AS SOON AS THE TIDE COMES IN    -       Del Amitri


Intro:
D - A/C# - G - A      4x 


D         A/C#                 G                   D                                
   You'd       better get so -     me sleep for a     change 
D               A/C#                G             A                                
   Before to -       morrow bring -     s you down 
D                 A/C#                        G                  D                  
   By three o' -       clock they'll both be     sitting on that     plane 
D              Bm            A         Asus4 - A                                         
   Hopelessly     honeymoon     bound 

       D               A/C#             G             D                             
And I     hope no one      asks you to     kiss this     bride 
    D           A/C#             G                                              
Or     tie tin       cans to the     car 
A          D                   A/C#           G               D                       
   And if     friends and re -       lations     mingle out -     side 
F#                    Bm                                                     
   You can linger at     the bar 


Chorus:
    G                D                                                     
So     bring on the     rainclouds 
     G                 D                                                   
and     block out the     moon 
D7                         G       Gm                                           
      Let the action be -     gin 
              D          A/C#                                                 
Cos it's as     sure as       sunrise 
         G          G       A                                                 
and as     sure as     time 
      D                A/C#                                                   
The     bride will be        changing 
     G               G         A                                             
and     you will be     crying 
     D              A/C#                                                     
And     it will be       raining 
    G               G        A        D      A - G -   A -                                     
as     soon as the     tide    comes     in 


D               A/C#             G              D                                   
   You'll feel        like some     soap opera     star 
        D           A/C#              G        A                                   
Pre -     dictably       hitting the    booze 
           D            A/C#        G         D                                     
With your     standard       issue    broken     heart 
     D                Bm           A        Asus4 - A                                   
You    step into your     saturday    shoes 

        D              A/C#                G              D                       
And you     might feel       better if you     slapped her     face 
    D               A/C#              G                                         
Or    slipped some       pills in his     wine 
          D             A/C#                G              D                        
But in -    stead some       voice in your     head keeps     saying 
        F#                            Bm                                    
You'll     look back and laugh some -     time 


Chorus:
    G                D                                                     
So     bring on the     rainclouds 
     G                 D                                                   
and     block out the     moon 
D7                         G       Gm                                           
      Let the action be -     gin 
              D          A/C#                                                 
Cos it's as     sure as       sunrise 
        G           G       A                                                 
and as     sure as     time 
     D                 A/C#                                                   
The     bride will be        changing 
     G               G         A                                             
and     you will be     crying 
     D              A/C#                                                     
And     it will be       raining 
    G              G       A        D      A - G -                                          
as    soon as the    tide    comes     in 
A        D             A/C#                                                     
   Yeah    it will be       raining 
    G             G        A        D     A - G -                                           
as    soon as the    tide    comes    in 


Break:
    A         G6/A       A                                                       
So    put on       your     lipstick 
G6/A      A            G6/A       A                                                    
     and    check that       you     hat's straight 
D       A/C# - G                                                                 
   too 
        A          G6/A      A                    G6/A -                                
Cos if    they can       go     through with this 
A       G6/A      A                                                             
   you       can     do it 
Bm      A/C# - D - A /                                                                 
   too 

D - A/C# - G - D -   D - A/C# - G - A - 
D - A/C# - G - D -   F# - Bm 


Chorus:
    G                D                                                     
So     bring on the     rainclouds 
     G                 D                                                   
and     block out the     moon 
D7                         G       Gm                                           
      Let the action be -     gin 
             D           A/C#                                                 
Cos it's as     sure as       sunrise 
        G           G       A                                                 
and as     sure as     time 
     D                 A/C#                                                   
The     bride will be        changing 
     G               G         A                                             
and     you will be     crying 
     D /            /                                                     
And     it will be       raining 
    G              G       A        D      A - G -                                          
as    soon as the    tide    comes    in 
A        D             A/C#                                                     
   Yeah    it will be       raining 
    G               G        A         D      A - G -                                      
as     soon as the     tide     comes     in 


Outro: 
D - A/C# - G -   D - A - G      3x}
D //




D     xx0232
A/C#  x42220
G     320003
      355433
A     x02220
Bm    x24432
Asus4 x02230
F#    244322
Gm    355333
      31x333
G6/A  x00000
D     xx0xxx
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