Written by Jackson Browne
Verse 1:
G Em C G Oh people, look around you the signs are everywhere C G F C D Em You've left it for somebody other than you to be the one to care G Em C A A7 You're lost inside your houses there's no time to find you now G D While your walls are burning and your towers are turning Em C G D I'm going to leave you here and try to get down to the sea somehowVerse 2:
G Em C G The road is filled with homeless souls every woman, child and man C G F C D Em Who have no idea where they will go but they'll help you if they can G Em C A A7 Now everyone must have some thought that's going to pull them through somehow G D While the fires are raging hotter and hotter Em C G But the sisters of the sun are going to rock me on the water nowInterlude: G Em C A Asus G D Em CD C Rock me on the water C G D C Sister will you soothe my fevered brow G D Em Rock me on the water A I'll get down to the sea somehow C G (I'll get down to the sea somehow)Verse 3:
G Em C G Oh people, look among you it's there your hope must lie C G F C D Em There's a sea bird above you gliding in one place like Jesus in the sky G Em C A A7 We all must do the best we can and then hang on to that gospel plow G D When my life is over, and I stand before the father Em C G But the sisters of the sun are going to rock me on the water nowG D C C G D C Rock me on the water, sister will you soothe my fevered brow G D Em A Rock me on the water, maybe I'll remember C G Maybe I'll remember now G D C G D C Rock me on the water, the wind is with me now G D C So rock me on the water
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