Interpol - Stella Was A Diver And She Was Always Down

[ intro : F , Dm , Am ]

F Dm , Am
when she walks down the street ,
F Dm , Am
she knows there’s people watching .
F Dm , Am
the building fronts are just fronts
F Dm , Am
to hide the people watching her
F Dm , Am
but she once fell through the street
F Dm , Am
down a manhole in that bad way
F Dm , Am
the underground drip
F Dm , Am
was just like her scuba days

Dm
days
Am
daze
F
days

Am F Dm C
she was all right because the sea was so airtight ,
Am
she broke away
F Dm C
she was all right because the sea was so airtight ,
Am
she broke away
F Dm C
she is all right but she can’t come out tonight
Am
she broke away
F
she was all right , yeah the sea was so tight , air tight

G#
F Dm
she broke away , broke away
G#
F Dm
she broke away , broke away
G#
F Dm
she broke away , broke away
G#
F Dm
she broke away

[ verse 2 ]

F Dm , Am
at the bottom of the ocean she dwells
F Dm , Am
at the bottom of the ocean she dwells
F Dm , Am
from crevices caressed by fingers
F Dm , Am
and fat blue serpent swells

F
stella Dm , Am , F

stella Dm , Am , F

oh , stella Dm , Am , F

F
stella i love you [ x3 ]

Am F Dm
she was all right because the sea was so airtight ,
Am
she broke away
Am F Dm Am
she is all right but she can’t come out tonight , she broke away
F
she was all right , yeah the sea was so tight , air tight

yeah , shes mine!

G#
F Dm
she broke away , broke away
G#
F Dm
she broke away , broke away
G#
F Dm
she broke away , broke away
G#
F Dm
she broke away

[ interlude : F , C , G# , F , Dm ]
F C G# F Dm
well , she was my catatonic sxx toy , love – joy dive – eeer
C G# F Dm
well , she was my catatonic sxx toy , love – joy dive – eeer
F C G#
she went down down down there into the sea ,
F Dm F
yeah she went down down down there , down there for me , right on
F Dm F F Dm
oh yeah , right on , so good
F C G# F Dm F C G#
oh yeah , right on , so good
F Dm
oh yeah

F , C , G# , F , Dm [ played over the verse ]
( there’s something that’s invisible ,
there’s some things you can’t hide ,
try detect you when i’m sleeping ,
in a wave you say goodbye . . . )