Riding the waves
C - F - G - C - F - G (2x)
C E
1. She shook her head and I
saw jewels,
F - G F
I saw golden trinkets hanging there and quivering.
C - E
Then she told me: Hey, I see
the sea,
F
watch
how the creases form, then
G F
disappear, we saw a new day forming.
G F C G
The sun had risen
now and set the fibres burning,
F G C - F - G
we got the feeling of riding the waves.
C
E
2. Then light struck upon the
brooding trees,
F G F
making
one leaf seem transparent and then shimmering.
C
E F
Then an arc of the fire was
burning on the distant rim,
G F
of the horizon, and we gazed in awe.
G F C G
The sun had risen now and set
the fibres burning,
F G C - F - G
we
got the feeling of riding the waves.
+ instrumental = verse 2
+ CHORUS + C - F - G
C
E
3. Then she whispered:
Look, the honey-coloured ball
F G
F
is
lilting its way into another morning.
C
E
Then she flicked the back of
her neck, defiantly,
F G F
and
for such gestures one could fall hopelessly in love for a lifetime.
G
F C G
The sun had risen now and set
the fibres burning,
F
G
C - F - G
we
got the feeling of riding the waves.
F G C - F - G
+ We got the feeling of
riding the waves !
F
G C - F - G
We got the feeling of riding
the waves ....
(orig. = capo 4th) (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel)