(very simple but breathtaking song off The Ballad of Boogie Christ)
Joseph Arthur - I used to know how to walk on water
(standard tuning)
(verse 1)
I used to know how to walk on water
I used to be so unafraid
I could save the weakest tyrant
And I could knight the proudest slave
I could give riches to beggars
And give love to the one who hates
I could tempt a heart so frozen
And I could torture the strength of fate
(verse 2)
I used to know how to walk on water
The king of kings they knew me well
I could give sight to blind men
And make a mute man sing in hell
But now I watch with awe and wonder
Doubt has now befallen me
I ask The Lord to show me mercy
And to give me sympathy
(Chorus)
Forgive me now my useless thunder
When I was such a dynamo
I am here and I am humble
For I know not which way to go
(verse 3)
I used to know how to walk on water
I could give the dead hot life
I could murder the joy of Satan
And make his mistress be my wife
I will be the dream of cowards
And they will never resemble me
I could see them doubt me under
As I set each one free
Now I just sit and wonder what
illness has befallen me
This sick of mine make me surrender to
this world of vacancy
(chorus)
Forgive me now my useless thunder
When I was such a dynamo
I am here and I am humble
For I know not which way to go
(verse 4)
I used to know how to walk on water
Now I sink in the dirt
No kind of holy laughter
Seems to reach beyond the hurt
I used to know how to walk on water
I used to be at peace with love
All it s strength and all it s power
Would lift me up so high above
Burning star of holy wonder
Women would rush to be with me
But now I m lost inside the thunder of
pain which holds insanity
(chorus)
Forgive me now my useless thunder
When I was such a dynamo
I am here and I am humble
For I know not which way to go
Forgive me now my useless thunder
When I was such a dynamo
I am here and I am humble
For I know not which way to go
(the song fades with the chorus sung in a slightly different way, but with the
ffffffffffffsame chords and rhythm, you can jam on that)