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                     "He Walked on Water"

Words/Music by Allen Shamblin
Performed by Randy Travis


              D (xx0232@1)                G/D1. (4x3121@7)He wore starched white shirts buttoned at the neck,
         D (xx0232@1)                            A/Eand (002220@1)he'd sit in the shade and watch the chickens peck.
          D (xx0232@1)                G/DAnd (4x3121@7)his teeth were gone, but what the heck,
D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)AI (x02220@1)thought that he walked on water.


      D (xx0232@1)                  G2. (320003@1)He said he was a cowboy when he was young.
          D (xx0232@1)                      AHe (x02220@1)could handle a rope and he was good with a gun.
    D (xx0232@1)                       GAnd (320003@1)my mama's daddy was his oldest son,--
    D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)          Dand (xx0232@1)I thought that he walked on water.


CHORUS

                    G (320003@1)                 DIf (xx0232@1)the story's told,  only heaven knows.
                      A (x02220@1)              DBut (xx0232@1)his hat seemed to me like an old halo.
D7 (xx0212@1)                     G (320003@1) And although his wings,  they were never seen.
               A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)    G/A (320203@1)A/C#I (042220@1)thought that he walked on water.

        D (xx0232@1)                   G3. (320003@1)Then he tied a cord to the end of a mop,
           D (xx0232@1)                  Aand (x02220@1)said, "Son, here's a pony, keep her at a trot."
    D (xx0232@1)                                 GAnd (320003@1)I'd ride in circles while he laughed  alot.
     D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)   DThen (xx0232@1)I'd flop down beside him.

           Bm (x24432@1)                AAnd (x02220@1)he was ninety years old in sixty-three
    G (320003@1)             Aand (x02220@1)I loved him and he loved me.
     G (320003@1)                 AAnd (x02220@1)lord, I cried the day  he died,
       D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)'cause I thought that he walked on water.


CHORUS

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Andrew Lowry  alowry@silver.ucs.indiana.edu