Chords for Watercolour Ponies by Wayne Watson

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_ Well, I'm just glad to be here tonight and _ _ I want to tell you a few things before we go on.
I'm from Houston, Texas.
I live in Texas.
Any Texans here?
Thank you. _ _ _ _
Texans are unusual people.
They're very proud of their state _ and
_ _ sometimes they're, _ well, sometimes they're just downright arrogant about it. _
But no, we live in Houston.
We've been there for about five years.
I have two children.
I live up in the northwest corner of town with my two sons, Neil,
he's 10 and Adam is seven. _ _
_ And I love them very much.
And _ _ I'm also married.
I got married first
and the Lord _ _ said _ that that was good.
_ _ _ _ My wife is here with me tonight.
Her name is Lynn.
And _
I love my family very much.
I tell people a lot that I don't know anybody else but Jesus.
I would
spend this many nights away from home for. _ _ _
Little kids are interesting.
They bring things home from
_ school for you.
_ _ They bring little pictures that they've painted at school _ and they proudly present
them to you and say, Daddy, I made this for you at school today.
Thank you, honey.
What is it? _ _
I don't know.
I just made it for you. _ _ _
_ _ We've got stuff like that over houses, _
all over the doors and everywhere. _ _ _
And you can look at those things in a couple of different
ways.
They are things that, you know, when guests are coming, I sometimes ask my wife, honey,
_ can we kind of lose this picture that's on the door?
I mean, there are people coming over
and we never do.
They just stay there for all the world to see.
_ _ _ And that's OK.
I [Eb] like that.
_ _ [Dbm] _ _ [N] There are things that our kids bring us because they love us and they _ _ _ _ _ sometimes get on my nerves
and they annoy me.
And I think, man, I don't want this here.
_ And then I think there's another
reason they bring them to me. _ _ _ _
_ They bring me stuff because _ I _ _ _ think sometimes they want to say,
_ _ excuse me, _ _ _ _ Daddy, excuse me, _ I got something to tell you.
_ _ I know you're busy _ and _ _ they stick this
thing on the door. _ _ _ _
Excuse me.
_ _ This is here to remind you that I'm here. _ _ _ _ _ _
Don't forget about _ me.
Oh, and one other thing, _ _ _ time out.
Excuse me.
If there's something you want to teach me about _
the God that you say you love and serve and have given your life to, _ I got to tell you,
you better tell me now because I am _ _ going to be gone before you know [Dbm] it.
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[Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Db] There are _ _ [Abm] watercolor _ _ [Ab] _
poems _ [Gb] _ on [Dbm] my _ refrigerator _ _ _ [B] _ [Bm] door.
[E] _
_ [A] And the shape of [E] something [Abm] I [Gbm] don't really
[Ab] _ _
recognize.
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Db] Brushed with [Dbm] careful [Abm] _ _ little [Ab] _ fingers _ and [Dbm] put proudly _ [Abm] _
on display.
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] A reminder [Abm] to us all [Gbm] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ of how [Db]
[Dbm] time _ [Abm] flies. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Seems [Dbm] an _ endless mound [Ab] of [Am] laundry
And _ [Dbm] a _ _ stairway [B] laced with [Bm] _ [E] toys _ [A] gives a blow [Abm] by _ blow [Gbm] reminder _ _ _ [Db] of the war. _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ That we [Db] [Dbm] fight _ for [Abm] their well [Ab]-being, [Am] _ _ [Dbm] for their greater _ _ [B] _ _ understanding.
[E] _ _ [Ab] To [A] _ impart [Abm] a holy _ _ [Gbm] reverence _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Db] for the Lord. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And baby, what will we _ [Ab] do _ _ when [Bb] it comes [Bbm] back to [Fm] me and you?
_ _ _ They [Gb] look [Db] a little [Abm] less like [Ebm] little [Ab] boys every [Db] _ _ day.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
But the pleasure of watching the [Ab] children _ _ grow [Bbm] is mixed with a [Abm] bitter _ [Fm]
cup of knowing [Gb] the _ [Db]
watercolor _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Gb] _
ponies
are [Ab] gone [Db] one _ _
[Gb] _ [Ab] day. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] And the vision [B] can get so [A] narrow [B] _ _ _ as you [E] veer through [Abm]
your tiny _ _ [E] world.
[B] _ _
And little [Abm] _ _ [B] victories can go [E] by [B] with no _
[Dbm] _ [B] applause.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [B] But in [Dbm] the greater _ _ _ _ evaluation, _ _ when they [Abm] fly from your nest of _ love,
may [Gbm] they mount up [Abm] with wings as [Eb] _ _ eagles [Db] _ _ for his _ _ _ cause.
[Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh, [Db] _ [Abm] _
_ _ [Db] still [Ab] _ _ _ _
I [Db] wonder baby what we're gonna [Ab] do _ _ _ _ [Bb] when it [Gb] comes back to me [F] and you.
[Ab] _ _ _ [Gb] They look [Db] a little [B] less like [Ebm] little [Ab] ones every [Db] _ _ day.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] But _ _ the pleasure of watching [Ab] the children _ grow [Bbm] is mixed with a [Ab] bitter _ [Fm] cup _ of knowing [Gb] the _ [Db] _
watercolor _ _ [Gb] _ _ ponies
are gone one _ [Db] day.
_ _ [Ab] One day. _ _
_ [Db] One day _ they will _ rise [Ab] _ _ _
up _ _ _ [Db] _ [Dbm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ right [Db] away.
[Dbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ [D] _ _ _
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