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Version 1 Version 2[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.