweetheart
A 
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With the  (A major) fin  (F sharp minor) in  (B major) his hand  (E major) 
Am 
The water was the water was  (A minor) red,
E 
once again.  (E major) 
water was red,
Am 
yes the water was  (A minor) red, once again.