INTRO: E5 B5 A5 x2 D5 A5 E5 x2 VERSE: E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 Dave was from out of town Manchester?s likely too D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5 Had read De Sade to Marx More read than me or you E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5 Scaffolding pays good bread It pays for drugs and kicks D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5 Dave only had one love had no real need for chicks F#5 G5 A5 F#5 G5 A5 F#5 Dave was so far ahead but now he?s dead CHORUS: E5 B5 A5 D5 A5 E5 I?m not going to cry I bet he hit the water high I?m not going to cry I bet he hit the water high VERSE: I guess he lost control, and welcomed in the night It was too much for him , what were his thoughts that night? The river thames is cold, it keeps on flowing on But it left Dave alone, it just kept flowing on. F#5 G5 A5 F#5 G5 A5 F#5 There?s city sickness here but now he?s dead CHORUS: E5 B5 A5 D5 A5 E5 I?m not going to cry I bet he hit the water high I?m not going to cry I bet he hit the water high BREAK: Ab5 A5 B5 C#5 Late night a street in the west of the city There was a place there where he lost himself Strange feelings did he feel there, strange people Did he meet there, angry sounds did he hear there D5 A5 Like the howling of bulls?.. CHORUS: E5 B5 A5 D5 A5 E5 I?m not going to cry I bet he hit the water high I?m not going to cry I bet he hit the water high