Singing Skies And Dancing Waters
Words & Music by John Denver
from I Want To Live (1977)
Unusual chords:
Asus4 : ||223|
Dsus4 : |||233
A7sus4 : ||2|3|
G D Bm F#m G D A Asus4
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
So many years ago, I can't remember now
Em Asus4
Someone was waiting for me.
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
I had the answers to all of my questions.
Em
Love was so easy to see.
A7sus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4
I didn't know.
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
When I was younger I should have known better.
Em Asus4
I thought that nothing was new.
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Through all the spaces in all of the changes
Em
The one I lost sight of was you.
A7sus4 D A7
I didn't know. I didn't know.
I could see you in
G D Bm F#m
Singing skies and dancing waters
G D F#m G
Laughing children growing old
Em D Bm F#m
And in the heart and in the spirit
G D A G
And in the Truth when it is told.
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
My life became shady and I grew afraid
Em Asus4
And I needed to find my way home.
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
I just couldn't see you. The thought that I'd lost you.
Em
I never felt so much alone.
A7sus4 D
Are you still with me?
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Somehow in reason I lost sight of season
Em Asus4
Tides rollin' out rollin' in.
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Sometimes in evenin' when daylight was leavin'
Em
I though I'd never see you again.
A7sus4 D A7
Are you still with me? Are you still with me?
I'm with you in
G D Bm F#m
Singing skies and dancing waters
G D F#m G
Laughing children growing old
Em D Bm F#m
And in the heart and in the spirit
G D A G
And in the Truth when it is told.
D Dsus4 D Dsus4 Em A7sus4
Hmmmm......
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
If my faith should falter and I should forsake you
Em
And find myself turning away.
A7sus4 D A7
Will you still be there? Will you still be there?
I'll be there in
G D Bm F#m
Singing skies and dancing waters
G D F#m G
Laughing children growing old
Em D Bm F#m
And in the heart and in the spirit
G D A G
And in the Truth when it is told.
D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D