He walked on water
D G
1. He wore starched white shirts buttoned at the neck,
D A
and
he'd sit in the shade and watch the chickens peck.
D G
And his teeth were gone, but
what the heck,
D A
D - G - A
I thought that he walked on
water.
D G
2. He said he was a cowboy when he was young,
D A
he
could handle a rope and he was good with a gun.
D G
And my mama's daddy was his
oldest son,
D A
D
and I
thought that he walked on water.
G D
If the story's told, only heaven knows,
A D - D7
but his hat seemed to me like an
old halo.
G D
And though his wings, they were never seen,
D A
D
I thought that he walked on
water.
+ G - A
D G
3. Then he tied a cord to the end of a mop,
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and
said, "Son, here's a pony, keep her at a trot."
D G
And I'd ride in circles while
he laughed a lot,
D
A D
then
I'd flop down beside him.
Bm A
And he was ninety years old in
sixty-three
G A
and I
loved him and he loved me.
G A
And, Lord, I cried the day he
died,
D
A D
'cause I thought that he
walked on water.
G D
If the story's told, only heaven knows,
A D - D7
but his hat seemed to me like an
old halo.
G D
And though his wings, they were never seen,
D A D
I thought that he walked on
water.
+ G - A
D A D
+ I thought that he
walked on water.
(Randy Travis)