Intro -x12-: Am C D Dm
 
Verse:
Am            C           D      Dm           Am     C    D    Dm
Out on the water's where you're gonna find me
    Am                  C             D    Dm       Am     C    D     Dm
All alone with with my mind, headed for a bounty
             Am        C            D     Dm
I've been living so long all by myself
Am           C                   D      Dm
I can't think of living with anybody else
            Am              C           D        Dm
I'm an oyster pearls locked up in a shell
Am            C                 D
You better bring that diving bell, oh
 
Chorus:
C                D   Dm
But I want you near
C                    D   Dm
I wanna whisper to your ear
C                 D Dm
Wanna hold your hand
C                 G
I wanna be your man, alright
 
Interlude -x8-: Am C D Dm
 
Verse:
Am               C             D        Dm         Am     C    D   Dm
Out on the river's where you're gonna find me
Am                      C           D       Dm       Am    C    D   Dm
All alone with my thoughts, headed for a bounty
           Am           C           D          Dm
I've been living so long in a habitat
             Am               C           D          Dm
Where the land's mighty rocky but the river stays flat
          Am                C               D      Dm      Am    C    D   Dm
Can you show me something make me part with that, oh no
 
Chorus:
C               D   Dm
But I want you near
C                   D    Dm
I wanna whisper to your ear
C               D    Dm
Wanna hold your hand
C                   G
I wanna be your man, alright

Verse:
          Am            C
I'm gonna get you girl
D         Dm
Like I got you
Am          C             D      Dm
Wrap you up in paper, bite you
Am                C         D        Dm             Am     C
You're the pretty little thing that I've gotta have
D
'Cause I want it
 
Outro -x4-: Am   C   D   Dm