Backwater Chords - Brian Eno

Intro

E E7 E A E

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

Instr

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