F#m A Bm F#m 4x
F#m A
Down on the corner of the dead end street
Bm F#m
Too many tears and not a drop of relief
F#m A
It'll shake up your soul it'll tear down your pride
Bm F#m
Honey keep your eyes pure let us tell no lies
F#m A
Hatred is a criminal out on the loose
Bm F#m
Love might be a judge with a hangman's noose
F#m A
It'll make you strong it'll make you bitter
Bm F#m
I got to find myself a strong deliverer
A E
I need a drink of something like water
Bm D
I need a taste of love divine
A E
Sometimes you just gotta do what you oughtta
Bm D F#m
Sometimes you bring up the water when the well is dry
F#m A Bm F#m 2x
F#m A
Gone out walking through the city tonight
Bm F#m
Sittin through the wreckage underneath the lights
F#m A
All you can do is pray with all your might
Bm F#m
There's a few thousand souls no where in sight
F#m A
It's hard to swing at something you can't see
Bm F#m
Sometimes we just don't know the enemy
F#m A
Can't live by fear can't live by deception
Bm F#m
Hey I'm a man of peace with a few exceptions
A E
I need a drink of something like water
Bm D
I need a taste of love divine
A E
Sometimes you just gotta do what you oughtta
Bm D F#m
Sometimes you bring up the water when the well is dry
F#m A Bm F#m 2x
D A
When the world starts shaking
E Bm D
And the walls are breaking down till nothing's left
A E
Baby you're gonna need to hold onto something that is
D F#m
Stronger than yourself
F#m A
Baby your eyes were wet with tears
Bm F#m
Your skin was drenched in sorrow
F#m A
But you kiss was an open door
Bm F#m
So I walked thru to a new tomorrow
F#m A
Honey like a blade of finest steel
Bm F#m
Yea like an arrow straight and true
F#m A
Like gold in the hottest fire
Bm F#m
Baby that is my love my love for you
A E
I need a drink of something like water
Bm D
I need a taste of love divine
A E
Sometimes you just gotta do what you oughtta
Bm D F#m
Sometimes you bring up the water when the well is dry
F#m A Bm F#m 4x
From Buddy Miller "Midnight And Lonesome"
Hightone Records 2002
Martha Road/Tinkie Music (ASCAP)/admin Bug Music
Cybrenjojosh Music (BMI)
Buddy Miller vocals/guitar/harmonica
Byron House bass
Brady Blade drums