Chords for Waterfalls Steve Poltz Indianapolis, Indiana 12June2012

_ _ [N] _ _ _ Normally, on the road, this would have been the whole show because I've played a long
time, but screw it.
They're ending this bar and I want to play another set and it'll be fun.
_ I will do this song and then [D] take a break.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
Right [C] Wolf?
_ Right Wolf?
[G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] A lonely mother [F#] gazing out of a window, [C] staring at a son that she just [G] can't touch.
If at [D] any time he's in the jam, [A] she'll be by his side, but [G] doesn't realize it hurts
her so much.
_ _ [D] _ But all that praying [A] just ain't helping at all.
[C] He can't seem to keep himself [G] out of trouble, dang [D] girl.
Why didn't he make his [A] money the best way?
You know how.
[C] Another body lying together [E] in the gutter.
Listen to me.
[D] _ Down, down [A] chasing waterfalls, we stick to [C] the rivers and the [G] lakes that she used to.
I know [D] that you're gonna have your way [A] on nothing at all, but I [C] think you're moving too fast.
[G] _
_ _ _ [A] Oh, yeah. _ _
_ _ [G] _ [C] As I was just playing [Am] that, I was thinking [G] tomorrow we don't have a long drive, so [D] I
get to play late.
All we're doing is driving [A] to Champaign, Illinois.
You know [C] where Champaign is?
_ [G] It's only two hours away.
Hour [D] and a half, the way we drive.
_ _ [A]
You guys should come to the [C] show.
It's at a winery called [G] Sleepy Creek Vineyards.
You're all welcome.
[D] _ Come on, do it.
[A] Can I get a hallelujah?
_ [C] Can I get a hallelujah?
[G] _ _
How [D] many people are coming tomorrow?
_ _ [A] Science girl, yeah.
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] I said how many people are gonna drive tomorrow?
[D] _ _ It's not that [A] many. _
Josh?
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ Little precious [Am] has [A] a natural obsession [C] for temptation that he just [G] can't seem to lose.
_ [A] Should give him loving [Am] that his body can't handle, [G] but all he could say is, baby, it's
good to me.
_ [D] You know what I was just thinking when I was singing [A] that?
I wonder [G] how many people are gonna come tomorrow to the show.
[Dm] I didn't believe the real people that said they were gonna [A] come.
Let me hear it one more time.
[C] _ _ That's [G] none. _
See, [D] I knew you were lying, science girl.
[A] _
Science girl, [C] science girl, don't lie to me.
Science [G] girl, don't lie to me.
Come [D] tomorrow, come tomorrow, come tomorrow, [A] science girl, come tomorrow, come [G] tomorrow. _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Little precious [A] has a natural obsession for [C] temptation that he just [G] can't see.
_ _ [D] Should give him loving [A] that his body can't handle, [C] but all he could say is, baby, [G] it's
good to me.
_ [D] One day he'll go and [A] take a glimpse in the mirror, [C] but he doesn't recognize [G] his own face.
His _ [D] _ health is fading, [A] and he doesn't know why.
Poor little [C] sook into [G] this fine old restive [G#m] place.
Y'all don't hear [G] me?
[D] Now I'm gone [A] chasing waterfalls.
Please [C] stick to the rivers and the lakes that you used to.
I [D] know that you're gonna have me on with [A] nothing at all, but I [C] think you're moving too fast. _
[G] You know what I was just thinking?
_ [D] _ I'm gonna do a break after this song, but I was [A] thinking, Dean, it would be so cool
if you came up on [C] stage and opened that white guitar case and pulled out the [B] lyrics to the
placenta song we did before I took the break.
Yeah, [A] right now, so we could just break into it.
_ [C] Because you gotta be my coach, because I don't remember [G] how it goes, and you were coaching me today.
Do [Dm] it slow at the beginning, and then get all crazy [A] and Hispanic.
_ _ _ [C] Thanks, Dean.
[G] You know I love you.
So [D] the words are gonna be in that white case right there [A] with all the stickers on it.
_ [G] Yeah, so all right, you guys, let's do the chorus.
_ _ [D] _ Don't go [A] chasing waterfalls.
Please stick [D] to the rivers and the lakes [G] that you used to.
I know [D] that you're gonna have me your way [A] on nothing at all, but I [C] think you're moving too fast.
[G] _ _
_ _ [F#] I seen the rain move in, but too many storms are coming, God leaving to chase another.
God giving rain is because my life is turning shades of gray.
I pray I'll think better ways, so I'm embracing what the sun ain't [D] did.
Like his promise is true, only my faith can [A] undo.
Many chances I blew to bring my life to an end.
Clear blue and unconditional [G] skies that dried the tears from my eyes, not my lonely cries.
[D] My only bleeding hope is for the folk who [A] can't cope with such an enduring pain that it keeps
them in the [C] pouring rain.
Who's to blame for shooting canine to your [G] own vein?
What a shame you're shooting them for someone else to find your claim.
[D] The incentive name to stay in [A] time for falling prey to crime.
I say the system got you victim to your [C] own mind.
[G] Dreams are hopeless aspirations and [G#m] hopes are coming true.
Believe in yourself, everything will be frag-tastic.
_ [D] _ Don't go chasing [A]
waterfalls.
Please stick [C] to the rivers [G] and the lakes that you're used to.
I know [D] that you're gonna have your [A] way or nothing at all, but I [C] think you're moving too fast.
Thank you [G] so much.
We would like to do this next song for y'all. _ _ _