Deeper Water - Paul Kelly  (Ways and Means, 1995)


[Intro]

         
         

[Verse]

            
On a crowded b

             
each in a dist

    
ant time
             
At the height 

             
of summer see 

        
a boy of five
            
At the water's

             
 edge so nimbl

      
e and free
            
Jumping over t

              
he ripples loo

             
king way out t

  
o sea

[Link]

        

[Verse]

            
Now a man come

             
s up from amon

        
gst the throng
             
Takes the youn

             
g boy's hand, 

             
and his hand i

  
s strong
             
And the child 

             
feels safe, ye

             
ah the child f

     
eels brave
             
As he's carrie

             
d in those arm

             
s up and over 

    
the waves

[Chorus]

            
Deeper water,

      
            
Deeper water,

      
            
Deeper water, 

            
       is call

               
ing him on

[Heavy Guitar]

           x4

[Verse]

            
Let's move for

              
ward now and t

             
he child's sev

 
enteen
            
With a girl in

              
 the back seat

             
 tugging at hi

  
s jeans
             
And she knows 

             
what she wants

             
, she guides w

        
ith her hand
            
And a voice cr

              
ies inside him

             
 - I'm a man, 

      
I'm a man!

[Chorus]

            
Deeper water,

      
            
Deeper water,

      
            
Deeper water, 

            
       is call

               
ing him on

[Link]

           x2

[Verse]

            
Now the man me

              
ets a woman un

            
like all the r

est
             
Well he doesn'

             
t know it yet 

             
but he's out o

      
f his depth
             
And he thinks 

             
he can run, it

             
's a matter of

 
 pride
            
But he keeps c

              
oming back lik

             
e a cork on th

  
e tide

[Link]

            
       Deeper 

  
water
            
       Deeper 

  
water

[Verse]

             
Now the years 

             
hurry by and t

             
he woman loves

     
 the man
            
One night in t

              
he dark she gr

             
abs hold of hi

  
s hand
            
Says 'There, c

              
an you feel it

          
 kicking insid

e?'
            
And the man ge

              
ts a shiver ri

             
ght up and dow

      
n his spine

[Chorus]

            
Deeper water, 

           
 (deeper water

)
            
Deeper water, 

           
 (deeper water

)
            
Deeper water, 

            
 (deeper water

              
) is calling h

          
im on

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           x4

[Softer chords]
           x2

[Verse]

             
Yeah the clock

             
 moves around 

             
and the child 

     
is a joy
            
But Death does

              
n't care just 

          
who it destroy

s
             
Now the woman 

             
gets sick, thi

             
ns down to the

 
 bone
            
She says 'Wher

              
e I'm going ne

             
xt, I'm going 

 
alone'

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       Deeper 

  
water
            
       Deeper 

  
water

[Verse]
            
On a distant b

             
each         l

          
onely and wild
                   (Deeper wa  -      ter)
            
At a later tim

              
e        see a

          
 man and a chi

ld
                (Deeper      wa  -     ter)
            
And the man ta

              
kes the child 

             
    up into hi

  
s arms
                           (Deeper wa  -    ter)
            
Takes her over

              
 the breakers,

              
        where 

            
the water is c

alm
                             (Deeper          wa  -    ter)

[Chorus]

            
Deeper water, 

           
 (deeper water

)
            
Deeper water, 

           
 (deeper water

)
            
Deeper water, 

           
 (deeper water

)
            
Deeper water, 

           
 (deeper water

)

[Outro]

                       

(repeat to fade)