Tonalità: G major
Verse 1
B
E
B
F#
B
E
B
F#
B
Into the water,
E
B
so clear an d blue
F#
B
The crowds are cheering,
E
B
willing her through
F#
B
She wins the heat,
E
but the next brings tears
B
F#
The dream is over for four
B
E
B
more years
Verse 2
F#
B
Back in the homeland she
E
B
strained and strived
F#
B
E
B
Each day she sweated, from e'er a child
F#
B
E
To clinch the gold and the coloured rings
B
And give the hearts of
E
F#
B
E
the masses wings
Verse 3
B
E
D#m
But darkness came to her Syria
C#
B
With bombs and bullets,
E
G#m
the reign of war
B
F#
B
E
Through burning Lebanon, she had to flee
B
Her dreams behind her,
F#
B
down to the sea
Verse 4
G#m
B
G#m
B
G#m
B
Into a boat there, by dark of night
G#m
With 20 strangers,
B
G#m
D#m
B
all taking flight
G#m
B
F#
B
E
B
So overburdened, the en gine fails
F#
B
E
C#
B
In open water without a sail
D#sus4
D#m
C#m
Verse 5
D#m
B
E
B
They're too far out now,
E
B
no turning back
F#
B
Nothing behind them
E
B
to bring them back
F#
B
E
The young and old now will surely drown
B
F#
Miles from safe harbour without
G#m
B
a sound
G#m
B
G#m
B
Verse 6
B
F#
B
Into the water, so dark and cold
G#m
F#
B
E
B
Her and her sis ter , they pull the boat
F#
B
Their faces frozen, limbs tired and weak
F#
B
E
Over the abyss of the Ae
Verse 7
B
"Remember when we swam
G#m
B
before school
E
B
The sea is only a bigger pool
F#
B
F#
G#m
B
It's just the gold now is in the boat
G#m
B
Tied to these rings at
F#
B
the ends of rope"
Verse 8
E
F#
And if the ancients had known
F#
E
She'd be the pride of
F#
G#m
all ancient Greece
F#
E
She'd have the gold and
F#
E
the laurel wreaths
F#
Great Alexander would have
B
kissed her cheek
Verse 9
F#
E
F#
And from that day forward most
G#m
everywhere
F#
E
They'd know the fame of
F#
G#m
that brave young girl
A#dim
F#
E
Who lost her home but who
F#
E
saved the dream
F#
B
And held it gleaming for all to see
F#
E
F#
Who gave back hope to a world
Verse 10
G#m
at siege
F#
E
And showed through courage
F#
G#m
disgraced ath letes
F#
E
Who gave back meaning
F#
E
most real again
They chant that noble
F#
Olympi
Verse 11
B
a
F#
B
Olympia
F#
B
Olympia
F#
E
Olympia
F#
Verse 12
E
B
Into the water,
E
B
so clear and blue
F#
B
The crowds are cheering,
E
B
willing her through
F#
B
She wins the heat,
E
but the next brings tears
B
F#
The dream is over for four
E
B
F#
E
B
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