A fairly good tab on here already, but it doesn't give the full intro, and there's
a couple of errors that had been pointed out that I've corrected. Also, it was
missing an F on the second "I'm taking a dive" section. So for completeness only, here it is:
Intro:
C Bbm C Bbm F
G C G
Verse:
C
Sailing away on the crest of a wave
Am
It's like magic
Ab
Oh, rolling and riding and slipping and sliding
Fm
It's magic
Chorus:
Em Dm
And you, and your sweet desire,
Em Dm Em F G C
You took me, oh, higher and higher baby,
Am F
It's a living thing,
Dm7 Gaug C
It's a terrible thing to lose
Am F
It's a giving thing
Dm7 Gaug C
What a terrible thing to lose.
Bbm C Bbm G C G
I'm taking a dive. (dive)
C
Making believe this is what you've conceived
Am
From your worst day, (I'm taking a dive)
Ab
Moving in line when you look back in time
Fm
To the first day, (I'm taking I'm taking)
Chorus:
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Em Dm
And you, and your sweet desire,
Em Dm
(Don't you do it), don't you do it to me, oh,
Em F G C
higher and higher baby
Am F
It's a living thing,
Dm7 Gaug C
It's a terrible thing to lose
Am F
It's a giving thing
Dm7 Gaug C
What a terrible thing to lose.
Bbm F G C G
I'm taking a dive. On the sky
Verse:
C
Taking a dive cause you can't halt the slide
Am
Floating down stream, (I'm taking a dive)
Ab
Oh, so let her go don't start spoiling the show
Fm
It's a bad dream, (I'm taking, I'm taking)
Em Dm
And you, and your sweet desire,
Em Dm
(Don't you do it), don't you do it to me, oh,
Em F G C
higher and higher baby
Am F
It's a living thing,
Dm7 Gaug C
It's a terrible thing to lose
Am F
It's a giving thing
Dm7 Gaug C
What a terrible thing to lose.
Am F
It's a living thing,
Dm7 Gaug C
It's a terrible thing to lose
Am F
It's a giving thing
Dm7 Gaug C
What a terrible thing to lose.
