{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":969258,"song":"Dont Go Near The Water","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/969258-dont-go-near-the-water-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/969258?type=chord","rating":4.67163,"votes":4,"content":"[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFrom the fountains in the mountains[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\ncomes the water running cool and clear and blue.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd it comes down from the hills[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand it goes down to the towns and passes through.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen it gets down to the cities,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthen the water turns into a dirty gray.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's poisoned and polluted[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nby the people as it goes along its way.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nDon't go near the water children,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nsee the fish all dead upon the shore.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nDon't go near the water,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\ncause the water isn't water any-more.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nI took my boy fishin' to my old favorite fishin' hole.\r\nI had caught many a fish out of that deep, clear water,\r\nFrom the time I was a boy like him.\r\nAfter we'd fished a few minutes, he said: \"Did you get a bite yet daddy?\"\r\nI said: \"I think I got a nibble son.\"\r\n\"Me too\", he said.\r\nThen he said: \"Daddy if we catch a fish can we eat it?\"\r\nI said: \"Well there was a time son.\r\nThis water's bad now and I might not be safe to eat the fish, but there was a time.\"\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere was a time the air was clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand you could see forever cross the plains.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe wind was sweet as honey[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand no one had ever heard of acid rain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe're torturin' the earth[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand pourin' every kind of evil in the sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe violated nature[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand our children have to pay the penal-ty.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nDon't go near the water children,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nsee the fish all dead upon the shore.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nDon't go near the water,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\ncause the water isn't water any-more.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nDon't go near the water children,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nsee the fish all dead upon the shore.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nDon't go near the water,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\ncause the water isn't water any-more.[/tab]","plain_text":"I took my boy fishin' to my old favorite fishin' hole.\nI had caught many a fish out of that deep, clear water,\nFrom the time I was a boy like him.\nAfter we'd fished a few minutes, he said: \"Did you get a bite yet daddy?\"\nI said: \"I think I got a nibble son.\"\n\"Me too\", he said.\nThen he said: \"Daddy if we catch a fish can we eat it?\"\nI said: \"Well there was a time son.\nThis water's bad now and I might not be safe to eat the fish, but there was a time.\"","chords":["A","E","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}