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Oil On Water

Bastille

RockAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

E
BDiagram coming soon
A#Diagram coming soon
G#mDiagram coming soon
D#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: E B B/A# G#m D# 
 
verse 1 
        E                         B       
So her fingers ran away with themselves 
B/A#   G#m            D# 
'Till everything was documented 
     E                    B     
Her mind it was reaching out 
B/A# G#m                       D# 
 To put into words what their bodies had done 
 
  E                B    
They lie together, oh 
B/A#   G#m  E   D# 
Oil on wa  -  ter 
      E                B 
And they lie upon her, oh 
B/A#      G#m  E   D# 
Someone's daugh - ter 
 
verse 2 
        E                      B     
It's a catalogue of modern mistakes 
B/A# G#m                      D# 
Her words and legs wrapped around each man 
          E                    B 
Leaving stories like digital crumbs 
B/A#    G#m                     D# 
As she turns these nights into literature 
 
  E                B    
They lie together, oh 
B/A#   G#m  E   D# 
Oil on wa  -  ter 
      E                B 
And they lie upon her, oh 
B/A#      G#m  E   D# 
Someone's daugh - ter 
 
E B B/A# G#m D# 
E B B/A# G#m D# 
 
 
verse 3 
           E                            B     
When they leave she sets about writing down 
B/A#     G#m            D# 
Awkward body games all over town 
         E                         B 
Warm affection runs through every word 
B/A#   G#m                     D# 
We're screens away but we're laughing with her 
 
  E                B    
They lie together, oh 
B/A#   G#m  E   D# 
Oil on wa  -  ter 
      E                B 
Ooh they lie upon her, oh 
B/A#      G#m  E   D# 
Someone's daugh - ter 
 
   E                B 
(They lie upon her, oh) 
B/A#       G#m  E   D# 
(Someone's daugh - ter) 
          
 

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Chord set

E · B · A# · G#m · D#

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.