don't drink the water chords by Justin Townes Earle
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Verse 1
(G major) Something got in the river,
well they, they find the source
Just last evening they ain't
heard no more
(C major) I want some answers 'fore I'm
Interlude 1
leaving here today
(C major) (G major) (D major)
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Verse 2
Don't drink the water, (D major) boy (C major)
No matter what they say
(G major)
Verse 3
Oh, but the man on the stand
ain't said nothing
And he keeps talking, oh,
just keeps talking (C major)
Lord, won't you look at
Interlude 2
them guilty eyes
(C major) (G major)
(D major) Don't drink the water
Verse 4
Something (C major) just ain't right
(G major)
Verse 5
With these sons of bitches, well,
it's always something
Land around us, it's all been poisoned (C major)
Interlude 3
No way to say it, we in a sorry state
(C major) (G major)
Verse 6
(D major) Don't drink the water, boy (C major)
Interlude 4
No, it just ain't safe
(G major)
Verse 7
They started blasting (G major) and that,
that brung the dust
They skinned the mountains,
here come the floods (C major)
Now nobody sleeps,
Interlude 5
nobody sleeps on a rainy night
(C major) (G major)
(D major) Don't drink the water,
Verse 8
boys (C major)
No, don't believe their lies
(G major)
Verse 9
'Cause up and down this valley,
every town you see
They're all dealing with the same
damn thing (C major)
Somebody tell me,
Interlude 6
where do we go from here?
(C major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 10
Don't drink the water (D major) (C major)
Interlude 7
No, don't you dare
(G major)
(C major)
(B flat major) (C major) (G major)
(D major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 11
(G major) Now folks getting sick,
talking women and children
Ask the man on the stand what
he thinks killed 'em
Say (C major) act of God, all act of God
(G major)
Verse 12
Say (D major) don't drink the water, son
(C major) It's been an act of God
(G major)
Verse 13
So that man on the stand,
well, he's still talking
No one's listening,
everybody's watching (C major)
I swear, he just might not
make it home tonight
(G major)
Verse 14
If I hear him say "Don't (D major)
drink the water" (C major)
Just one more time
(G major)
Verse 15
I said, (D major) don't drink the water (C major)
Outro 1
Don't drink the water
(G major) (G major)
don't drink the water
Justin Townes Earle
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