• Song:

    The Water Is Over My Head

  • Artist:

    The Rockin Berries

The Water Is Over My Head:The Rockin' Berries.
#43 in UK on PICCADILLY Records in 1965.

INTRO: G C (x2)

#1.
        G (320003@1)                         C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)  CWell, (x32010@1)I walked to the river just to ease my troubled mind.
      G (320003@1)                        C (x32010@1)               GAnd (320003@1)I thought about leavin' this cardboard world behind.
   Bm (x24432@1)      Em (022000@1)              CMy (x32010@1)paperdoll princess has just blown out on the door..
A (x02220@1)                       Dleavin' (xx0232@1)nothing more than me.

CHORUS:
    C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)                GAnd (320003@1)now the water is over my head and I keep on sinkin' like 
   F (133211@1)      Cmy (x32010@1)soul was lead.
        G (320003@1)         Bm (x24432@1)              C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)  
And the world on my shoulders gettin' ready to crack..but I'm 
C (x32010@1)    Bm (x24432@1)           Am (x02210@1)  D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)           Cin (x32010@1)too deep and there ain't no turnin' back..no, no, no,
        G (320003@1)           Cturnin' (x32010@1)back, no, no, no.

#2.
        G (320003@1)                      C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
Ah, the breeze in the trees just Whisperin' Louise today.
            G (320003@1)                          C (x32010@1)                GAnd (320003@1)you can take back your rib cause I'm really not made of clay.
   Bm (x24432@1)      Em (022000@1)             C (x32010@1)                          AMy (x02220@1)ice-cream dreams have just melted in the night..I'm not standing 
                  Dhere (xx0232@1)to fight the tide.

CHORUS:
    C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)                GAnd (320003@1)now the water is over my head and I keep on sinkin' like 
   F (133211@1)      Cmy (x32010@1)soul was lead.
        G (320003@1)         Bm (x24432@1)              C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)  
And the world on my shoulders gettin' ready to crack..but I'm 
C (x32010@1)    Bm (x24432@1)           Am (x02210@1)  D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)           Cin (x32010@1)too deep and there ain't no turnin' back..no, no, no,
        G (320003@1)           Cturnin' (x32010@1)back, no, no, no.

#3.
      G (320003@1)                         C (x32010@1)                          G (320003@1) CWell, (x32010@1)everybody's tellin' me that this is wrong and that ain't right.
    G (320003@1)                     C (x32010@1)                   GBut (320003@1)that can't be because I saw the sunshine last night.
   Bm (x24432@1)            Em (022000@1)                CMy (x32010@1)crystal ball is blazin' but there's nothing there to see..oh, there's
A (x02220@1)                   Dnothing (xx0232@1)left of me to see.

CHORUS:
    C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)                GAnd (320003@1)now the water is over my head and I keep on sinkin' like 
   F (133211@1)      Cmy (x32010@1)soul was lead.
        G (320003@1)         Bm (x24432@1)              C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)  
And the world on my shoulders gettin' ready to crack..but I'm 
C (x32010@1)    Bm (x24432@1)           Am (x02210@1)  D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)           Cin (x32010@1)too deep and there ain't no turnin' back..no, no, no,
        G (320003@1)           Cturnin' (x32010@1)back, no, no, no.

OUTRO: G C (x3) G

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