Life In Dark Water
Al Stewart
RockAdvanced for beginners13 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
Dm
Em
D
F
GmDiagram coming soon
Am
BbDiagram coming soon
C
G
A
Bb7Diagram coming soon
AbdimDiagram coming soon
Dsus2Diagram coming soon
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
INTRO | Dm Dm5+ | Dm6 Dm5+ | | Dm Dm5+ | Dm6 Dm5+ | VERSE Dm Em/D Oh, come away from the day, here I stay F/D Em/D | Dm Em/D | F/D Em/D | Living on the bottom of the sea Dm Em/D Down metal snake, corridors, steely gray F/D Em/D | Dm Em/D | F/D Em/D | Engines hum for nobody but me BRIDGE Gm Am No sound comes from the sea above me Bb C | F G | Bb A | No messages crackles through the radio leads Chorus Dm Em/D They'll never know, never, no, never F/D Em/D Dm How strange life in dark water can be INTERLUDE | Dm Dm5+ | Dm6 Dm5+ | | Dm Dm5+ | Dm6 Dm5+ | VERSE Dm Em/D Oh, mariners spare a thought when you pass F/D Em/D | Dm Em/D | F/D Em/D | Those who live the submarine life Dm Em/D Far in the deep sonar eyes never sleep F/D Em/D | Dm Em/D | F/D Em/D | Hiding like a shadow in the night BRIDGE Gm Am Jet planes nose through the clouds above me Bb C | F G | Bb A | They look for radar traces of me to see Chorus Dm Em/D They'll never know, never, no, never F/D Em/D Dm How strange life in dark water can be INTERLUDE | Dm Dm5+ | Dm6 Dm5+ | MIDDLE 8 Gm Wonder what the stars look like F Coming out tonight Gm C Tell my girl she must be strong F Dm Gm She sits and waits all night long, yeah, yeah Gm Am Just looking for a better day Gm Am Dm She'll have to find another way to go INTERLUDE | Dm Dm5+ | Dm6 Dm5+ | | Dm Dm5+ | Dm6 Dm5+ C | SOLO I | F C | Bb7 Dm | | Abdim | A | INTERLUDE | Dm Dm5+ | Dm6 Dm5+ | | Dm Dm5+ | Dm6 Dm5+ C | SOLO II | F C | Bb7 Dm | | Abdim | A | | Dm Gm | Dm Gm | | Dm Gm | | F C | Bb7 Dm | | Bb Dm | | Bb A | Gm A | INTERLUDE | Dm Dm5+ | Dm6 Dm5+ | | Dm Dm5+ | Dm6 Dm5+ | VERSE Dm Em/D No memory, tell me what's wrong with me F/D Em/D | Dm Em/D | F/D Em/D | Why am I alone here with no rest Dm Em/D And now the name of the ship's not the same F/D Em/D | Dm Em/D | F/D Em/D | How long has it been Marie Celeste? BRIDGE Gm Am Now there's nobody from the crew left Bb C | F G | Bb A | Five hundred years supply of food just for me Chorus Dm Em/D They'll never know, never, no, never F/D Em/D Dm How strange life in dark water can be Chorus Dm Em/D They'll never know, never, no, never F/D Em/D Dm How strange life in dark water can be OUTRO | Dm Dm5+ | Dm6 Dm5+ | | Dm Dm5+ | Dm6 Dm5+ | | Bb A | Gm A | Dsus2
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Chord set
Dm · Em · D · F · Gm · Am · Bb · C · G · A · Bb7 · Abdim · Dsus2
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.