(Intro:) 
strum D chord for 1st measure  
(chords implied by bassline) 

 D D/C D/B D/Bb  
----0---0---0---- 
-3--3---3---3---- 
-2--2---0---0---- 
-0--0---0-------- 
-0--3---2---1---- 
----------------- 

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------------------------5-------------- 
-5----5h7--7~----5---5-----5h7-----5h7- 
-5h7-------------5h7------------7------ 
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D5                     D/C           D/B            D/Bb 
You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever, 
D5                     D/C           D/B            D/Bb 
But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun. 

(guitar echoes bass) 
        D5            D/C           D/B                  D/Bb 
And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids, 
        D5                 D/C           D/B            D/Bb 
And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave Ulysses: 
        D5              D/C             D/B            D/Bb 
How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing, 
        D5                     D/C          D/B            D/Bb 
For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips. 

 A7                               D          C    A7 
-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------5-------------------------------- 
-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---5----------------8p5------5--------------------- 
-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----7P5-7P5-7(9)-------7(9)---7--5(6)-------5-7-7- 
-------------------------------------------------------7-5-7------- 
------------------------------------------------------------------- 
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                                 D    C 
----------5--------------------------------- 
--------5---8-5------5---------------------- 
-5-7(9)---------7(9)---7(9)-7-5-7-5---5----- 
------------------------------------7---7-7- 
-------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------------------- 

        D5                  D/C   D/B                D/Bb 
And you see a girl's brown body dancing through the turquoise, 
        D5                  D/C              D/B           D/Bb 
And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea. 
     D5               D/C           D/B               D/Bb 
And when your fingers find her, she drowns you in her body, 
 D5                D/C           D/B             D/Bb 
Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind. 

 A7                                        D     C  
------------------------------------5--5-8-5h8-5------------- 
-5-------8-5----------------------5-------------------------- 
----7(9)-----7(9)-7-7-5h7p5---5h7----------------8-5-7p5---7- 
----------------------------7----------------------------7--- 
------------------------------------------------------------- 
------------------------------------------------------------- 
 A7                                        D        C 
----------------------------------------5---------------------- 
-------8----8-8-10-8------------------5---8-5------------------ 
-5/9-9---9-----------8-5---7-5-7(9)----------8-7--5-7--5---5- 
---------------------------7-------------------------------7--- 
--------------------------------------------------------------- 
--------------------------------------------------------------- 

     D5          D/C          D/B              D/Bb 
Her name is Aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell, 
        D5               D/C              D/B                D/Bb 
And you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands 
      D5             D/C             D/B                D/Bb 
With tales of brave Ulysses; how his naked ears were tortured 
        D5                  D/C  
By the sirens sweetly singing. 

  D5   D/C   D/B                D/Bb  etc. 
----------------------------10--------------------------------- 
-/13---13----------------------13------------------------------ 
-/14---14--12--10--12(14)~--------12(14)-12-10-12----10-12(14)- 
--------------------------------------------------12----------- 
--------------------------------------------------------------- 
--------------------------------------------------------------- 

-------10---------------------------------------10------------------- 
----10----13-10------------------------------------13-10----10------- 
-13-------------12(14)-12-10-12----10-12-12(14)----------12----12p10- 
--------------------------------12----------------------------------- 
--------------------------------------------------------------------- 
--------------------------------------------------------------------- 

-----------------10---------------------- 
--------------------13p10----10---------- 
----12-----10-12----------12----10h12p10- 
-12----12-------------------------------- 
----------------------------------------- 
----------------------------------------- 

     D5          D/C          D/B                 D/Bb 
The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers, 
        D5               D/C             D/B              D/Bb 
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter. 

Outro: 
 D5   D/C          D/B              D/Bb etc. 
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-------------------10---------------------------------------------- 
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------12p10----10h12p10----10h12p10----10h12p10---- 
----------------------------12----------12----------12----------12- 
------------------------------------------------------------------- 
------------------------------------------------------------------- 

------------------------------------------------------------------- 
------------------------------------------------------------------- 
-10-12p10-12p10----10h12p10----10h12p10----10h12p10---10h12p10----- 
----------------12----------12----------12---------------------12-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------- 
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---------------------10------------------------------------------------- 
------------------------13p10--------10--------------------------------- 
------------------------------12(14)----12(14)-12-10h12p10----10-12/14~- 
-10h12p10----10h12/----------------------------------------12----------- 
----------12------------------------------------------------------------ 
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

----14--------------------------------------10-------13----13-13-13-13-13-13- 
-----------------------------------------------/15~-----15-15-15-15-15-15-15- 
-14-----14-14-14-14
-10h12p10----10h12/14---------------------------------- 
--------------------------------12------------------------------------------- 
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-13----13-15(17)--15-13h15p13-----13-15(17)--13--15--13-------------13- 
----15------------------------15------------------------15-15-15-15---- 
----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
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------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
-15----------------------------------------13(15)~~-----13p10----10---- 
-----14p12-10h12p10-------12----10-12/14-14-----------12-------12----12- 
--------------------12-12----12----------------------------------------- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
-12(14)12-10h12p12----10-12(14)12-12(14)---12(14)--12(14)--12(14)--12(14)- 
-------------------12----------------------------------------------------- 
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