Flood (Acoustic)
Jars of Clay

(if you want to play this the right way, this is the way to do it.  I talked to the band members about this one.)

(This song is dedicated to my wife Elena, my daughter Amanda, and coming soon, my son Christian Kobe)
Chords by Geoffrey Buyco


Capo on 3rd Fret

Tuning: EABABE

CHORDS:
--0-----0-----0-----0-----0--
--5-----1-----3-----0-----0--
--0-----0-----0-----0-----5--
--5-----1-----3-----0-----5--
--0-----0-----0-----2-----0--
--5-----1-----3-----0-----0--
  1     2     3     4     5

INTRO: 1  2  3  4  (x2)

VERSE: 1  3  4 palm muted
Rain rain on my face
It hasn't stopped
Raining for days
My world is a flood
Slowly I become
One with the mud

CHORUS: 1  2  3  4  (x4)  then end with 5
But if I can't swim after 40 days
And my mind is crushed
By the crashing waves
Lift me up so high
That I cannot fall
Lift me up
Lift me up-when I'm falling
Lift me up-I'm weak and I'm dying
Lift me up-I need you to hold me
Lift me up-and keep me from drowning again

VERSE
Down pour on my soul
Splashing in the ocean
I'm losing control
Dark sky all around
Can't feel my feet
Touching the ground

CHORUS

BRIDGE:  1  2  3  4 (finger-picking)
Calm the storms that drench my eyes
And dry the streams still flowing
Casting down all waves of sin
And guilt that overthrow me

CHORUS(x2) end with 5