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[Verse 1]

E
Backwater
      E7 E           A        E
We're sailing at the edges of time
E
Backwater
      E7  E           A    E
We're drifting at the waterline

[Chorus 1]

         D               A
Oh we're floating in the coastal waters
D                  A
You and me and the porter's daughters
G#m         E        G#m        E
Ooh what to do not a sausage to do
        D              A
And the shorter of the porter's daughters
D                    A
Dips her hand in the deadly waters
G#m         E       G#m  E
Ooh what to do in a tiny canoe

[Verse 2]

E
Black water
           E7     E          A      E
There were six of us but now we are five
E
We're all talking
            E7 E  A       E
To keep the conversation alive

[Chorus 2]

            D             A
There was a senator from Ecuador
    D              A
Who talked about a meteor
     G#m          E           G#m      E
That crashed on a hill in the south of Peru
    D                 A
And was found by a conquistador
    D              A
Who took it to the emperor
    G#m          E       G#m     E
And he passed it on to a Turkish guru

[Verse 3]

E
His daughter
       E7  E     A      E
Was slated for becoming divine
E
He taught her
          E7  E      A          E
He taught her how to split and define

[Chorus 3]

           D           A
But if you study the logistics
        D             A
And heuristics of the mystics
    G#m            E                  G#m        E
You will find that their minds rarely move in a line
        D            A
So it's much more realistic
    D           A
To abandon such ballistics
    G#m           E           G#m         E
And resign to be trapped on a leaf in the vine

[Instrumental]

E   E7 E   E7 E  A E
E   E7 E   E7 E  A E
D    A  D   A
G#m  E  G#m E
D    A  D   A
G#m  E  G#m E

[Verse 4]

E
Backwater
      E7 E           A        E
We're sailing at the edges of time
E
Backwater
      E7  E           A    E
We're drifting at the waterline

[Chorus 4]

         D               A
Oh we're floating in the coastal waters
D                  A
You and me and the porter's daughters
G#m         E        G#m        E
Ooh what to do not a sausage to do
        D              A
And the shorter of the porter's daughters
D                    A
Dips her hand in the deadly waters
G#m         E       G#m  E
Ooh what to do in a tiny canoe

[Outro]

E   E7 E   E7 E  A E
E   E7 E   E7 E  A E
D    A  D   A
G#m  E  G#m E
D    A  D   A
G#m  E  G#m E
E   E7 E   E7 E  A E
E   E7 E   E7 E  A E
D    A  D   A
G#m  E  G#m E
D    A  D   A
G#m  E  G#m E