Paul Kelly - Everythings turning to white

^G Late on a Friday my husband went up to the ^C mountains with three ^G friends They took provisions and bottles of bourbon to ^C last them all through the ^G weekend ^Em One hundred ^G miles they drove ^Em just to fish in a ^C stream ^G There's so much ^C water ^D so close to ^G home h^{C G}

^G When they arrived it was cold and dark, they ^C set up they're camp ^G quickly Warmed up with whisky they walked to the river where the ^C water flowed past ^G darkly In the ^Em moonlight they saw the ^G body, of a ^Em girl floating face ^C down [G] There's so much [C] water [D] so close to [G] home H[C] [G] H[C]

When he ^C holds me now I'm ^G pretending I feel ^C like I'm frozen ^D inside And ^C behind my ^G eyes, my ^C daily ^G disguise [C] Everything's [D] turning to [G] white H[C] H[C] H[C] [Bass run into the chorus A B C F] [G]

^G It was too hard to tell how long she's been dead the ^C river was that close to ^G freezing But one things for sure, the girl hadn't died very ^C well to judge from the ^G bruising They ^Em stood there above her all ^G thinking, the ^Em same thoughts at the same ^C time There's [G] so much [C] water [D] so close to [G] home H[C] [G] H[C] [G]

^G So here's what they did, they carried her downstream from their fishing, between ^C two smooth rocks they gently ^G wedged her After all it was late, they had come a long way, and the ^C girl would keep, she was going ^G nowhere ^Em They stayed up there ^G fishing for two days They ^Em reported it on Sunday when they came back ^C down [sung] [G] There's so much [C] water [D] so close to [G] home H[C] [G] H[C] [G]

When he ^C holds me now I'm ^G pretending Nothing ^C is working ^D inside And ^C behind my ^G eyes, my ^C daily ^G disguise [C] Everything's [D] turning to [G] white H[C] H[C] H[C] [bass note run ABCF] [G]

^G The newspapers said the girl had been strangled to ^C death, and also ^G molested On the day of the funeral, the radio reported that a young ^C man had been ^G arrested ^Em I went to the service a ^G stranger, ^Em I drove past the lake out of ^C town ^G There's so much ^C water ^D so close to ^G home h^{C G}