David Alan Coe - Divers Do It Deeper Chords

By David Allan Coe

*Capo 2nd Fret*


G  D  A  D    G  D  A  D


   G                       D
IT WAS TOO COLD TO STAY IN THE NORTH AND LA
              A                             D
SEEMED THE MOST LIKELY PLACE I COULD STAY
  G                          D
THOSE MALIBU NIGHTS AND THOSE HOLLYWOOD LIGHTS
    A                               D
 (rest)         WERE BLINDING ME
Bm               A               G             D
I LONG FOR A LOVER TO HELP ME DISCOVER THE KEY TO UNLOCK LOVE'S DOOR
    G                           D
WHILE DIVING THE REEF'S LORD SHE CHANGED MY BELIEFS
    A                           D
AS WE MADE LOVE ON THE OCEAN'S FLOOR (and she whispered)


Chorus:

D           G           A          D
DIVERS DO IT DEEPER JOCKEYS DO IT SHORTER
G           A           D
BRICK LAYERS ALWAYS MAKE JUST A LITTLE BIT STRONGER; STRONGER
D           G           A          D
SAILORS DO IT WETTER, SOLDIERS DO IT BETTER
G           A           D      C    G;   G     C      D
BUT COWBOYS STAY IN THE SADDLE JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER

   G        D            A         D
I MOVED FROM LA FOR A GOOD JOB WITH PAY RIDING RANGE FOR THE DOUBLE BAR J
   G           D          A         D
TILL' THE RODEO CAME AND I PUT IN MY NAME FOR THE BULL RIDING CONTEST THAT DAY
  Bm           A           G          D
THE JUDGES WERE WATCHING BUT THEY NEVER NOTICED THE GIRL STANDING CLOSE TO MY CHUTE
  G           D           A            D
SHE PICKED ME TO WIN I COULD TELL BY HER GRIN AS SHE REACHED OUT AND PATTED MY BOOT

(and she said)

D         G           A         D
DIVERS DO IT DEEPER PILOTS DO IT HIGHER
G         A         D
BRICK LAYERS ALWAYS MAKE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT STRONGER; STONGER
D          G            A          D
DOCTORS DO IT CLEANER BIKERS DO IT MEANER
 G           A          D      A    D
COWBOYS STAY IN THE SADDLE JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER


DIVERS DO IT DEEPER JOCKEYS DO IT SHORTER

BRICK LAYERS ALWAYS MAKE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT STRONGER
D         G            A           D
SAILORS DO IT WETTER SOLDIERS DO IT BETTER
 G         A          D      A    D
COWBOYS STAY IN THE SADDLE JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER

Outro:  G   D    A    D