G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--15--12----15--12----14--10----12--8-------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


For the verses (and the rest of the song for that matter), the bass line seems to be
standard, following a D-C-Bb-F chord progression throughout the song. Notice how John
to be following a very standard bass run he’s been known to follow during his earlier
in the band, playing one string and then jumping two ahead from the root note. On the
version, it sounds like he's varying the notes on the G string by either playing them
once or twice, but he appears to be hitting them twice each during the times he plays it live.

It also sounds like he's doing this riff during the outro of the song on the alvum
as well, so keep your ears open for that part.

    D                    D                    C                    Bb          F
G|-----------------7--7-----------------7--7-----------------5--5---------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5--5--5--5--5--------5--5--5--5--5--------3--3--3--3--3--------1--1--1--1-----3----3----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------1-----1------|


For what it’s worth, there is guitar being played here, though how its being played
remains a sort of mystery to me. During the live performances of the song, Dom Brown appears
be playing some slide work just before the verses with a steel slide that aren't as
during the song on the album. And on the album version, it sounds like there are
chords played pretty sparingly, during the intro and verses in particular. But after
Dom playing the song on a few videos, I’m still not exactly sure how he’s playing these
during those parts either. It seems pretty minimal though, so some simple bar chords 
John’s bass progression might do the trick in playing it on guitar. I notice
playing a D2 (000230) instead of D5 might work out better sound-wise if you're playing
chords only on the first few frets as well.

Because of all this, I also decided to include the chords to this song along with the
so that the guitar players will be able to play along as well. Perhaps we will be seeing a
version of Skin Divers on Youtube sometime soon as a result!


D   D   C   Bb   F

D

D                              D
walking under skies, waiting for the fall
C                           Bb          F
meet me at the cornershop I show you it all
D                              D
free you of your mind, something you won’t find
C                              Bb          F
in the West End pages with yer Google-dirty fingers

       D                 D           C           Bb          F
it’s a skin dive
                in deep,   silence,   we are ... going underwater
       D                 D           C           Bb          F
it’s a lifeline
            teardrop,  bullets,   all night ... dip into the water

      D
Baby, that's what it feels like when you come up for air
D
When you come up for air
C
You feel brand new, when you come up for air
Bb        F
When you come up for air

D
That's what it feels like when you come up for air
D
When you come up for air
C
You feel brand new, when you come up for air
Bb        F
When you come up for air

D

D                    D
wipe us off the face of the human race
     C                           Bb          F
whichever way you look it’s indisposed or disgraced
D                          D
fighting on the shore, the hoi polloi want more
C                              Bb              F
howling bloody murder but it’s nothing, just a murmur

       D                 D           C           Bb          F
in your skin dive
            in deep,   silence,   we are ... going underwater
       D                 D           C           Bb          F
it’s a lifeline
            teardrop,  bullets,   all night ... slip into the water

      D
Baby, that's what it feels like when you come up for air
D
When you come up for air
C
You feel brand new, when you come up for air
Bb        F
When you come up for air

D
That's what it feels like when you come up for air
D
When you come up for air
C
You feel brand new, when you come up for air
Bb        F
When you come up for air

D

D                       D
a blushing rose is torn from these sugar walls
C                              Bb            F
I misplaced my future, could I please borrow yours?
D                   D
paint it opalscene, you know what I mean
C                            Bb             F
anything you want to be, the only thing you want from me ...

       D                 D           C           Bb          F
skin dive
            in deep,   silence,   we are  ... going underwater
       D                 D           C           Bb          F
it’s a lifeline
            teardrop,  bullets,   all night ... going South Dakota

D   D   C   Bb   F

D   D   C   Bb   F

               D                     D
Baby girl, you swimmin' a little too deep
    C                                Bb          F
So deep that I think you might hit a reef
                      D                          D
I think you're low on oxygen and your tube got a leak
           C
Baby girl, swim to the top
                             Bb        F
Grab my hand and hold me and breath

      D
Baby, that's what it feels like when you come up for air
D
When you come up for air
C
You feel brand new, when you come up for air
Bb        F
When you come up for air

D
That's what it feels like when you come up for air
D
When you come up for air
C
You feel brand new, when you come up for air
Bb        F
When you come up for air

D   D   C   Bb   F

D   D   C   Bb   F

D   D   C   Bb   F