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Standin' Knee Deep by Lacy J. Dalton



       Standin' Knee Deep 





Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: D

[Intro]
D  G  A  D
 
[Verse 1]
             D
There've been times in my life
                                     G
When I've felt out of touch and half-crazy
A                                            D
Lost in a crowd with lovers and friends by my side
 
          D
There's a numbness I've known,
                             G
All alone in some shimmering city
     A
With bright lights around me
                          D
And nothing but shadows inside
 
[Chorus]
              G
There've been desperate times
        Bm
When my heart was so dry
       D                       G
That I felt like my life was a curse
      D                         A                  D
I was standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst
 
[Verse 2]
          D
There are months at a time
                                G
When no reason nor rhyme can sustain me
     A
When nothin' makes sense
                            D
And everything turns upside-down
 
         D
There are nights when I fight
                                 G
To keep dreamin' from driving me crazy
      A
And I shut off my mind
                               D
Just to keep it from spinnin' around
 
[Chorus]
         G                          Bm
But it's down in that quiet in that stillness I find
          D                           G
The sweet water for which I've longed searched
      D                         A                  D    B
While standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst
 
[Verse 3]
      E
So if you're having times
                                    A
When you feel out of touch and half-crazy
B                                               E
Lost in a crowd with lovers and friends by your side
 
       E
If the game's getting old
                                     A
And you're cold and exhausted and maybe
      B
You'd just like to cop-out and crumble
                E
Or lay down and die
 
[Chorus]
       A                       C#m
If you come to a time when you need to decide,
            E                          A
Friend, you might want to ask yourself first
     E                         B                  E
Am I standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst?
 
[Verse 4]
                 C#m
'Cause there's a great river runs
         A
From the heart of the sun
            E                    A
Through the soul of the whole universe
                 C#m
From the limitless light
            A
That brings order and might
        E                      B
To the substance of Heaven and Earth
 
[Chorus]
         C#m                         A
And it's down in that quiet, in that stillness inside,
          E                          A
There's a well we don't seek 'til we hurt
        E                      B
From standin' knee deep in the river
             A
And dyin' of thirst
 
     C#m                         A
Yes, down in that quiet, in that stillness inside
          E                         A
Are sweet waters to heal this whole Earth
        E                         B
That is standin' knee deep in the river,
E                         B
Standin' knee deep in the river
          E                        B
We're all standin' knee deep in the river
             A
And dyin' of thirst
 
[Outro]
 
A  E  B  E  E






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version 2 






No Capo
 
[Intro]
6/8 D A D D
 
              D                                                      G
There've been times in my life when I've felt out of touch and half- crazy
A                                             D
Lost in a crowd with lovers and friends by my side
 
          D                                                 G
There's a numbness I've known, all alone in some shimmering city
     A                                                   D
With bright lights around me and nothing but shadows in- -side
 
              G                       Bm                      D                       G
There've been desperate times when my heart was so dry that I felt like my life was a curse
      D                         A                  D
I was standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst
 
          D                                                  G
There are months at a time when no reason nor rhyme can sus- tain me
     A                                                D
When nothin' makes sense and everything turns upside- down
 
          D                                                    G
There are nights when I fight to keep dreamin' from driving me crazy
      A                                                 D
And I shut off my mind just to keep it from spinnin' a- round
 
         G                          Bm                         D                           G
But it's down in that quiet in that stillness I find the sweet water for which I've longed searched
      D                         A                  D      B
While standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst
 
      E                                                        A
So if you're having times when you feel out of touch and half- crazy
B                                               E
Lost in a crowd with lovers and friends by your side
 
       E                                                         A
If the game's getting old and you're cold and exhausted and may- be
      B                                                E
You'd just like to cop-out and crumble or lay down and die
 
       A                       C#m                         E                          A
If you come to a time when you need to decide, friend, you might want to ask yourself first
     E                         B                  E
Am I standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst?
 
                 C#m                       A                            E                      A
'Cause there's a great river runs from the heart of the sun through the soul of the whole uni- verse
         C#m                         A                      E                       B
From the limitless light that brings order and might to the substance of Heaven and Earth
 
         C#m                         A                           E                          A
And it's down in that quiet, in that stillness inside, there's a well we don't seek 'til we hurt
     E                         B                  E
From standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst
 
     C#m                         A                          E                         A
Yes, down in that quiet, in that stillness inside are sweet waters to heal this whole Earth ---
        E                         B      E                         B
That is standin' knee deep in the river, standin' knee deep in the river
          E                         B                  A
We're all standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst
 
[Outro]
A E B E E






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