• Song:

    Water From Another Time

  • Artist:

    John Mccutcheon

  • Album:

    Gonna Rise Again

Water from Another Time 
Chords

F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)  CNew (x32010@1)mown hay on a July morn
F (133211@1)                           F/A (x03211@1)     CGrandkids (x32010@1)running through the knee-high corn
G (320003@1)                  C (x32010@1)        FSunburned (133211@1)nose and a scabbed-up knee
       C (x32010@1)                   G/BFrom (143121@7)a rope on the white oak tree
       G (320003@1)                   C (x32010@1)       FJust (133211@1)another summer's day at Grandpa's farm
     C (x32010@1)                      FWith (133211@1)Grandma's bucket hanging off my arm
              F (133211@1)                     CYou (x32010@1)know, the old pump's rusty but it works fine
            G (320003@1)                CPrimed (x32010@1)with water from another time

CHORUS:
   F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)           G/B (143121@7)        CIt (x32010@1)don't take much, but you gotta have some
    F (133211@1)               F/A (x03211@1)    CThe (x32010@1)old ways help the new ways come
     G (320003@1)                          C (x32010@1)     FJust (133211@1)leave a little extra for the next in line
              F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)         CThey're (x32010@1)gonna need a little water from another time

F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)        CTattered (x32010@1)quilt on the goose-down bed
       F (133211@1)                       F/A (x03211@1)   C"Every (x32010@1)stitch tells a story," my Grandma said
    G (320003@1)                   C (x32010@1)       FHer (133211@1)mama's nightgown, her grandpa's pants
        C (x32010@1)                               G/BAnd (143121@7)the dress she wore to her high school dance
    G (320003@1)                     C (x32010@1)       FNow (133211@1)wrapped at night in its patchwork scenes
  C (x32010@1)                      FI (133211@1)waltz with Grandma in my dreams
   F (133211@1)                CMy (x32010@1)arms, my heart, my life entwined
     G (320003@1)                    CWith (x32010@1)water from another time

CHORUS

F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)        G/B (143121@7)   CNewborn (x32010@1)cry in the morning air
    F (133211@1)               F/A (x03211@1)  CThe (x32010@1)past & future are wedded there
     G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)      FThis (133211@1)wellspring of my sons and daughters:
    C (x32010@1)                      G/BThe (143121@7)bone and blood of living waters
            G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)     FAnd, (133211@1)though Grandpa's hand have gone to dust,
     C (x32010@1)             FLike (133211@1)Grandma's pump: reduced to rust,
      F (133211@1)               CTheir (x32010@1)stories quench my soul and mind
     G (320003@1)                    CLike (x32010@1)water from another time

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