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Date: 8/24/97; 6:38:31 PM
From: Arnoldkg@aol.com
Subject: Standing Knee Deep in a River - Kathy Mattea

Standing Knee Deep in a River (Dying of Thirst)
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Written by: Bucky Jones, Bob McDill & Dickey Lee
Performed by Kathy Mattea on "Lonesome Standard Time"
Submitted by Ken Arnold

Note:  There is a key change at the beginning of the third verse up one
       fret on the recording.  This point is indicated by *Capo 1 here*.
       I could not determine a position for the capo that would provide
       a key both before and after the key change that would be easy for
       the guitar.  I would suggest that you either continue in the same
       key if playing the song by yourself or add a capo at the appropriate
       spot if accompanying the recording.


Intro:   C   Em   F   G   C   Em   F   G

C               Em       F                      C
Friends I could count on   I could count on one hand
                F         G    F    G
with a leftover finger or two
C                Em      F                      C
  I took 'em for granted   let 'em all slip a - way
F                G            C    F
  Now where they are I wish I knew

G         C  Em           F     C
They roll by    just like water
F       G              C      F    G
  and I guess we never learn
           C    Em               F
Go through life      parched and empty
         C              F
standin' knee deep in a river
G               C      Em    F    G
   and dyin' of thirst

C                  Em     F                  C
  Sometimes I re - member   sweethearts I've known
                F              G    F    G
Some I've for - gotten I sup - pose
C                  Em     F                 C
  One or two still linger   oh and I wonder now
F       G             C    F
  why I ever let them go

G         C  Em           F     C
They roll by    just like water
F       G              C      F    G
  and I guess we never learn
           C    Em               F
Go through life      parched and empty
         C              F
standin' knee deep in a river
G               C      Em    F    G    C    Em    F  *Capo 1 here*  G
   and dyin' of thirst

C                    Em      F               C
  So the sidewalk is crowded   the city goes by
           F               G    F    G
and I rush through another day
C                     Em        F                    C
  and a world full of strangers   turn their eyes to me
F            G              C    F
  but I just look the other way.

G         C  Em           F     C
They roll by    just like water
F       G              C      F    G
  and I guess we never learn
           C    Em               F
Go through life      parched and empty
         C              F
standin' knee deep in a river
G               C      F
   and dyin' of thirst

G         C  Em           F     C
They roll by    just like water
F       G              C      F    G
  and I guess we never learn
           C    Em               F
Go through life      parched and empty
         C              F
standin' knee deep in a river
G               C      Em    F    G    C
   and dyin' of thirst