--comp. Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser & Jim Carroll (from _Club_Ninja_, 1986)

   -- chords & tabbed Intro "transcr." by tcg, 1994

   -- 4/4 // keys: Bm (D); E (C#m) // Allegro // ...slight flange





 --------                                                           [2nd x:

 INTRO TAB:                                                         to Verse]

 Em9    Bm [=hold thru=]  A               "G5"

 -2-0-----||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----2-0------||

 -3---0-3=||===3========--2=|==2====--0-2-3=|===3===========|===--3---0-3==||

 -0-----4=||o==4========--2=|==2====------0=|===0===========|===--0-----4=o||

 -2-----4=||o==4========--2=|==2====------0=|===0===========|===--2-----4=o||

 -------2=||===2========--0=|==0====--------|---------------|-----------2==||

 ---------||----------------|-------------3=|===3===========|===-----------||

  3 & 4 &      1  2  3 4  &    1 2 3  & 4 &     1  2  3  4   1 2  3 & 4 &



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 CHORDS USED, in order of appearance (@/$/% designate different voicings

                     of same chord)--

  Bm@:   x 2 4 4 3 x

  A@:    x 0 2 2 2 x

  G5:    3 x 0 0 3 x

  Em7:   0 2 2 0 3 x

  D/F#:  2 x 0 2 3 x

  D:     x x 0 2 3 2

  C/9:   x 3 2 0 3 0

  E:     0 2 2 1 0 0

  A$:    x 0 2 2 2 0

  D/9/A: x 0 4 2 3 0

  A%:    x 0 2 2(2)x

  B:     x 2 4 4(4)x

  C#m:   x 4 6 6(5)x

  Bm$:   x 2 4 4 3 2



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 LYRICS, CHORDS, & SEQUENCE of PARTS (see below for chord durations)--



 INTRO

 VERSE 1:

 Bm@          A@          G5                   Em7

     Perfect water - the dark wind braids the waves--

        D/F#      G5    D    b    C9   a   Bm@             (Bm@)

     The  crazed birds raid the trees--        Is this our destiny?

         E        A$   D/9/A   E          A$    D/9/A

     To join our hands   at   sea-- and slow  -  ly

      E          A$    D/9/A    E    A$   D/9/A

     sink, and slow  -  ly    think:

       G5            (G5)   [1 1/2-measure chord tacit; ->Em9]

     This is perfect water, passing over me--



 INTRO

 VERSE 2:

 Bm@              A@              G5                        Em7  D/F#  G5

     Do you know Jacques Cousteau?   Well, they said on the radi  -  o

              D          b   C/9      a   Bm                (Bm)

     That he hears bells in random order,  deep beneath the perfect water--

      E   A$    D/9/A     E          A$    D/9/A

     Love       that is frightening,

           E   A$    D/9/A    E      A$    D/9/A

     but still        so   inviting--

          E                    A$    D/9/A       E         A$    D/9/A

     To drown {drown-drown} inside a sound that lay so far underground,

              E                            A$          D/9/A

     And to think--{and to think} And to think {and to think}:

       G5            (G5)   [2-measure chord tacit]

     This is perfect water, passing over me.



 LEAD TACIT: ||: A%  B   C#m :|| <-2x



 CHORUS:

      A%    B        C#m

 To flow inside the spiral tide,

      A%     B            C#m

 To drown my eyes like a blind ride,

          A%       B     C#m                A%    B   C#m

 And to cross the perils of black water--

     A%        B       C#m                  A%    B   C#m

 It waits for me like mother and daughter--

     A%     B       C#m                 A%        B        C#m

 {A life}A life of perfect order--{A strange}A strange and perfect water--

     A%     B       C#m                 A%        B        C#m

 {A life}A life of perfect order--{A strange}A strange and perfect water--



 LEAD TACIT:||:A% B  C#m:||<-4x  G5 (G5) [1 1/2-measure chord tacit;->Em9]



 VERSE 3:

 Bm@          A@        G5                 Em7     D/F#     G5   D

     Perfect water-- I dream this dream within the     deep and warm

          b      C/9

         Gulf Stream,

             E   A$      D/9/A  E            A$        D/9/A

     Where two blocks of ice   melt into my hands like dice,

            E            A$          D/9/A         E          A$    D/9/A

     And I roll {seven} seven on the floor of the sea  {seven}--

            E            A$          D/9/A         E          A$    D/9/A

     And I roll {seven} seven on the floor of the sea  {seven}--

            G5              (G5)   [1 1/2-measure chord tacit]

     And I feel the perfect water, washing over me--

   A@  G5  (G5)  [2-measure chord tacit]



 CHORUS [as above, then]:

    A%   B  C#m       A%   B  C#m

 A life!         A strange!

    A%   B  C#m       A%   B  C#m

 A life!         A strange!



 LEAD TACIT: ||: A%  B   C#m :||<-4x-4x   G5 (G5)



   [1 1/2-measure chord tacit, ritard.]



   A$  Bm$ [hold]

                   [**lyrics based upon version in BOC-L archive: thanks!]



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 Chord DURATION/RHYTHM Schema:



 VERSE: (hold all chords for indicated duration, except Em9 [see

   Intro tab]; small letter = single note "bass fill" on A string)



 Em9   Bm@         A@          G        Em7  D/F#  G5

 3 & 4 &   1 2 3 4 &  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  "1    2    3"[<-triplet quarters]



 D    b     C/9*         a   Bm            (Bm)   [i.e., hold 2 measures]

 1  2 & 3 & 4   1  2  3  & 4 &  1  2  3  4==1  2  3  4



 ||: E            A$     D/9/A :|| (# of repeats varies: see lyrics)

     1  2  3  4   1  2   3  4



 G5      (G5) [hold 2 measures]     [2-measure chord tacit]**

 1 2 3 4==1 2 3 4                     (1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4)



 ----

  * 3rd Verse: C/9         -->to E chord

                4  1 2 3 4



  ** 1st Verse: "steal" last 2 beats for Em9 segue to 2nd verse



  ** 3rd Verse: replace 2-measure tacit with the following--

    [1 1/2-measure chord tacit]      A@

      1   2   3   4   1   2          3  4



     G5      (G5)  [hold 2 measures]    [2-measure chord tacit]

     1 2 3 4==1 2 3 4                     (1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4)



 ["triplet" chords (Em7-D/F#-G5) are guesses that "fit," but are open

     to question: after 4 or 5 days of tryin', decided to get on with

     my life!]



 LEAD TACIT/CHORUS:

 ||: A%   B       C#m                :||(# of repeats varies: see lyrics)

     1  2 & 3 &  4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

     /  / /   /    /    /   /   / / / [<-strums]



 -->1st ending:

 G5      (G5)   [hold 2 measures]    [1 1/2-measure chord tacit]->Em9 riff

 1 2 3 4==1 2 3 4                     (1  2  3  4  1  2)          3 & 4



 -->2nd ending:

 G5      (G5)   [hold 2 measures]     [1 1/2-measure chord tacit; ritard.]

 1 2 3 4==1 2 3 4                      (1  2  3  4  1  2)



 A$ [hold]    Bm$ [hold]

 3 4         1234->fermata...



                               [Geez, I might as well have tabbed it. . . .]





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