Words In The Water Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

 Key: B

Chords used:

F♯/B♭ x143xx

Intro

A♭m F♯ E x4

Verse 1

A♭m StandingF♯ knee deep inE cold water

 swiftly movingA♭m somehowF♯ I

 knew I'd lost someEthing

Interlude

A♭m F♯ E x2

Verse 2

A♭m WadingF♯ waist deep IE saw a book there in

 the riverA♭m waitingF♯ for me to find it Ethere

A♭m I triedF♯ to read itE neck deep treading water

A♭m but the tideF♯ it pulled me out to Esea

Chorus 1

 Then with Ewater in my eyes the words

 began to rise from their A♭mplace

 They were Ebeautiful and dread

 I reached for them and fed on each A♭mphrase

 They were C♯mhoney on my lips but

 then a bitter B/D♯twist in my Eside

 I knew they'd C♯mlay me in my grave

 "Is there no one who can B/D♯save me?" I Ecried

 Post Chorus: A♭m F♯ E x2

Verse 3

A♭m SinkingB down deep

 throughE♭m cold water

C♯m heavy silenceA♭m shadows

F♯ stirring E♭min the F♯gloomE

A♭m What thingsF♯ that lay

 sE♭mleepingE down deepC♯m in

 the darknessA♭m woke then

F♯ to find me E♭min that F♯tomb?E

Chorus 2

 Then with Ewater in my eyes the words

 began to rise from their A♭mplace

 They were Ebeautiful and dread

 I reached for them and fed on each A♭mphrase

 They were C♯mhoney on my lips but

 then a bitter B/D♯twist in my Eside

 I knew they'd C♯mlay me in my grave

 "Is there no one who can B/D♯save me?" I EcriedF♯

Bridge

 And when I Blost all hope to look

 someone F♯tooB♭k that heavy

 book from my Ehands all

 its Bweight they set aside after

E♭mthey had satisF♯fied its deEmands

 I felt A♭mwhite and black reverse

 and the F♯lifting a Bcurse from my Eheart

 Then like A♭mone receiving sight

 I beF♯held a brilliant E♭mlight in the EdarkF♯

Outro

A♭m F♯ B E x3, A♭m F♯ E♭m E(hold)