Knee Deep Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	1st fret

Author freelancer00 [a] 61.

6 contributors total, last edit on Jan 31, 2025

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D/A

D/B

D/C#

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Zac Brown Band feat Jimmy Buffett - Knee Deep
 
Tabbed by: Freelancer00 for use exclusively on Ultimate-Guitar.com.
Thanks to YouTube user tropzone1 for his cover, I just wrote down his chords and thought
someone else might find them useful.
Seems to fit well enough with the album version.
 
Capo 1
 
(D/A D/B D/C#) = bass note walk
 
 
[Intro]
D       G
D   A   D    (D/A D/B D/C#)
D       G
Bm A G A D   (D/A D/B D/C#)
 
[Verse 1]
D
  Gonna put the world away for a minute
G
  Pretend I don't live in it
D                A              D
  Sunshine gonna wash my blues away
D
  Had sweet love but I lost it
G
  She got too close so I fought her
        Bm          A               G         A      D
Now I'm lost in the world trying to find me a better way
 
[Chorus]
             D
Wishing I was knee deep in the water somewhere
        G
Got the blue sky breeze and it don't seem fair
     D                          A                   D
Only worry in the world: Is the tide gonna reach my chair?
D
  Sunrise, there's a fire in the sky
      G
Never been so happy, never felt so high
      Bm                 A           G           A   D
And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise
 
[Instrumental]
D       G
Bm  A   D
 
[Verse 2]
D
  Wrote a note, said be back in a minute
G
  Bought a boat and I sailed off in it
D                           A          D
Don't think anybody's gonna miss me anyway
D
  Mind on a permanent vacation
G
  The ocean is my only medication
Bm            A            G          A   D
Wishing my condition ain't ever gonna go away
 
[Chorus]
             D
Cause now I'm knee deep in the water somewhere
        G
Got the blue sky breeze blowing wind through my hair
     D                          A                   D
Only worry in the world: Is the tide gonna reach my chair?
D
  Sunrise, there's a fire in the sky
      G
Never been so happy, never felt so high
      Bm                 A           G           A   D
And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise
 
[Bridge]
     Bm                      D
This champagne shore washing over me
       A                              D         D7
It's a sweet sweet life living by the salty sea
G                       D
One day you could be as lost as me
              E
Change your geography
      A
Maybe you might be...
 
[Chorus]
D
  Knee deep in the water somewhere
        G
Got the blue sky breeze blowing wind through my hair
     D                          A                   D
Only worry in the world: Is the tide gonna reach my chair?
D
  Sunrise, there's a fire in the sky
      G
Never been so happy, never felt so high
      Bm                 A           G           A   D
And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise
 
[Segue]
D
Come on in, the water's nice
A
Find yourself a little slice
D           A
Grab a bag, pack it light
    Bm           A        G
You never know until you try
         E7
When you lose yourself
    A                   D
You find the key to paradise
 
[Outro]
(D)     G
Bm  A   D
D       G
Bm A G A D
X

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Knee Deep – Zac Brown Band

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Bm instead on B And I think in the chorus Bm A G A D A instead of B A D A

Yeah, I definitely think schwar04 is right about the Bm instead of B throughout the song. And Bm A G A D A instead of B A D A sounds better in the chorus as well. Thanks for the input; this was sort of meant as a starting point since when I submitted there wasn't a version on here, so I appreciate the corrections.

Change 3rd line in Chorus to: "Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair" Change 4th line second verse to " Minds on a permanent vacation" Change to these two lines and it is right on.