Standing Knee Deep chords by Lacy J. Dalton

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

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