[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Dm F
Well I was shacked up down in Mobile
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With a girl from New York City.
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She woke me up one night to tell me
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That we weren't alone.
F C
She said she saw the ghost
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Of a woman staring at me.
F C
I told her not to worry,
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But in the morning when I woke up, she was gone.
F G
So I headed on to Florida where
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I tangled with some sailors.
F
And as I lay bloody on the wharf,
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I cursed the ship they sailed on.
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Wouldn't you know, twenty four hours later
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That ship sank into the ocean
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Disappearing like an unwanted memory
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Beneath the waves.
[Chorus 1]
G Am A Am
I guess it's 'cause, still waters run,
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Run deep in me
D Am G
'Cause I got this crazy way
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Crazy way I'm swimming in still waters. (Still waters)
[Verse 2]
Dm F
And I was woke up just before dawn
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By an old man crying in the rain.
D F
He was drunk and he was lonely
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And as he passed by he sang a hymn.
F C
And as I lay there listening,
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Well I almost joined him in that song
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But instead I just held my peace,
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And waited 'till that old man moved along.
F
Then later on that day about
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A quarter mile out of town,
D F
I found his body hanging in
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A grove of pines, swaying in the wind.
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And as he swang that rope sang another hymn
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To Jesus,
F C
And this time though I don't know why,
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I somehow felt inclined to sing along.
[Chorus 2]
G Am C Am
I guess it's cause, still waters run,
G Am C
Run deep in me
Am G
'Cause I got this crazy way
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crazy way I'm swimming in still waters. Still waters
[Verse 3]
D
Don't you know there's projects for the dead
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And there are projects for the living
F
Thought I must confess sometimes
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I get confused by that distinction
F C
And I just throw myself into the arms
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Of that which would betray me.
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I guess to see how far Providence
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Will stoop down just to save me.
[Chorus 3]
Am C D Am
And it's all because, still waters run,
G D
Run deep in me
A Am G
'Cause I've got this crazy way
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Crazy way I'm swimming in still waters...
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swimming in still waters... stil waters.