Only Water Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays438

Only Water by Brandon Heath is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, G, Bm and Em7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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D						 
There's a shadow coming 
       A 
as the sky goes black 
       G 
It's a stubborn rain 
on a Nebraska plain 

D 
There's a farmer standing 
     A 
on a thirsty ground 
   G 
He holds his breath 
This is life or death 
     G    A     D 
It's only water 


        Bm        G 
And it washes over me 
        Bm             G 
Like a single river stone 
        m              G                Em7                  
Changes everything but has no power on its own 
     G     A    D 
It's only water 

There's a winding canyon 
Where a mountain stood 
Miles of earth and clay 
Carried far away 

But there's something holy 
In these cathedral walls 
They took a lot of years 
And a lot of tears 
It's only water 

CHORUS 

There once was a wedding 
All the wine was gone 
They said He's just a man 
That's where it all began 
It was only water 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante