Intro
| G          | F*         | G          | F*         | 
| G          | F*         | G          | F*         | 
 
Verse 1
G                      C 
  Thunder’s up and the real live wires are talking, 
G                        C 
  set me straight as the rain falls on New Orleans. 
G                       C 
  Silver bells ring for treaties made by starlight, 
G                              C 
  for Southern girls and their faces lit by fire-flies  . 
 
Pre-Chorus
D                                       C              G 
  And through the gutters there will be water, running wilder than the 
D                                 C                G 
sea and as the rain comes down, a thousand circles fade like you and me. 
D                                C             G 
  They cal us lovers because our bony legs are tied. Once more to seed 
D                                  C                Em               D 
  but there ain’t nothing, I won’t risk to set this bird of love fly   free. 
 
Chorus
G                         F* 
  Shake your hair out and come and dance with me, 
G                    F* 
  we are lonely with no good need to be. 
G                       F* 
  Where the river grows wide to kiss the sea, 
G                      F* 
  floods the delta and lovers’ eyes can see. 
 
Verse 2
G                            C 
  Tonight is hot and there’s no wind from the ocean, 
G                          C 
  I hear the drums as they bang across the water. 
G                       C 
  Voodoo bells ring for treaties made by starlight, 
G                    C 
  forgotten gold and greed and fear at midnight. 
 
Pre-Chorus
D                                       C              G 
  And through the gutters there will be water, running wilder than the 
D                                 C                G 
sea and as the rain comes down, a thousand circles fade like you and me. 
D                                C             G 
  They cal us lovers because our bony legs are tied. Once more to seed 
D                                  C                Em               D 
  but there ain’t nothing, I won’t risk to set this bird of love fly   free. 
 
Chorus
G                         F* 
  Shake your hair out and come and dance with me, 
G                    F* 
  we are lonely with no good need to be. 
G                       F* 
  Where the river grows wide to kiss the sea, 
G                      F* 
  floods the delta and lovers’ eyes can see. 
 
Bridge
Em         C             G               F 
  Do you remember how we held each other tight in sorrow, 
C         F         G        G 
  does it haunt you   still? 
Em         C               G             F 
  And in a single raindrop I can see all our tomorrows, 
C       F         G        G 
  baby, can’t you too? 
 
Chorus
G                         F* 
  Shake your hair out and come and dance with me, 
G                    F* 
  we are lonely with no good need to be. 
G                       F* 
  Where the river grows wide to kiss the sea, 
G                      F* 
  floods the delta and lovers’ eyes can see. 
 
Chorus
G                         F* 
  Shake your hair out and come and dance with me, 
G                    F* 
  we are lonely with no good need to be. 
G                       F* 
  Where the river grows wide to kiss the sea, 
G                     F* 
  floods the delta as wide eyes can see. 
 
End-Chorus (Repeat and Fade Out)
G                         F* 
  Shake your hair out and come and dance with me, 
G                  F* 
  I am lonely with no good need to be. 
G                       F* 
  Where the river grows wide to kiss the sea, 
G                      F* 
  floods the delta and lovers’ eyes can see.