Deep Dark Water Chords
by Jim Reeves
Deep Dark Water by Jim Reeves is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, A7, D7 and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G C
Alone and so lonesome bored and so blue
G A7 D7
I got the urge to ramble so I took a drink or two
G B7 C G
It tempted me to trifle then my true heart went astray
C G D7 G
So I wandered in dark water and just threw my life away
D7 G
I know that it was wrong to fool around this way so long
A7 D7
Someone was sawing on the limb that I was sitting on
G B7 C G
I looked down and I found I could drown in deep dark water
C G D7 G
So I cried when I realized I couldn't swim
C
A fool and his money calls for whiskey and for gin
G A7 D7
Filled to the gills and falling for the weaknesses as a man
G B7 C G
From one fool to another wrong is never right
C G D7 G
I ignored advice from mother and brother look at me tonight
D7 G
Unsteady as I go with deep dark water down below
A7 D7
They keep sawing louder on my limb and soon I'll have to go
G B7 C G
Life's been small hear my call as I fall in deep dark water
C G D7 G
Don't be a would-be king and tumble from your throne