Ripplin' Waters
Words & Music by Jimmy Ibbotson
sung by John Denver
from I Want To Live (1977)
(capo up 2 frets)
Intro: DaddE D/F#addE G6addA A7sus4
D D7 G
I've got rippling waters to wake me to the morning my woman in love,
D A7
Tall pine trees are pointing this easily to heaven above.
D C G
Blue spruce flaming on the grate in the evening, takes the chill away fine,
Em B7 E
Cut the telephone line, the story's the same.
D D7 G
There's a worn red chair by the window that she found at a sale down the way,
D A7
When some old woman said that they needed more room for the winter.
D C
The people like pulling out the stuffing when they sit down, so it passes
G Em B7 E
The time, cut the telephone line, the story's the same.
A E A
Ooh, like a bubble on a windy day start to flutter when I hear you say,
B7 E A
That you feel too good to go away and you make me feel fine.
E A
And you made the world a warmer place, by the sparkle of you diamond face.
B7 E B7
On a grey spot put a little lace and you make me feel fine,
E B7 E B7
Warm as a mountain sunshine, on the edge of a snowline,
E A
In a meadow of columbine.
G A7
D D7 G
Oh, little Jennifer, I'd give a penny for what you've got on your mind,
D A7
Seems like most of the time you're lying there dreaming.
D C G
Maybe in your vision you see how our mission is, slightly less than divine,
Em B7 E
Cut the telephone line, the story's the same.
D D7
Now rippling waters flow through the ceiling and the walls and they're
G D A7
keeping me warm and the closest I've been to my family for days is my music.
D C G
But to silently stare in the morning sky is like hearing her calling my name,
Em B7 Em
Cut the telephone line, the story's the same.
A E A
Ooh, like a bubble on a windy day start to flutter when I hear you say,
B7 E B7
that you feel to good to go away and you make me feel fine.
E B7 E B7
Warm as a mountain sunshine, on the edge of a snowline,
E A
in a meadow of columbine.
G A7