Chords
Words In The Water

Key: G

Introduction:

difficulty
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  Em         D9/F#    G6                                 C  
Standing                    knee deep in cold water
                                        Em                    D9/F#    G6  
Swiftly moving,    somehow
                                                        C  
I knew I'd lost something
  Em      D9/F#    G6                              C  
Wading                    waist deep I saw a book there in the river
  Em      D9/F#    G6                                              C  
Waiting                 for me to find it there
  Em      D9/F#    G6                            C  
I tried                 to read it, neck deep, treading water
  Em                         D9/F#    G6                                                    C  
But the tide,                      it pulled me out to sea
                                C  
Then, with water in my eyes
                                                                                                Em  
The words began to rise from their place
                                C  
They were beautiful and dread
                                                                                                Em  
I reached for them and fed on each phrase
                                Am  
They were honey on my lips
                                                  G4                 C  
But then a bitter twist in my side
                                     Am  
I knew they'd lay me in my grave
                                                                  G4                    C  
"is there no one who can save me?" I cried
  Em            D9/F#    G6                                            C  
Sinking,                    down deep through cold water and heavy silence
  Em         D9/F#    G6                                            C  
Shadows                      stirring in the gloom
  Em                    D9/F#    G6                                            C  
What things                    that lay sleeping down deep in the darkness
  Em                 D9/F#    G6  
Woke then
                                                  C  
To find me in that tomb?
                             G  
And when I lost all hope to look
                     D9/F#  
Someone took that heavy book -
                     C                                    G  
From my hands  all its weight they set aside
                             D9/F#                                         C  
After they had satisfied its demands
                  Am  
I felt white and black reverse
                                                G4                         C  
And the lifting a curse from my heart
                          Am  
Then like one receiving sight
                                                        G4                      C  
I beheld a brilliant light in the dark