Water Chords
Water by Ashley Cleveland is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Csus. It uses the chords Csus, C, F, G, C/E, Bb9, Bb/9, C9, Bb, Dm and Gsus. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Csus C Csus C
Csus C Csus C F G
Water to a woman in the desert
Csus C Csus C F G
Healing to the driest bones
C C/E
I have longed for this I have wept and prayed
F C/E G
Believing I would live to see this day
C C/E F C/E G
But faith gets lost along the way to vows in sand and hearts of clay
Bb9 Csus C
Water
Csus C Csus C F G
More than the sum of every petitions
Csus C Csus C F G
Better than the best of laid plans
C
There is no guess work here
C/E
No old wrongs to right
F C/E G
No creeping fears or notions of flight
C C/E
Just a show of hands in the sweetest kiss
F C/E G
And a lifetime left for nights like this
Bb/9
Water
C9 C Bb F Dm C
I'll be the watchman at your borders
C9 C Bb F Dm C Gsus G
Like the tatoos on your shoulder
C C/E
I have made my peace I could ask no more
F C/E G
I am signing off through this open door
C C/E
I will take your name I will wear your ring
F C/E G
And put aside every childish thing
Bb9 Csus C
Water
From Ashley Clevland "Bus Named Desire"
RCA Reunion Records 1993
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp(BMI)