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.
