Credit to Freelancer00 on this, just changed a few things in the progression and
added some of the riffs (not all though).
Thanks!
**Riffs are NOT relative to Capo
Riff 1:
E|---11-13-11----11--15--11----11--13--11--------|
B|-11---------13------------13------------13--11-|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Riff 2 Instrumental:
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11-11-11/13-11-11-8/9--9-9-8---------------------------|
G|-------------------------------10-8-8-8888-8-7----------|
D|-----------------------------------------------10-8-8---|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 3:
E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-------------0------0-3-5-3-0----------|
D|-0-3-5-0-3-5---3-5------------5-3-0----|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
Riff 4:
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|------11-----11---11/13-11-9-8---------------------|
G|---8-------8---------------------------------------|
D|-0-------0------0----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
Capo I
Intro: Riff 2 with bass chords -or-
D D G G D A D D
D D G G B A G A D
Verse 1:
D
Gonna put the the world away for a minute
G
Pretend I don't live in it
D A D
Sunshine gonna wash my blues away
D
Had sweet love but I lost it
G
She got too close so I fought her
B A G A D
Now I'm lost in the world trying to find me a better way
Wishing I was...
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Chorus:
D
Knee deep in the water somewhere
G
Got the blue sky breeze and it don't seem fair
D A D [Riff 1]
Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair
D
Sunrise there's a fire in the sky
G
Never been so happy
G
Never felt so high
B A G A D
And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise
Instrumental:
[Riff 2]
D G D A D
Verse 2:
D
Wrote a note said be back in a minute
G
Bought a boat and I sailed off in it
D A D [Riff 3]
Don't think anybody gonna miss me anyway
D
Mind on a permanent vacation
G
The ocean is my only medication
B A G A D
Wishing my condition ain't ever gonna go away
'Cause now I'm...
Chorus:
D
Knee deep in the water somewhere
G
Got the blue sky breeze blowin' wind through my hair
D A D [Riff 1]
Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair
D
Sunrise there's a fire in the sky
G
Never been so happy
G
Never felt so high
B A G A D
And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise
Bridge:
B D
This champagne shore washing over me
A D D7
It's a sweet sweet life livin' by the salty sea
G D
One day you could be as lost as me
E
Change your geography
A A G F#m Em
Maybe you might be
Chorus:
(No chords)
Knee deep in the water somewhere
Got the blue sky breeze blowin' wind through my hair
[Riff 4]
Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair
D
Sunrise there's a fire in the sky
G
Never been so happy
G
Never felt so high
B A G A D
And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise
D
Come on in the water's nice
A
Find yourself a little slice
D A
Grab a backpack of life
B A G
You'll never know until you try
E
When you lose yourself
A D
You find the key to paradise
Outro: Riff 2/1/2/3 -or-
D D G G D A D D
D D G G B A G A D