I Used to Know How to Walk on Water Joseph Arthur
<i></i>(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)
[Em]I used to know how to walk on water
[Am]I used to be so unafraid
[Bm]I could save the weakest tyrant
[Em]And I could knight the proudest slave
[Em]I could give riches to beggars
[Am]And give love to the one who hates
[Bm]I could tempt a heart so frozen
[Em]And I could torture the strength of fate
(verse 2)
[Em]I used to know how to walk on water
[Am]The king of kings they knew me well
[Bm]I could give sight to blind men
[Em]And make a mute man sing in hell
[Em]But now I watch with awe and wonder
[Am]Doubt has now befallen me
[Bm]I ask The Lord to show me mercy
[Em]And to give me sympathy
(Chorus)
[G]Forgive me now my[D] useless thunder
[Am]When I was such a[G] dynamo
I am here and[D] I am humble
[Am]For I know not which [G]way to go
(verse 3)
[Em]I used to know how to walk on water
[Am]I could give the dead hot life
[Bm]I could murder the joy of Satan
[Em]And make his mistress be my wife
[Em]I will be the dream of cowards
[Am]And they will never resemble me
[Bm]I could see them doubt me under
[Em]As I set each one free
[Em]Now I just sit and wonder what
[Am]illness has befallen me
[Bm]This sick of mine make me surrender to
[Em]this world of vacancy
(chorus)
[G]Forgive me now my[D] useless thunder
[Am]When I was such a[G] dynamo
I am here and [D]I am humble
[Am]For I know not which [G]way to go
(verse 4)
[Em]I used to know how to walk on water
[Am]Now I sink in the dirt
[Bm]No kind of holy laughter
[Em]Seems to reach beyond the hurt
[Em]I used to know how to walk on water
[Am]I used to be at peace with love
[Bm]All it's strength and all it's power
[Em]Would lift me up so high above
[Em]Burning star of holy wonder
[Am]Women would rush to be with me
[Bm]But now I'm lost inside the thunder of
[Em]pain which holds insanity
(chorus)
[G]Forgive me now my [D]useless thunder
[Am]When I was such a [G]dynamo
I am here and[D] I am humble
[Am]For I know not which [G]way to go
[G]Forgive me now my [D]useless thunder
[Am]When I was such a [G]dynamo
I am here and[D] I am humble
[Am]For I know not which [G]way 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)
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