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The Man To Hold The Water

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[Intro]
|     C| Fsus2|     C| Fsus2| x2
[Verse 1]
Where you CgoFsus2  
I will CfollowFsus2  
Where you CareFsus2  
I will GbeG  
When you're ClostFsus2  
I will Cfind youFsus2  
And when you AmfallG  
Fall oCn meFsus2  
[Chorus 1]
I've never Fsus2been the man to hold the CwaterFsus2  
I thought of Fsus2how a life like that could AmbeG  
Where you CgoFsus2  
I will CfollowFsus2  
Where you AmareG  
I wiCll beFsus2  C  Fsus2  
[Verse 2]
Where you CgoFsus2  
I will CfollowFsus2  
Through this ClifeFsus2  
And in betGweenG  
The road is ClongFsus2  
Alone is ClongerFsus2  
And most of AmIG  
Is you aCnd meFsus2  
[Chorus 2]
Looking Fsus2back on every false hoCrizonFsus2  
I thought Fsus2I knew the better part of AmmeG  
Where you CgoFsus2  
I will CfollowFsus2  
Where you AmareG  
I wiCll beFsus2  
[Solo]
|     C| Fsus2|     C| Fsus2|
|     C| Fsus2|     G|     G|
|     C| Fsus2|     C| Fsus2|
|    Am|     G|     C| Fsus2|
[Verse 3]
Where I CgoFsus2  
You will CfollowFsus2  
Where I've CbeenFsus2  
You maGy beG  
And when this ClifeFsus2  
Is hard to CswallowFsus2  
Close your AmeyesG  
And call oCn meFsus2  
[Chorus 3]
I've never Fsus2been the man to hold the CwaterFsus2  
I thought of Fsus2how a life like that could AmbeG  
Where you CgoFsus2  
I will CfollowFsus2  
Where you AmareG  
I wiCll beFsus2  
Where you CgoFsus2  
I will CfollowFsus2  
Where you AmareG  
I wiCll beFsus2  C  Fsus2  C  Fsus2  C  

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The Man To Hold The Water

by Rob Thomas

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Fsus2

[Intro]

C Fsus2 C Fsus2

| | | | | x2

[Verse 1]

C Fsus2

Where you go

C Fsus2

I will follow

C Fsus2

Where you are

G G

I will be

C Fsus2

When you're lost

C Fsus2

I will find you

Am G

And when you fall

C Fsus2

Fall on me

[Chorus 1]

Fsus2 C Fsus2

I've never been the man to hold the water

Fsus2 Am G

I thought of how a life like that could be

C Fsus2

Where you go

C Fsus2

I will follow

Am G

Where you are

C Fsus2 C Fsus2

I will be

[Verse 2]

C Fsus2

Where you go

C Fsus2

I will follow

C Fsus2

Through this life

G G

And in between

C Fsus2

The road is long

C Fsus2

Alone is longer

Am G

And most of I

C Fsus2

Is you and me

[Chorus 2]

Fsus2 C Fsus2

Looking back on every false horizon

Fsus2 Am G

I thought I knew the better part of me

C Fsus2

Where you go

C Fsus2

I will follow

Am G

Where you are

C Fsus2

I will be

[Solo]

C Fsus2 C Fsus2

| | | | |

C Fsus2 G G

| | | | |

C Fsus2 C Fsus2

| | | | |

Am G C Fsus2

| | | | |

[Verse 3]

C Fsus2

Where I go

C Fsus2

You will follow

C Fsus2

Where I've been

G G

You may be

C Fsus2

And when this life

C Fsus2

Is hard to swallow

Am G

Close your eyes

C Fsus2

And call on me

[Chorus 3]

Fsus2 C Fsus2

I've never been the man to hold the water

Fsus2 Am G

I thought of how a life like that could be

C Fsus2

Where you go

C Fsus2

I will follow

Am G

Where you are

C Fsus2

I will be

C Fsus2

Where you go

C Fsus2

I will follow

Am G

Where you are

C Fsus2 C Fsus2 C Fsus2 C

I will be

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