Maroondah Reservoir Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]To be,
A [D]bee, a [Em]moth.
Four wings spread for
the soft [D]last touch
Of glory sun[G],

[Verse 2]
[G]Remembering blood plums
[D]and lips and lem[G]ons -
One hundred different [C]sun[D]s
In a hundred different heavens.
[C]Spi[Cm]ed from a rowboa[G]t -

[Verse 3]
Stroke, [F]not is [Em]spoken,
Be[G]fore you [Bm]know [G]it, [F]the spell is [D]broken,
[C]You might wonder [D]where you are,
[G]Floating on the [F]reser[Em]voir.

[Verse 4]
[Em]
I have [D]counted the notes
[Em]We landed here not many years ago
And it was not a pretty [D]song
that we composed:
[G]La, [D]la, la, the early bird he knows,

[Verse 5]
You [D]hang from [G]the cherry bough
When you're lichen [C]yourself,
and [Cm]leave [C]-
[G]The cold cold scent of [F]stone and [Em]mulch,
[G]The great stone wall to [F]stave the [D]rush,
[C]To think that

[Verse 6]
peace might [D]be too much,
[G]Waiting for that [Bb]giant [G]tou[D]ch.[G]..[Bm][F][Eb][F][G]
[Bm][F][Em][F][C][Cm][C][G][Bm][F][D]
[Em]The lake... the fir-[D]fringed lake -
[Em]Placid and ample,
birded, breezed and dappled

[Verse 7]
Through [D]the mountain break,
Through the mountain [G]break,
A [D]moment take, a moment,
[G]a momen[C]t...[Cm]
[G]You might wonder where you are,

[Verse 8]
[Bm]Perched up on the reservoir,
Adolf [G]in [F]the white hotel,
[D]All this time we've been in hell,
[G]You might won[Bm]der
where [F]you [Em]are,

[Verse 9]
[G]Perched above the [F]reservoir,[D]
[C]Luis of the [D]lake retire,

[Verse 10]
Be[G]fore they [Bm]set [G]the [C]lake on [G]fire
Before they [D]set the [C]lake on [G]fire
Before they [D]set the [Bb]lake [D]on fire
[Em]

[Outro 1]
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