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      [Intro]
Dm G   Em F
Dm G   Em F    Am

[Verse]
Am
There's a man in the river
Am
Policemen standing
     G
In a circle, smoking
          Am
Round the man
Am
Man in the water
                     G          C
Who sees nothing but circles

[Verse]
                             G
Could have been a fisherman
                             Am
Could have dived for pearls
                                                 C
Could have found the answer in the watery world
                           G
Could have been a builder
                          Am
Could have found the key
                                                C    Dm G
Could have run with the river and then into the sea

[Chorus]
       Em           F        Dm G
Did he run with the river?
       Em           F        Am
Did he run with the river?

[Verse]
Am
No more questions
Am
Just the river's answer
        G                 Am
For the man in the water
Am
His wife at the window
Am
Cursing the cameras
        G                   C
And the man in the water

[Verse]
                             G
Could have been a fisherman
                             Am
Could have dived for pearls
                                                 C
Could have found the answer in the watery world
                           G
Could have been a builder
                          Am
Could have found the key
                                                C    Dm G
Could have run with the river and then into the sea

[Chorus]
       Em           F        Dm G
Did he run with the river?
       Em           F        Dm G
Did he run with the river?
       Em           F        Dm G
Did he run with the river?
       Em           F        Am
Did he run with the river?

[Bridge]
                               G
Is there a light at the window
G
A candle burning
G
A young girl turning
     Em         F     G C
In a heart gone cold

[Instrumental]
                          G   Am
Could have been a fisherman....

Dm G   Em F
Dm G   Em F
Dm G   Em F
Dm G   Em F    Am


[Verse]
Am
Some dark Sunday
Am
The women walking
G                  Am
Down by the water
Am
They speak of a diary
Am
The missing pages
        G     C
And the man

[Verse]
                             G
Could have been a fisherman
                             Am
Could have dived for pearls
                                                 C
Could have found the answer in the watery world
                           G
Could have been a builder
                          F
Could have found the key
                                                          Dm G
And the way I feel tonight, suppose it could have been me


[Chorus]
      Em           F      Dm G
Go to run with the river
      Em           F      Dm G
Go to run with the river
      Em           F      Dm G
Go to run with the river
      Em           F      Dm G
Go to run with the river
      Em           F      Dm G
Go to run with the river
      Em           F
Go to run with the river
    

Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/fairport_convention/the_man_in_the_water_chords_2501505

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