Down to the Waterline

Intro: 0:00
Bm | Bm | Bm | Bm
G | G | E | E
Bm | Bm
0:53
G | G | Bm | Bm  - x2

Verse 1: 1:07
  Bm      F#m
Sweet surrender
A         E       Bm
  On the quayside,
Bm       F#m
  You remember
A             E       Bm
  We used to run and hide
1:20
         Bm
In the shadows of cargoes
   F#m
I take you one time,
       A
We're counting all the numbers
 E!                   Bm
Down to the waterline.   Well,

Verse 2: 1:31
Bm      F#m
  Near misses on the
 A        E       Bm
Dogleap stairways,
Bm        F#m
  French kisses in the
 A        E       Bm
Darkened doorways,
1:45
 Bm
Foghorn blowing out
 F#m
Wild and cold,
   A
A policeman shines a light
E!                 Bm
  Upon my shoulder.

Instrumental: 1:55
G | A | Bm | Bm  - x2

Verse 3: 2:09
Bm          F#m
Up comes a coaster,
 A        E     Bm
Fast and silent in the night,
Bm        F#m
Over my shoulder
A    E               Bm
All you can see are pilot lights.
2:22
    Bm
No money in our jackets and our
 F#m
Jeans are torn,
      A
Your hands are cold,
          E!           Bm
But your lips are warm.

Instrumental: 2:33
G | G | Bm | Bm
G | A
2:43
E | C#m | C | C
G | G | C | C
2:57
D | D | A | A
F# | F# | G | A

Verse 4: 3:10
         Bm             F#m
She can see him on the jetty where
  A            E  Bm
They used to know,
         Bm               F#m
She can feel him in the places where
     A       E Bm
The sailors go.
3:24
            Bm
When she's walking by the river
        F#m
Or the railway line,
          A
She can still hear him whisper:
  E!                   Bm
"Let's go down to the waterline. Come on."

Coda: 3:35
G | A | Bm | Bm  - x2
G | A A! | Bm!!