Em
Em C A

Bm G A
Bm G A E
                                                    B7sus4:
                                                     (Barre Bm on 2nd fret,
Bm                    B7sus4                      e 2  just lift the small
I walked out in the city night,                   B 5  finger and put it
   A            E              D            E     G 2  on the Bstring,
A burning in my eyes, like it was broad daylight. D 4  fret 5.)
Bm                    B7sus4                      A 2
And it was hot, down there in the crowd.          E -
      A         E             D       E
The stars went out behind a thunder cloud.
  F#m                       E
Chatter in the air, like a telegraph line.
 Bm
Big drops hissing on the neon sign.
  D                             Bm
Thumping in my heart, and it's hurting me to see.
  A                              G
Smokestack blowing, now they're pouring
            A   Bm
heavy water on me.
   G  A                  G   Bm
Ooh, pouring heavy water on me.
   G        E
Ooh, heavy water.
 
Bm                                 B7sus4
She was a southern girl. We stared man to man.
   A             E                D     E
I move like a stranger in this strange land.
Bm                           B7sus4
She was a round hole, I was a square peg.
   A                   E                   D        E
I watched the little black specks running down her leg.
 F#m                            E
Didn't seem to mind that dirty rain coming down ---
  Bm
shirt hanging open. She was wet and brown.
  D                             Bm
Thumping in my heart, and it's hurting me to see.
  A                              G
Smokestack blowing, now they're pouring
            A   Bm
heavy water on me.
   G  A                  G   Bm
Ooh, pouring heavy water on me.
   G  G             A
Ooh, pouring heavy water.
 

F#m Em
Bm G A  * Solo, repeat 4 times *

Pouring heavy water
A E

 
Bm                  B7sus4
What goes up has to fall back down.
         A               E            D     E
It's no night to be out dancing in a party town
Bm                       B7sus4
when it runs hot and it runs so wide ---
 A                E            D         E
running in the street like a thin black tide.
  F#m                       E
Chatter in the air, like a telegraph line.
 Bm
Big drops hissing on the neon sign.
  D                             Bm
Thumping in my heart, and it's hurting me to see.
  A                              G
Smokestack blowing, now they're pouring
            A   Bm
heavy water on me.
   G  A                  G   Bm
Ooh, pouring heavy water on me.     * repeat 3 times *
   G  A             G          Em
Ooh, pouring heavy water - on me.