Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Shining On The Water CAPO: 2nd Fret [Intro] C [Verse 1] Oh father, come to the window F G C Look over yonder lake F G At the wondrous golden city C Beyond the icy wake In my short life we’ve passed this way F G C Ten times or more F G And never did this city C Rise up on that far shore [Chorus] Dm Am Dm7 F That’s the Sun son, shining on the water G It’s not Cairo, New York or Rome Dm Am F And just a matter of hours before you see your mama G C Waiting for you back at home [Verse 2] Big buildings at it’s centre F G C Stand ablaze with light F G While lesser spires around these C Entrap the beams in flight Oh look now, I see people F G C With faces small and fine F G And in their midst just staring C A boy’s face like mine [Chorus] Dm Am Dm7 F That’s the Sun son, shining on the water G It’s not Cairo, New York or Rome Dm Am F And just a matter of hours before you see your mama G Waiting for you back at home [Instrumental] Dm Am F G Dm Am F G C [Verse 3] The Sun was shrinking ’cause night was falling F G C And the boy went off to sleep F G His wondrous city vanished C Into the icy deep The Moon was rising ’cause night had fallen F G And all was as before C F G As we made our way past the countless pines C On the cold lake’s northern shore [Chorus] Dm Am Dm7 F That’s the Sun son, shining on the water G It’s not Cairo, New York or Rome Dm Am F And just a matter of hours before you see your mama G Waiting for you back at home [Chorus] Dm Am Dm7 F That’s the Sun son, shining on the water G It’s not Cairo, New York or Rome Dm Am F And just a matter of hours before you see your mama G C Waiting for you back at home
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