Joseph Arthur - I used to know how to walk on water
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(very simple but breathtaking song off The Ballad of Boogie Christ)
Joseph Arthur - I used to know how to walk on water
(standard tuning)
(verse 1)
EmI used to know how to walk on water
AmI used to be so unafraid
BmI could save the weakest tyrant
EmAnd I could knight the proudest slave
EmI could give riches to beggars
AmAnd give love to the one who hates
BmI could tempt a heart so frozen
EmAnd I could torture the strength of fate
(verse 2)
EmI used to know how to walk on water
AmThe king of kings they knew me well
BmI could give sight to blind men
EmAnd make a mute man sing in hell
EmBut now I watch with awe and wonder
AmDoubt has now befallen me
BmI ask The Lord to show me mercy
EmAnd to give me sympathy
(Chorus)
GForgive me now myD useless thunder
AmWhen I was such aG dynamo
I am here andD I am humble
AmFor I know not which Gway to go
(verse 3)
EmI used to know how to walk on water
AmI could give the dead hot life
BmI could murder the joy of Satan
EmAnd make his mistress be my wife
EmI will be the dream of cowards
AmAnd they will never resemble me
BmI could see them doubt me under
EmAs I set each one free
EmNow I just sit and wonder what
Amillness has befallen me
BmThis sick of mine make me surrender to
Emthis world of vacancy
(chorus)
GForgive me now myD useless thunder
AmWhen I was such aG dynamo
I am here and DI am humble
AmFor I know not which Gway to go
(verse 4)
EmI used to know how to walk on water
AmNow I sink in the dirt
BmNo kind of holy laughter
EmSeems to reach beyond the hurt
EmI used to know how to walk on water
AmI used to be at peace with love
BmAll it's strength and all it's power
EmWould lift me up so high above
EmBurning star of holy wonder
AmWomen would rush to be with me
BmBut now I'm lost inside the thunder of
Empain which holds insanity
(chorus)
GForgive me now my Duseless thunder
AmWhen I was such a Gdynamo
I am here andD I am humble
AmFor I know not which Gway to go
GForgive me now my Duseless thunder
AmWhen I was such a Gdynamo
I am here andD I am humble
AmFor I know not which Gway to go
(the song fades with the chorus sung in a slightly different way, but with the
ffffffffffffsame chords and rhythm, you can jam on that)