[Intro] Bm A Em G Take a swim in the water Bm A Em G Take a swim in the water Bm A Em G Dear Arkansas daughter Bm A Em G 3x [Verse 1] Bm A Em G Bm A Em G You with the dark curls, you with the watercolored eyes Bm A Em G Bm A Em G You who bears all your teeth in every smile Bm A Em G Bm A Em G Says I can always hear you sing, I wanna hear you speak to me Bm A Em G Bm A Em G While a stranger braids my hair back out on the street Bm A Em G Bm A Em G And in your dreams we are shooting at snakes Bm A Em G Bm A Em G And while you were asleep, I was surely awake [Pre-Chorus] Bm A Em G I was talking out a cigarette Bm A Em G There's nothing left to say Bm A Em G But he should have been there anyway Bm A Em G Bm A Em G For I didn't sing a single song, all day [Chorus] Bm A Em G As my love for you dies Bm A Em G As my love for you dies Bm A Em G As my love for you is steadily dying Bm A Em G Bm A Em G As sharp and serious as a pistol in the eye Bm A Em G 3x Bm A Em-- F#m* G - G G Em Em Am C G G [Verse 2] G Em My heart is full of swords Am C G G Full of, full of swords G Em Am C G G Your love, it knows the Lord G Em Tie my hands and I'm on my knees Am C G G As I kneel down, I kneel down in the sea G Em To the ocean floor, I will sink Am C G G Like a steel chest full of weapons G Em And all in spite of the tide, you will rise Am C G G Like a red, ripe, red, ripe apple G Em Take a swim in the dirty water Am C G G Dear Arkansas Daughter G Em Take a swim in the dirty water Am C G G Darling, child, true love of mine G Em Am C 2x G Bm A Em G 2x [Chorus] Bm A Em G As my love for you dies Bm A Em G As my love for you dies Bm A Em G As my love for you is steadily dying Bm A Em G Darling, child, true love of mine Bm A Em G Bm A Em Darling, child, true love of mine G Bm A Em True love of mine G Bm A True love of mine Em F#m* G [The End] F#m* = just play one quick strum before G - = let ring
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