The Water Acoustic Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	C
Capo:	no capo

Author Dunkey123 [a] 101.

3 contributors total, last edit on Oct 15, 2019

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[Intro]
 
C G C F
C G Am F
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
 C         G             F
All that I have is a river
     Am                 E
The river is always my home
      C         F        Am           F
Lord, take me away for I just cannot stay
        C          Dm          F
Or I'll sink in my skin and my bones
 
 
[Chorus]
 
    C        G           C         F
The water sustains me without even trying
    C            G            Am
The water can't drown me, I'm done
        F      C
With my dyy...ing
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
 C         G             F
Please help me build a small boat
     Am                 E
One that’ll ride on the flow
       C            F
Where the river runs deep
       Am           F
And the larger fish creep
    C          G           F
I’m glad of what keeps me afloat
 
 
[Chorus]
 
    C        G           C         F
The water sustains me without even trying
    C            G            Am
The water can't drown me, I'm done
        F      C
With my dyy...ing
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
     C         G       F
Now deeper the water I sail
     Am                    E
And faster the current I’m in
      C           F
That each night brings the stars
        Am           F
And the song in my heart
      C           Dm           F
Is a tune for the journeyman’s tale
 
 
[Chorus]
 
    C        G           C         F
The water sustains me without even trying
    C            G            Am
The water can't drown me, I'm done
        F      C
With my dyy...ing
 
 
[Bridge]
 
 E                            Am
Now the land that I knew is a dream
 E                                  Am
And the line on the distance grows faint
    C         Dm          C        Dm
So wide is my river, the horizon a sliver
     C         G          F
The artist has run out of paint
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
           C           G             F
Where the blue of the sea meets the sky
        Am                       E
And the big yellow sun leads me home
    C          F
I’m everywhere now
    Am        F
The way is a vow
       C            Dm             F
To the wind of each breath by and by
 
 
[Chorus]
 
    C        G           C         F
The water sustains me without even trying
    C           G             Am
The water can't drown me, I'm done
        F      C
With my dyy...ing
 
 
[Outro]
 
Played like the chorus
C G C F C G Am F C x2
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Perfect, except for one bung chord.. this.. C G Am Or I'll sink in my skin and my bones Should be.. C G F Or I'll sink in my skin and my bones I'm getting that from this acoustic version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4QQ7HYYdWw But it may be right on the recording..apart from that.. *****! :D

Actually it's: Sink in my skin and my bones C. Dm. F. (Although personally I like it ending on Am - adds to the bitter-sweetness of the melody)

So wide is my river, the horizon a sliver ..... C G F The artist has run out of paint