Water In The Well chords by 
American Aquarium 
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Key: F major•
Intro 1
Bb
F
C
F
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Verse 1
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Dear Heavenly Father,
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what have I done?
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Used to have it all,
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now I'm left with none
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Dm
F
The Great State of Geor gia came
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F
and took the farm away
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C
Because of the bills that I could
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not pay
Interlude 1
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C
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Verse 2
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My family's name has
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F
been here since 1833
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A hundred years of sweat and
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blood handed down to me
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So every day I work these fields
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and every night I pray
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The rain, the rain don't ever come
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and I doubt any's on the way
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Verse 3
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Oh what will I do
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when all else fails?
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What will I do when no
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water's in the well?
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Oh what will I do when
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there's nothing left to sell?
Dm
C
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Oh, what will I do? Only time
Interlude 2
will tell
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C
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Verse 4
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I hear there's work in Rich mond
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and some in New Or leans
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But outside that Clarke County line is
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a world I've never seen
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The pa pers say that the times are
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tough and money's running low
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C
But the bottom doesn't look so bad when the bottom's
Interlude 3
all you know
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Verse 5
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Dear Heavenly Father,
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I've come before you now
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A bottle's in my left hand,
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a pistol's to my brow
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The preacher says salva tion
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will cleanse all my bad deed s
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Dm
But I could never forgive
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myself for failing my family
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Verse 6
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What will I do
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when all else fails?
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F
What will I do when no
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water's in the well?
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Oh what will I do when there's
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C
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noth ing left to sell?
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F
Oh, what will I do? Only time will tell
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ChordsBb F C Dm
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F
C
Dm
Capo: 3
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