Floodgates by Amber Lamps Tabbed by The Doctor Standard Tuning Song is in 6/8 iming The main riff uses two guitars. Listen to the song to get the timing right. (a) plays on beats 1, 2 & 4, 5 of the bar. (b) plays on beats 2, 3 & 5, 6 of each bar , , , , FM7add9 (X2) Lying awake and looking above The stars and their light fill my thoughts From here all this shit seems like nothing at all But the morning will break soon enough I stood on the corner The light from the streetlamp Danced on your skin And it made me think Back and remember when you longed to be One of the stars I now see But the floodgates were opened And I watched you run Each departing step Seemed more like an ocean in length And by the time I had turned you were gone And I've never felt such such sudden ambition To see something through to it's end Despite all my longing My humble conviction We've already drawn our last breath And all the complaints that you had now make sense No book, just a cover FM7add9 Not soul mates, just lovers I finally chose to ignore all the blows And I left you alone To leave Cause the floodgates were opened And I watched you run Each departing step Seemed more like an ocean in length By the time I had turned you were gone , , , , , , I felt the sting and I knew this was bigger than Desires for time or for plans Comfort and caring Distrusting awareness I knew I would never understand I tried to call out over the sound of the Background music but to no avail You looked so happy immersed in speech With a lonely Man , , Cause the floodgates were opened And I watched you run Each departing step (yes, it changes) Seemed more like an ocean in length And by the time I had turned you were gone Cause the floodgates were opened And I watched you run Each departing step Seemed more like an ocean in length And by the time I had turned you were gone