Cool Water Chords
by Johnny Cash
Cool Water by Johnny Cash is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E7, D and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
A E7 A E7
All day I've faced a barren waste without the taste of water
E7 A A
Cool water
D E A D
Ole Dan and I with throats burned dry, and souls that cry
A A
For water
E7 E7 A A
Cool, clear water
A E7
Keep a-movin' Dan, don't you listen to him Dan
A E7 A A
He's the devil not a man, and he spreads the burnin' sand with water
D A
Dan, can you see that big green tree
D E7 A D
Where the water's runnin' free, and it's waiting there for me and you
A A
It's water
E7 E7 A A
Cool, clear water
A E7 A E7
The nights are cool and I'm a fool, each star's a pool of water
E7 A A
Cool water
D E A D
But with the dawn I'll wake and yawn, and carry on
A A
To water
E7 E7 A A
Cool, clear water
A E7
Keep a-movin' Dan, don't you listen to him Dan
A E7 A A
He's the devil, not a man, and he spreads the burnin' sand with water
D A
Dan, can you see that big green tree
D E7 A D
Where the water's runnin' free, and it's waiting there for me and you
A A
It's water
E7 E7 A A
Cool, clear water
E7 E7 A A
Cool, clear water
E7 E7 A A
Cool, clear water