Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse

 Sailing away on the crest of a wave

 It's like magic

 Oh, rolling and riding and slipping and sliding

 It's magic

Chorus

 And you, and your sweet desire,

 You took me, oh, higher and higher baby,

 It's a living thing,

 It's a terrible thing to lose

 It's a giving thing

 What a terrible thing to lose.

 I'm taking a dive. (dive)

Making believe this is what you've conceived

 From your worst day, (I'm taking a dive)

Moving in line when you look back in time

 To the first day, (I'm taking I'm taking)

Chorus

 And you, and your sweet desire,

 (Don't you do it), don't you do it to me, oh,

higher and higher baby

 It's a living thing,

 It's a terrible thing to lose

 It's a giving thing

 What a terrible thing to lose.

 I'm taking a dive. On the sky

Verse

Taking a dive cause you can't halt the slide

 Floating down stream, (I'm taking a dive)

 Oh, so let her go don't start spoiling the show

 It's a bad dream, (I'm taking, I'm taking)

 And you, and your sweet desire,

 (Don't you do it), don't you do it to me, oh,

higher and higher baby

 It's a living thing,

 It's a terrible thing to lose

 It's a giving thing

 What a terrible thing to lose.

 It's a living thing,

 It's a terrible thing to lose

 It's a giving thing

 What a terrible thing to lose.