Cool Water Chords by Burl Ives

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All [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] day I _ [Em] faced the barren waste [C] without the taste of [G] water, _ cool _ _ _ [C] water.
_ _ _ _ [F] Old Dan and I, [G] with throats burnt dry [C] and _ souls [F] that cry [C] for _ water, _ _ _ _ [G] cool, _ _ _ clear _ _ [C] water.
_ _ _ _ _ Keep the water, don't [G] kill the salt.
_ [C] He's a devil, not a man, [G] and he spreads the burning sand.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Dan, can't you see [C] that big green tree where [F] the water's running free [G] and it's waiting there for me [C] and you?
[D] _ [C] The _ _ _ nights are cool and [G] I'm a [Em] fool.
Each star's a pool of [G] water, _ [Em] cool _ _ water.
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_ [F] But with the dawn, [G] I'll wake and yawn [C] and _ carry [F] _
on [C] to water, _ _ _
_ [Em] _ cool, _ [G] _ clear water.
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_ Keep the water, _ [G] _ _
don't kill the salt.
[C] He's a devil, not a man, [G] and he spreads the burning sand.
[C] Dan, _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ can't you see [C] that big green tree [F] where the water's running free [G] and it's waiting there for me [C] and you?
_ The _ _ _ shadows sway [Em] and seem [G] to say, [C] tonight we pray [G] for water, _ [Em] _ cool _ [C] _
water.
_ _ _ _ [F] And way up there, [G] he'll hear our prayer [C] and show _ [F] us where [C] there's water, _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [G] _
_ _ clear _ [C] water. _
_ _ _ _ _ Keep the water, [G] don't kill the salt.
_ [C] He's a devil, not a [G] man, and he spreads the burning [C] sand.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Dan, can't you see [C] that happy company [F] where the water's running free [G] and they're waiting there for me [C] and you?
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