Johnny Cash – Dont Go Near The Water (Ukulele)

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         C
From the fountains in the mountains

          G                                C
comes the water running cool and clear and blue.

       C
And it comes down from the hills

       G                                 C
and it goes down to the towns and passes through.

        F
When it gets down to the cities,

                                  C
then the water turns into a dirty gray.

     C
It's poisoned and polluted

       G                           C
by the people as it goes along its way.

F
Don't go near the water children,

                               C
see the fish all dead upon the shore.

F
Don't go near the water,

          C           G         C
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."

      C
There was a time the air was clean

    G                               C
and you could see forever cross the plains.

    C
The wind was sweet as honey

       G                          C
and no one had ever heard of acid rain.

      F
We're torturin' the earth

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

   C
We violated nature

        G                              C
and our children have to pay the penal-ty.

F
Don't go near the water children,

                               C
see the fish all dead upon the shore.

F
Don't go near the water,

          C           G         C
cause the water isn't water any-more.

F
Don't go near the water children,

                               C
see the fish all dead upon the shore.

F
Don't go near the water,

          C           G         C
cause the water isn't water any-more.