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Version 1 Version 2[Intro] C Bbm C Bbm F G C G [Verse 1] 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 [Pre Chorus] Em Dm And you, and your sweet desire, Em Dm Em F G You took me, oh, higher and higher baby, [Chorus] C Am It's a living thing, F Dm Gaug C It's a terrible thing to lose Am It's a giving thing F Dm Gaug C What a terrible thing to lose. [Link] C Bbm C C Bbm G C G [Verse] 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) [Pre Chorus] Em Dm And you, and your sweet desire, Em Dm (Don't you do it), don't you do it to me, oh, Em F G higher and higher baby [Chorus] C Am It's a living thing, F Dm Gaug C It's a terrible thing to lose Am It's a giving thing F Dm Gaug C What a terrible thing to lose. [Link] C Bbm F F G C G [Verse 3] C Taking a dive cause you can't halt the slide Am Floating down stream, (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) [Pre Chorus] Em Dm And you, and your sweet desire, Em Dm (Don't you do it), don't you do it to me, oh, Em F G higher and higher baby [Chorus] C Am It's a living thing, F Dm Gaug C It's a terrible thing to lose Am It's a giving thing F Dm Gaug C What a terrible thing to lose. [Outro] Am It's a living thing, F Dm Gaug C It's a terrible thing to lose Am It's a giving thing F Dm Gaug C What a terrible thing to lose.