Kathy Mattea - Standing Knee Deep in a River guitar chord

Intro: C Em F G C Em F G

C Em F C

Friends I could count on I could count on one hand

F G F G

with a leftover finger or two

C Em F C

I took 'em for granted let 'em all slip a - way

F G C F

Now where they are I wish I knew

G C Em F C

They roll by just like water

F G C F G

and I guess we never learn

C Em F

Go through life parched and empty

C F

standin' knee deep in a river

G C Em F G

and dyin' of thirst

C Em F C

Sometimes I re - member sweethearts I've known

F G F G

Some I've for - gotten I sup - pose

C Em F C

One or two still linger oh and I wonder now

F G C F

why I ever let them go

G C Em F C

They roll by just like water

F G C F G

and I guess we never learn

C Em F

Go through life parched and empty

C F

standin' knee deep in a river

G C Em F G C Em F *Capo 1 here* G

and dyin' of thirst

C Em F C

So the sidewalk is crowded the city goes by

F G F G

and I rush through another day

C Em F C

and a world full of strangers turn their eyes to me

F G C F

but I just look the other way.

G C Em F C

They roll by just like water

F G C F G

and I guess we never learn

C Em F

Go through life parched and empty

C F

standin' knee deep in a river

G C F

and dyin' of thirst

G C Em F C

They roll by just like water

F G C F G

and I guess we never learn

C Em F

Go through life parched and empty

C F

standin' knee deep in a river

G C Em F G C

and dyin' of thirst