Standing Knee Deep chords by Lacy J. Dalton

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD

Verse 1:
       D MajorD
There've been times in my life
                   G+G
When I've felt out of touch and half-crazy
A augmentedA                      D MajorD
Lost in a crowd with lovers and friends by my side

     D MajorD
There's a numbness I've known,
               G+G
All alone in some shimmering city
   A augmentedA
With bright lights around me
             D MajorD
And nothing but shadows inside

Chorus:
       G+G
There've been desperate times
    B minorBm
When my heart was so dry
    D MajorD            G+G
That I felt like my life was a curse
   D MajorD             A augmentedA         D MajorD
I was standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst

Verse 2:
     D MajorD
There are months at a time
                G+G
When no reason nor rhyme can sustain me
   A augmentedA
When nothin' makes sense
              D MajorD
And everything turns upside-down

     D MajorD
There are nights when I fight
                 G+G
To keep dreamin' from driving me crazy
   A augmentedA
And I shut off my mind
                D MajorD
Just to keep it from spinnin' around

Chorus:
     G+G             B minorBm
But it's down in that quiet in that stillness I find
     D MajorD              G+G
The sweet water for which I've longed searched
   D MajorD             A augmentedA         D MajorD  BB
While standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst

Verse 3:
   E MajorE
So if you're having times
                  A augmentedA
When you feel out of touch and half-crazy
BB                        E MajorE
Lost in a crowd with lovers and friends by your side

    E MajorE
If the game's getting old
                   A augmentedA
And you're cold and exhausted and maybe
   BB
You'd just like to cop-out and crumble
        E MajorE
Or lay down and die

Chorus:
    A augmentedA            C# minorC#m
If you come to a time when you need to decide,
      E MajorE             A augmentedA
Friend, you might want to ask yourself first
   E MajorE             BB         E MajorE
A minorAm I standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst?

Verse 4:
         C# minorC#m
'Cause there's a great river runs
     A augmentedA
From the heart of the sun
      E MajorE          A augmentedA
Through the soul of the whole universe
         C# minorC#m
From the limitless light
      A augmentedA
That brings order and might
    E MajorE           BB
To the substance of Heaven and Earth

Chorus:
     C# minorC#m             A augmentedA
And it's down in that quiet, in that stillness inside,
     E MajorE             A augmentedA
There's a well we don't seek 'til we hurt
    E MajorE           BB
From standin' knee deep in the river
       A augmentedA
And dyin' of thirst

   C# minorC#m             A augmentedA
Yes, down in that quiet, in that stillness inside
     E MajorE             A augmentedA
Are sweet waters to heal this whole Earth
    E MajorE             BB
That is standin' knee deep in the river,
E MajorE             BB
Standin' knee deep in the river
     E MajorE            BB
We're all standin' knee deep in the river
       A augmentedA
And dyin' of thirst

Outro:

A augmentedA E MajorE BB E MajorE E MajorE