Water From Another Time Chords by John Mccutcheon

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_ _ _ [F] New [C] Mon, Hay, [G] Ana, July,
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ Grandkids are running through the knee-high [C] corn,
[G] _ _ Sunburned [C] nose and a [F] scabbed up knee [C] from a rope at the white oak [G] tree.
_ _ Just another summer's day [C] at Grandpa's farm
With _ Grandma's bucket hanging off [F] my heart. _
_ _ You know the old pump's rusty but [C] it works fine,
[G] Primed with water from another [C] time.
_ You don't take much [G] but you gotta [C] have some,
[G] The old ways [Am] help, the new ways come,
[F] Just leave a little [C] extra for the next [F] in _ line.
_ You're gonna need a [C] little water from [G] another _ [C] time.
_ _ [F] Tattered [C]
quilt [G] on the goose [C] down bed,
Every [F] stitch tells a story, like [C] Grandma said.
[G] Her mama's [C] nightgown, [F] Grandpa's pants,
[C] And the dress she wore to her high [G] school _ _ dance.
_ _ Now wrapped at night in [C] those [F] patchwork scenes,
[C] I waltz with Grandma [F] in my _ _ _ dreams.
_ My arms, my [C] heart, my life entwined,
[G] With water from another [C] time.
_ _ [F] You [C] don't take much but [G] you gotta [C] have some,
[G] The old ways help, [Am] the new ways come,
[F] Leave a little extra [C] for the next [F] in _ line. _
You're gonna need a [C] little water from another _ time.
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_ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ [C] Newborn cry in the morning air,
[F] The past and the future are [C] wedded there,
[G] In this wellspring of my [C] sons [F] and [C] daughters,
The bone and blood of living [G] _ waters. _
_ _ And though _ Grandpa's [C] hands have gone to [F] dust,
[C] Like Grandma's pump reduced [F] to _ rust, _
_ _ _ _ Their stories quench [C] my soul and mind,
[G] Like water from another [C] time.
_ _ [F] You don't [C] take much [G] but you gotta [C] have some,
[G] The old ways help, [Am] the new ways come,
[F] Leave a little [C] extra for the next [F] in line. _
You're gonna need [C] a little water [G] from another [C] time.
_ _ [F] You don't [C] take much but [G] you gotta [C] have some,
[G] The old ways help, [Am] the new ways come,
[F] Leave a little extra [C] for the next in _ _ [F] _
line.
_ _ You're gonna need a [C] little water [G] from another [C] time. _ _
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_ _ [F] You're gonna need a little water from [C] another [F] time. _ _ _
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