Knees Deep

[Intro]
G   G
 
[Verse I]
         G
Watching light through water
          C
I want to bend the way it bends
    Em                             D
You slice like a knife through the surface
           C
But what a thrill to see it mend
        Am       C
With no scar, no memory
    G                        Am
I’m envious, why pretend I’m not
 
[Verse II]
       G
Wading in up to the ankles
         C
The cold speaks straight to my bones
    Em                  D
Whole body and soul hesitation
       C
I am a coward turned to stone
       Am        C
I stay there for centuries
   G      F       Em    Am
So all of history knows about it
 
[Pre-Chorus]
    D
But hey hey
                  D
We made it to the longest day
        D
And the sun, the wind the earth
                D
Are wearing me away
 
[Chorus]
    G                        C
The shame! I wish that I was brave enough to dive in
      Em                  D
But I never have been and never will be
    C                                   G
I’m coming in hot then freezing completely
                               C
The shame! I wish that I could say what I’ve been thinking
      Em                  D
But I never have done and never will do
      C
Still only knees deep, I’ll never be brave like you
 
[Verse III]
G
 Lighten up like a candle
       C
I’m as likely to go out
        Em                      D
You can sigh from the bottom of your lungs
          C
Until the house gets blown down
    Am         C
One step, then two, then three
     G       F      Em     Am
‘Til I’ve forgotten how to count them
 
[Pre-Chorus]
    D
But hey hey
                  D
We made it to the longest day
        D
And the river’s ready current
              D
Can carry me away
 
[Chorus]
    G                        C
The shame! I wish that I was brave enough to dive in
      Em                  D
But I never have been and never will be
    C                                   G
I’m coming in hot then freezing completely
                               C
The shame! I wish that I could say what I’ve been thinking
      Em                  D
But I never have done and never will do
      C
Still only knees deep, I’ll never be brave like you
 
[Instrumental]
G   C   Em   D   C
G   C   Em   D   C
D
 
[Chorus]
G                             C
 The shame! I wish that I was brave enough to dive in
      Em                  D
But I never have been and never will be
    C                                   G
I’m coming in hot then freezing completely
                               C
The shame! I wish that I could say what I’ve been thinking
      Em                  D
But I never have done and never will do
      C                                         G
Still only knees deep, I’ll never be brave like you