Intro:

strings:
        C   Bbm   C   Bbm   F

band in :
        ^ ^        ^ ^
        G   C      G

Verse:
C
Sailing away on the crest of a wave
           Am
It's like magic
    Ab
Oh, rolling and riding and slipping and sliding
     Fm
It's magic
    Em                          Dm
And you-ou-ou, and your sweet desire,
         Em    Dm     Em             F      G
You took me -- ee,  ohhh, higher and higher baby,

Chorus:
C         Am            F
   It's a living thing,
       Dm7      Gaug     C
It's a terrible thing to lose
       Am            F
It's a giving thing
       Dm7      Gaug     C
What a terrible thing to lose.
        
                        ^ ^       ^ ^
             Bbm    C   Bbm     G   C     G
I'm taking a dive.  (dive)


C
Making believe this is what you've conceived
          Am
From your worst day, (I'm taking a dive)
Ab
Moving in line when you look back in time
       Fm
To the first day, (I'm taking I'm taking)
    Em                         Dm
And you -ou  and your sweet desire,
                                      Em    Dm       Em
(Don't you do it), don't you do it to me-   ee   oh -oh,
           F      G
higher and higher baby

Chorus:
C         Am            F
   It's a living thing,
       Dm7      Gaug     C
It's a terrible thing to lose
       Am            F
It's a giving thing
       Dm7      Gaug      C
What a terrible thing to lose.    ^ ^        ^ ^ 
             Bbm           F      G   C      G
I'm taking a dive. On the sky     Hey

Verse:
C
Taking a dive cause you can't halt the slide
         Am
Floating downstream, (I'm taking a dive)
    Ab
Oh, so let her go don't start spoiling the show
       Fm
It's a bad dream, (I'm taking, I'm taking)
    Em                         Dm
And you -ou, and your sweet desire,
                                      Em    Dm      Em
(Don't you do it), don't you do it to me-   ee   oh,
           F      G
higher and higher baby

Chorus:
C         Am            F
   It's a living thing,
       Dm7      Gaug     C
It's a terrible thing to lose
       Am            F
It's a giving thing
       Dm7      Gaug     C
What a terrible thing to lose.
       Am            F
It's a living thing,
       Dm7      Gaug     C
It's a terrible thing to lose
       Am            F
It's a giving thing
       Dm7       Gaug    C
What a terrible thing to lose.
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