Chords for Soul Asylum ''Standing Water'' [The Silver Lining - 2006]

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[D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] Down from the mountain, _ _ running wild through the trees, [D] _ _ _ crystal glimmer, _ _ [F#m] rolling along
[D] so _ [F#m] effortlessly.
_ Trickled down from the country, _ but the city sucked it [G#] in and spit it [F#m] out.
[D] Now the gravity pulls you to the [A] curbside now as [D] it's getting [A] light and [D] _ it's too _ [E] soon,
too [F#m] fast and that ain't never [B] gonna _ [A] last.
_ _ Standing water, _ _ [F#m] standing too close to the sun, [D] with your _ rainbow runoff, you're like
a sitting [E] duck waiting for the [A]
summer rain to come. _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
I was a lowlife in the highlands, [F#m] I was barely living up to standards and demands.
[D] I had run out of reasons to [A] let myself [D] believe [F#m] in anything.
[A] I wanted to float home so many times, [F#m] but I'm never giving in, you know dreams never die.
_ [D] _ Woke up in a cold sweat, [F#m] I [E] was breathing still [D] my heart. _
[A] [D] But yet I'm dried out [E] by the hot [F#m] sun, there's never [B] anywhere to _ run.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ Standing water, _ _ [F#m] standing too close to the sun, [D] with your rainbow _ runoff, you're [A] like
a sitting duck waiting [E] for the summer rain [Dm] to come.
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[E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
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[E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [A] There _ once was a country [F#m] with champagne rivers running wide.
[A] _ [D] There was free land flying out the [A] door in the middle [D] of the night.
[A] And they were pushing every button, _ [F#m] they were paving the way to the blight.
[D] They were breaking laws that they made them spell, [E] dictating [A] what's wrong and [D] what's [A] right.
[D] _ _
So [E] proud, _ so [F#m] strong, but that don't mean [B] you're never _ wrong. _
_ _ [A] _ Standing _ water, _ _ [F#m] standing too close to the sun, [D] with your _ rainbow runoff, [A] you're like
a sitting duck waiting [E] for the [A] summer rain to come.
_ Standing water, _ _ [F#m] standing too close to the sun, with [D] your _ rainbow _ [A] runoff, you're like
a sitting duck waiting for the summer rain to come. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] Like a sitting duck waiting for the summer rain to come. _ _ _ _
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