The Water
Johnnie TaylorVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
All that I have is a river
The river is always my home
Lord, take me away for I just cannot stay
Or I'll sink in my skin and my bones
The water sustains me without even trying
The water can't drown me, I'm done
With my dyy...ing
Please help me build a small boat
One that'll ride on the flow
Where the river runs deep, and the larger fish creep
I'm glad of what keeps me afloat
The water sustains me without even trying
The water can't drown me, I'm done
With my dyy...ing
Now deeper the water I sail
And faster the current I'm in
So wide is my river, the horizon a sliver
The artist has run out of paint
The water sustains me without even trying
The water can't drown me, I'm done
With my dyy...ing
Where the blue of the sea meets the sky
And the big yellow sun leads me home
I'm everywhere now, the way is a vow
To the wind of each breath by and by
The water sustains me without even trying
The water can't drown me, I'm done
With my dyy...ing
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Readable chord sheet for The Water by Johnnie Taylor
[C] [G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [Am] [F] [C]All that I [G]have is a [F]river The [Am]river is always my[E] home Lord, [C]take me aw[F]ay for I [Am]just cannot [F]stay Or I'll [C]sink in my [G]skin and my [Am]bones The [C]water sus[G]tains me wit[C]hout even [F]trying The [C]water can't d[G]rown me, I'm [Am]done With my [F]dyy...[C]ing [C]Please help[G] me build [F]a small boat One [Am]that'll ride on th[E]e flow Where [C]the river [F]runs deep[Am], and the la[F]rger fish creep I'm glad[C] of what ke[G]eps me afloa[Am]t The [C]water sus[G]tains me wit[C]hout even [F]trying The [C]water can't d[G]rown me, I'm [Am]done With my [F]dyy...[C]ing [C]Now deeper [G]the water [F]I sail And [Am]faster the current[E] I'm in So wid[C]e is my ri[F]ver, the [Am]horizon a sl[F]iver The arti[C]st has run [G]out of paint[Am] The [C]water sus[G]tains me wit[C]hout even [F]trying The [C]water can't d[G]rown me, I'm [Am]done With my [F]dyy...[C]ing [C]Where the b[G]lue of the[F] sea meets the sky And [Am]the big yellow sun[E] leads me home I'm ev[C]erywhere n[F]ow, the w[Am]ay is a vow [F] To the w[C]ind of each[G] breath by a[Am]nd by The [C]water sus[G]tains me wit[C]hout even [F]trying The [C]water can't d[G]rown me, I'm [Am]done With my [F]dyy...[C]ing