Key: Ab major•
Verse 1
Gb
husband went up to the mountains with three friends
Ab
Gb
They took provisions and bottles of bourbon to last
One hundred miles they drove
just to fish in a stream
And there's so much water so
close to home
Verse 2
Ab
When they arrived it was cold and dark; they set up their camp quickly
Warmed up with whiskey they walked to the
river where the water flowed past darkly
Ebm
Eb
Ab
In the moonlight they saw the body of a
young girl floating face down
When he holds me now I'm pretending
Verse 3
Ab
I feel like I'm
frozen inside
Ab
E
Everything's turning to white
Ab
It was too hard to tell how long she'd been dead,
Verse 4
Ab
the river was that close to freezing
But one thing for sure,
Fm
Ab
the girl hadn't died very well to judge from the bruising
They stood there above her all thinking
the same thoughts at the same time
There's so much water so
close to home
Verse 5
Ab
They carried her downstream from their fishing
Between two rocks they gently wedged her
After all, they'd come so far,
it was late
And the girl would keep,
she was going nowhere
Gb
They stayed up there fishing for two days
Ab
Gb
They reported it on
Sunday when they came back down
Ab
Fm
There's so much water so close to home
Verse 6
now I'm pretend
Gb
ing
Nothing is working inside
Ab
Gb
And behind my eyes,
Everything's turning
to white
The newspapers said that the girl had been strangled to death and also molested
Verse 7
Gb
On the
day of the funeral the radio reported
that a young man had been arrested
Gb
close to home
Verse 8
Ab
tending
Ab
my daily disguise
Gm
Ab
Everything's turning to white
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsAb Gb Ebm Eb E...
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