Black Water
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F A Dm C
All I need is some sunshine
All I need
All I need is some sunshine
All I need
( C )
Dm Am Gm Dm
The siren called beyond the treeline
Dm Am Gm Dm
With another one for the caves
F Am Gm Dm
And in the tarn beyond those birches
Dm Am Gm Dm
Is a spirit that I crave
F A Dm C
All I need is some sunshine
F A Dm C
All I need
F A Dm C
All I need is some sunshine
F A Dm C
All I need
Dm Am Gm Dm
And from the island people watching
Dm Am Gm Dm
You set that viking ship ablaze
F Am Gm Dm
We reached the moon falls I see a caldron
Dm Am Gm Dm
And found the spirit that I crave
F A Dm C
All I need is some sunshine
F A Dm C
All I need
F A Dm C
All I need is some sunshine
F A Dm C
All I need
Dm Am Gm Dm
You've fallen barefoot past the treeline
Dm Am Gm Dm
Peeping boned-eyed, birches sway
F Am Gm Dm
And a thousand whitefish floating belly up
Dm Am Gm Dm
In the spirit that I crave
F A Dm C
All I need is some sunshine
F A Dm C
All I need
F A Dm C
All I need is some sunshine
F A Dm C
All I need
Dm Am Gm Dm
And we threw ourselves right into it
Dm Am Gm Dm
Where lay the bodies had been claimed
F Am Gm Dm
We dove a third, a fourth, a fifth
Dm Am Gm Dm
Banned to the spirit that I crave
F A Dm C
All I need is some sunshine
F A Dm C
All I need
F A Dm C
All I need is some sunshine
F A Dm C
All I need
Dm Am Gm Dm
I found empathy from madness
Dm Am Gm Dm
Deliverance from malaise
F Am Gm Dm
My heart is filled with gladness
Dm Am Gm Dm
At the only spirit that I crave
F A Dm C
All I need is some sunshine
F A Dm C
All I need
F A Dm C
All I need is some sunshine
F A Dm C
All I need
Final Dm Am Gm Dm
How to play Black Water
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is F. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.