Intro: 6/8 D A D D 

              D                                                      G 
There've been times in my life when I've felt out of touch and half- crazy 
A                                             D 
Lost in a crowd with lovers and friends by my side 

          D                                                 G 
There's a numbness I've known, all alone in some shimmering city 
     A                                                   D 
With bright lights around me and nothing but shadows in- -side 

              G                       Bm                      D                       G 
There've been desperate times when my heart was so dry that I felt like my life was a curse 
      D                         A                  D 
I was standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst 

          D                                                  G 
There are months at a time when no reason nor rhyme can sus- tain me 
     A                                                D 
When nothin' makes sense and everything turns upside- down 

          D                                                    G 
There are nights when I fight to keep dreamin' from driving me crazy 
      A                                                 D 
And I shut off my mind just to keep it from spinnin' a- round 

         G                          Bm                         D                           G 
But it's down in that quiet in that stillness I find the sweet water for which I've longed searched 
      D                         A                  D      B 
While standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst 

      E                                                        A 
So if you're having times when you feel out of touch and half- crazy 
B                                               E 
Lost in a crowd with lovers and friends by your side 

       E                                                         A 
If the game's getting old and you're cold and exhausted and may- be 
      B                                                E 
You'd just like to cop-out and crumble or lay down and die 

       A                       C#m                         E                          A 
If you come to a time when you need to decide, friend, you might want to ask yourself first 
     E                         B                  E 
Am I standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst? 

                 C#m                       A                            E                      A 
'Cause there's a great river runs from the heart of the sun through the soul of the whole uni- verse 
         C#m                         A                      E                       B 
From the limitless light that brings order and might to the substance of Heaven and Earth 

         C#m                         A                           E                          A 
And it's down in that quiet, in that stillness inside, there's a well we don't seek 'til we hurt 
     E                         B                  E 
From standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst 

     C#m                         A                          E                         A 
Yes, down in that quiet, in that stillness inside are sweet waters to heal this whole Earth --- 
        E                         B      E                         B 
That is standin' knee deep in the river, standin' knee deep in the river 
          E                         B                  A 
We're all standin' knee deep in the river and dyin' of thirst 

Outro: A E B E E