CAPO 3
VERSE1
[E]She wasn?t bad[B]. She wasn?t good. She wa[A]s just what she was.[E]
[E]She had a thing[B] makes a man, do th[A]e things he does[E].
[E]She had a way.[B] A special way, to sp[A]eak without a word.[E]
[E]I swear to you[B], this very day, that[A] this is how it all oc[E]curred.
CHORUS
We was: [A]Throwin rocks in the river, c[E]ounti[A]ng ties on the track[E]
[A]Thinking life could not be [E]better and [B]living in a shack.
[A]Feeling love for one an[E]other, deep down[G] in our bones.[A]
[A]Standing by the w[E]ater, [B]throwing rocks n skipping stones.[E]
PLAY
VERSE 2
[E]I was raised, [B]in New Orleans. She was[A] born in Jacksonvill[E]e.
[E]And for a time, to[B] me it seemed , she made[A] the world stand still.[E]
CHORUS
T[A]hrowin rocks in the rive[E]r, cou[A]nting ties on the track[E]
[A]Thinking life could not be [E]better and [B]living in a shack.
[A]Feeling love for one an[E]other, deep down[G] in our bones.[A]
[A]Standing by the w[E]ater, [B]throwing rocks n skipping stones.[E]
PLAY
VERSE 3
[E]I came home late and I [B]caught her, with a ma[A]n from out of town.[E]
[E]Now I wait b[B]eside the water for[A] the flood to take me down[E].
CHORUS
T[A]hrowin rocks in the rive[E]r, cou[A]nting ties on the track[E]
[A]Pouring gas on her letter[E]s and set[B]ting fire to the shack.
[A]Screaming bloody murder[E], leav[G]ing nothing but the bone[A]s.
[A]Standing by the w[E]ater, [B]throwing rocks n skipping stones.[E]
OUTRO
I am Sta[A]nding by the water, yeah, [E]throwing rocks[B] n skipping stones.[E]
VERSE1
[E]She wasn?t bad[B]. She wasn?t good. She wa[A]s just what she was.[E]
[E]She had a thing[B] makes a man, do th[A]e things he does[E].
[E]She had a way.[B] A special way, to sp[A]eak without a word.[E]
[E]I swear to you[B], this very day, that[A] this is how it all oc[E]curred.
CHORUS
We was: [A]Throwin rocks in the river, c[E]ounti[A]ng ties on the track[E]
[A]Thinking life could not be [E]better and [B]living in a shack.
[A]Feeling love for one an[E]other, deep down[G] in our bones.[A]
[A]Standing by the w[E]ater, [B]throwing rocks n skipping stones.[E]
PLAY
VERSE 2
[E]I was raised, [B]in New Orleans. She was[A] born in Jacksonvill[E]e.
[E]And for a time, to[B] me it seemed , she made[A] the world stand still.[E]
CHORUS
T[A]hrowin rocks in the rive[E]r, cou[A]nting ties on the track[E]
[A]Thinking life could not be [E]better and [B]living in a shack.
[A]Feeling love for one an[E]other, deep down[G] in our bones.[A]
[A]Standing by the w[E]ater, [B]throwing rocks n skipping stones.[E]
PLAY
VERSE 3
[E]I came home late and I [B]caught her, with a ma[A]n from out of town.[E]
[E]Now I wait b[B]eside the water for[A] the flood to take me down[E].
CHORUS
T[A]hrowin rocks in the rive[E]r, cou[A]nting ties on the track[E]
[A]Pouring gas on her letter[E]s and set[B]ting fire to the shack.
[A]Screaming bloody murder[E], leav[G]ing nothing but the bone[A]s.
[A]Standing by the w[E]ater, [B]throwing rocks n skipping stones.[E]
OUTRO
I am Sta[A]nding by the water, yeah, [E]throwing rocks[B] n skipping stones.[E]
