Skin Diver's Lament Chords

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[Verse 1]
[C]One morning in
June, said the boatman to me,
Let me teach you to dive,
[G]with tank on or free,
[C]When you can frolic far under the sea,
Away [G]down, down, [C]down.
So I put on his flipper[G]s,
I [C]flipped like a frog,
Put on his [G]mask, I looked like a hog,
Put [C]on his tank and I sank like a log away,
[G]down, down, [C]down.
So [G]I p[C]anicked and gasped
and I floundered in fright.
[G]The mud[C] turned the water
as black [G]as the night.
I was [C]certain that boat[G]man had [C]done it for spite away,
[G]down, down, [C]down.
As the water got clear,
a small shark swam my way.
I floated in [G]shock, having little to say
The [C]white of his teeth,
I remember this day
Away [G]down, down, [C]down
With a flip of his flipper he figured my size
And sneered and swam off
[G]with contempt in his eyes
I swal[C]lowed my pride, you'll agree it was wise,
away [G]down, down, [C]down.[G][C]
Then all of a sudden my face felt a chill,
The faceplate with icy [G]sea water did fill,
O
[C]Lord, how I prayed [G]I c[C]ould grow me a gill,
[G]away down, down, [C]down.
I kicked and I paddled, oh
Lord, what a scare
Right straight for [G]the surface, in haste I
did tear
So [C]fast I went flying ten feet through the
air
Away [G]down, down, [C]down
[G]My [C]eardrums were punctured,
I suffered the bends
Says the boatman,
you'll learn how a diver as[G]cends
He [C]sold me his gear at [G]half [C]price for a men's
A way [G]down, down, [C]down.
I know now that man underwater is cursed,
Still I descend,
though expect[G]ing the worst,
[C]For life holds no thrill [G]till I'm [C]fully immersed,
A [G]way down, down, [C]down.
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