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