Deep dark water

C - G - D - G

G C

1. Alone and so lonesome, bored and so blue,

G A D

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 D D7 G

so I wandered in dark water and just threw my life away.

D D7 G

I know that it was wrong to fool around this way so long,

A A7 D D7

someone was sawing on the limb that I was sittin' on.

G B7 C G

I looked down and I found I could drown in deep, dark water,

C G D G

so I cried when I realized I couldn't swim.

G C

2. A fool and his money calls for whiskey and for gin,

G A D

filled to the gills and falling for the weaknesses of man.

G B7 C G

From one fool to another wrong is never right,

C G D D7 G

I ignored advice from mother, and brother look at me tonight.

D G

Unsteady as I go with deep dark water down below

A A7 D 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 - D G

don't be a would-be king and tumble from your throne.

(Jim Reeves)