Intro
Em Bm D A 
 
Verse 1
Em       Bm 
   Going into the water 
D       A 
   To become someone other 
Em                Bm                    D     A 
   'Cause there's no one else I want to be 
Em       Bm            D        A 
   I was never a crier, while I was under water 
Em          Bm                 D              A 
   Is there nowhere else I can be? 
 
Pre-Chorus
Em         Bm 
   Take me back to the place 
  D                   A 
I know this is not my home, I'm mistaken 
Em         Bm 
   Take me back to the place 
  D               A 
I know I'm mistaken 
 
Chorus
 
I say 
Em                  Bm 
Put your head back, lay your hair down 
D                             A 
Listen to the waves, put your head under the water 
Em                  Bm 
Put your head back, lay your hair down 
D                             A 
Listen to the waves, put your head under the water 
Em                     Bm 
Ooh ooh ooh oooh ooooh 
D 
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooooh ooh 
A 
Head under the water 
Em                     Bm 
Ooh ooh ooh oooh ooooh 
D 
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooooh ooh 
A 
Head under the water 
Em  Bm  D  A 
 
Verse 2
Em      Bm 
   I'ma tear up and fight in 
D    A 
   A race for the shoreline 
Em         Bm                    D      A 
   Tearing down to the turquoise sea 
Em         Bm 
   Therein nothing is heavy 
D           A 
   Only the dark blue scares me 
Em        Bm                      D     A 
   Circle round, I'm avoiding the deep 
 
Pre-Chorus
Em         Bm 
   Take me back to the place 
  D                   A 
I know this is not my home, I'm mistaken 
Em         Bm 
   Take me back to the place 
  D               A 
I know I'm mistaken 
 
Chorus
I say 
Em                  Bm 
Put your head back, lay your hair down 
D                             A 
Listen to the waves, put your head under the water 
Em                  Bm 
Put your head back, lay your hair down 
D                             A 
Listen to the waves, put your head under the water 
Em                     Bm 
Ooh ooh ooh oooh ooooh 
D 
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooooh ooh 
A 
Head under the water 
Em                     Bm 
Ooh ooh ooh oooh ooooh 
D 
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooooh ooh 
A 
Head under the water 
 
Bridge
Em                    Bm 
While I was drifting away with the turtles 
  D                           A 
I held back my shell from the tide 
  Em                    Bm 
I carry you like a home wherever I go 
       D                         A 
'cause that's when I'm feeling alive 
 
Chorus
I say 
Em                  Bm 
Put your head back, lay your hair down 
D                             A 
Listen to the waves, put your head under the water 
Em                  Bm 
Put your head back, lay your hair down 
D                             A 
Listen to the waves, put your head under the water 
Em                  Bm 
Put your head back, lay your hair down 
D                             A 
Listen to the waves, put your head under the water 
Em                  Bm 
Put your head back, lay your hair down 
D                             A 
Listen to the waves, put your head under the water 
Em                     Bm 
Ooh ooh ooh oooh ooooh 
D 
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooooh ooh 
A 
Head under the water 
Em                     Bm 
Ooh ooh ooh oooh ooooh 
D 
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooooh ooh 
A                     Em 
Head under the water