The Man In The Water chords by Fairport Convention

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
DmDm G+G  E minorEm FF
DmDm G+G  E minorEm FF  A minorAm

Verse:
A minorAm
There's a man in the river
A minorAm
Policemen standing
   G+G
In a circle, smoking
     A minorAm
Round the man
A minorAm
Man in the water
           G+G     C majorC
Who sees nothing but circles

Verse:
               G+G
Could have been a fisherman
               A minorAm
Could have dived for pearls
                         C majorC
Could have found the answer in the watery world
              G+G
Could have been a builder
             A minorAm
Could have found the key
                        C majorC  DmDm G+G
Could have run with the river and then into the sea

Chorus:
    E minorEm      FF    DmDm G+G
Did he run with the river?
    E minorEm      FF    A minorAm
Did he run with the river?

Verse:
A minorAm
No more questions
A minorAm
Just the river's answer
    G+G         A minorAm
For the man in the water
A minorAm
His wife at the window
A minorAm
Cursing the cameras
    G+G          C majorC
And the man in the water

Verse:
               G+G
Could have been a fisherman
               A minorAm
Could have dived for pearls
                         C majorC
Could have found the answer in the watery world
              G+G
Could have been a builder
             A minorAm
Could have found the key
                        C majorC  DmDm G+G
Could have run with the river and then into the sea

Chorus:
    E minorEm      FF    DmDm G+G
Did he run with the river?
    E minorEm      FF    DmDm G+G
Did he run with the river?
    E minorEm      FF    DmDm G+G
Did he run with the river?
    E minorEm      FF    A minorAm
Did he run with the river?

Bridge:
                G+G
Is there a light at the window
G+G
A augmentedA candle burning
G+G
A augmentedA young girl turning
   E minorEm     FF   G+G C majorC
In a heart gone cold

Instrumental:
             G+G  A minorAm
Could have been a fisherman....

DmDm G+G  E minorEm FF
DmDm G+G  E minorEm FF
DmDm G+G  E minorEm FF
DmDm G+G  E minorEm FF  A minorAm

Verse:
A minorAm
Some dark Sunday
A minorAm
The women walking
G+G         A minorAm
Down by the water
A minorAm
They speak of a diary
A minorAm
The missing pages
    G+G   C majorC
And the man

Verse:
               G+G
Could have been a fisherman
               A minorAm
Could have dived for pearls
                         C majorC
Could have found the answer in the watery world
              G+G
Could have been a builder
             FF
Could have found the key
                             DmDm G+G
And the way I feel tonight, suppose it could have been me


Chorus:
   E minorEm      FF   DmDm G+G
Go to run with the river
   E minorEm      FF   DmDm G+G
Go to run with the river
   E minorEm      FF   DmDm G+G
Go to run with the river
   E minorEm      FF   DmDm G+G
Go to run with the river
   E minorEm      FF   DmDm G+G
Go to run with the river
   E minorEm      FF
Go to run with the river