D(9)
Hearts were exploding around us as
D/F#G(9)
we drifted south down the bay.
Bm7E7susE7
The gray up above and gray down below
Em7D/F#A7susA7
left us with nothing to say.
D(9)
So we drifted along in silence
D/F#G(9)
till the tickle of life trickled in.
Bm7E7susE7
And the rhythm began in the hiss of the sand,
Em7D/F#A7susA
we were catching fire again.
[CHORUS]
G/DDGD
Oh boatman, I am the river,
G/DDA7susAD
I am the mountain and the sea.
G/DDGDA/C#
Oh boatman, taker and giver,
Bm7E7Em7D/F#G(9)
Can you deliver me?
G(9)ADG/DD
I would forever run free.
[VERSE 2]
D(9)
Yeah, we finally caught up with legends,
D/F#G(9)
we were walking along side by side.
Bm7E7susE7
We worked out a plan to go out hand in hand,
Em7D/F#A7susA7
the long trail just wasn't that wide.
D(9)
The water around us was freezing,
D(9)D/F#G(9)
we just laughed and threw ourselves in.
Bm7E7susE7
And although we were old, the sting of that cold
Em7D/F#A7susA
pumped up the feeling, here it is again.
[CHORUS]
G/DDGD
Oh boatman, I am the river,
G/DDA7susAD
I am the mountain and the sea.
G/DDGDA/C#
Oh boatman, taker and giver,
Bm7E7Em7D/F#G(9)
Can you deliver me?
G(9)ADG/DD
I would forever run free.
[BRIDGE]
AB7EA
Oh, I'm a message in a bottle
AB7EA/EE
drifting along on a deep blue sea.
ABEA
Waiting for some foreign shore,
AB/EA
ready for something to be.
[VERSE 3]
D(9)
No longer afraid of falling,
D/F#G(9)
we cut the strings to the sky.
Bm7E7susE7
We found lever ground and we put ourselves down,
Em7D/F#A7susA7
amazing we all didn't die.
D(9)
We took each moment as given,
D/F#G(9)
by second, by second they came.
Bm7E7susE7
The ice and the sun and the thundering guns,
Em7D/F#A7susA
good God I was finally sane.
[CHORUS]
G/DDGD
Oh boatman, I am the river,
G/DDA7susAD
I am the mountain and the sea.
G/DDGDA/C#
Oh boatman, taker and giver,
Bm7E7Em7A7susA
Can you deliver me?
G/DDGD
Oh holy roller, I am the river,
G/DDA7susAD
I am the mountain and the sea.
G/DDGDA/C#
Oh boatman, taker and giver,
Bm7E7Em7D/F#G(9)
Can you deliver me?
G(9)AD
I would forever run free.