Chords for John Lee Hooker - I cover the waterfront(with Van Morrison) HQ

_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
I [F] _ _ cover [C] the water run, _ watching [F] the _ sea, sea, sea.
_ I [C] cover the _
[F] water run.
[C] _ _ _ [A] _ I can see the [F] ships coming _ [G]
in to [C] the harbor, harbor.
I [Am]
see, see, see the [G] people getting on [C] board.
_ [F] _ _ [C] I could [G] not see, see the one I love [F] _ _ got on [Am] board. _
[F] I cover the water run.
[F] _
_ After a while, [C] _ _ [G] all the ships left [C] the harbor, _ _ [F] headed for the next [G] _ destination.
_ [C] I cover [F] the _ [C] water run.
[G] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] I waited all night long [F] in the pouring rain.
I did too, _ searching for [F] my baby. _ _
[C] I was drinking black coffee from a paper cup.
[G] And smoking [F] forty cigarettes.
_ _ [C] _ [G] And when the sun [Am] in the sky came [F] up early in the morning.
I [G] said Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, [F] Lord, Lord, Lord, bring my baby back. _
[C] Bring my baby back.
_ _ [G] I still cover [C] the water run.
_ _ [F] _ _
I cover the [G] water [C] run. _ _
[F] Watching _ for my baby [G] to come [C] down.
_ [F] And after [C] a while, _ [G]
I saw a ship coming [F] down the ocean.
_ [G]
Out of the fog, _ [C] rolling [F] so, so, so slow.
_ [G] Must be, must be my baby [C] coming [F] down.
_ [C] _ [G] I cover the [F] water run.
_ I see my baby _ coming down, [C] coming down, getting wet.
_ [F] _ [G] I said from the bottom of [C] my heart, _ [F] thank you.
_ [G] _ Lord for bringing [C] my baby back home to [F] me.
_ _ [G] I've been so lonely.
_ [Am] Sitting in my room, by my [F] telephone.
I said [G] _
_ baby, [C] welcome back home.
_ _ [F] _
Welcome back home.
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ Lord, Lord, Lord, [G] Lord, Lord.
_ [C]
After a while, [F] _ the ship pulled in [G] to the harbor. _
[C] I said run, run, [F] run to my arm, to my arm.
[C] Good Johnny, [G] I've been waiting [C] so long, so long [F] to come down. _
[C] I know, I know [G] you've been waiting [Am] for me.
_ [F]
Covering the [C] water front.
_ Covering [F] the water front for me.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
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