Johnny Cash – Dont Go Near The Water (Guitar)

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         A
From the fountains in the mountains

          E                                A
comes the water running cool and clear and blue.

       A
And it comes down from the hills

       E                                 A
and it goes down to the towns and passes through.

        D
When it gets down to the cities,

                                  A
then the water turns into a dirty gray.

     A
It's poisoned and polluted

       E                           A
by the people as it goes along its way.

D
Don't go near the water children,

                               A
see the fish all dead upon the shore.

D
Don't go near the water,

          A           E         A
cause the water isn't water any-more.

I took my boy fishin' to my old favorite fishin' hole. I had caught many a fish out of that deep, clear water, From the time I was a boy like him. After we'd fished a few minutes, he said: "Did you get a bite yet daddy?" I said: "I think I got a nibble son." "Me too", he said. Then he said: "Daddy if we catch a fish can we eat it?" I said: "Well there was a time son. This water's bad now and I might not be safe to eat the fish, but there was a time."

      A
There was a time the air was clean

    E                               A
and you could see forever cross the plains.

    A
The wind was sweet as honey

       E                          A
and no one had ever heard of acid rain.

      D
We're torturin' the earth

                                      A
and pourin' every kind of evil in the sea.

   A
We violated nature

        E                              A
and our children have to pay the penal-ty.

D
Don't go near the water children,

                               A
see the fish all dead upon the shore.

D
Don't go near the water,

          A           E         A
cause the water isn't water any-more.

D
Don't go near the water children,

                               A
see the fish all dead upon the shore.

D
Don't go near the water,

          A           E         A
cause the water isn't water any-more.