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Robert Earl Keen - Throwin' Rocks Chords

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Throwin' Rocks Chords

(ver. 1)
Robert Earl Keen
Throwin Rocks - Robert Earl Keen - CAPO 3
VERSE1
E 	      B 	               A 	  	  	  E
She wasn’t bad. She wasn’t good. She was just what she was.
E 	       B 	  	  A 	  	  E
She had a thing makes a man, do the things he does.
E 	      B 	  	   A 	  	       E
She had a way. A special way, to speak without a word.
E 	      B 	  	   A 	  	  	 E
I swear to you, this very day, that this is how it all occurred.
CHORUS
        A 	  	             E    A 	  	             E
We was: Throwin rocks in the river, counting ties on the track
A 	  	  	   E          B
Thinking life could not be better and living in a shack.
A 	  	       E 	       G 	  	        A
Feeling love for one another, deep down in our bones.
A 	  	 E     B 	  	  	  	 E
Standing by the water, throwing rocks n skipping stones.
PLAY
VERSE 2
E 	      B 	  	     A 	  	  	 E
I was raised, in New Orleans. She was born in Jacksonville.
E 	          B 	  	          A 	  	  	  	 E
And for a time, to me it seemed , she made the world stand still.
CHORUS
 A 	  	         E     A 	  	         E
Throwin rocks in the river, counting ties on the track
A 	  	  	   E          B
Thinking life could not be better and living in a shack.
A 	  	       E 	       G 	  	        A
Feeling love for one another, deep down in our bones.
A 	  	 E     B 	  	  	  	 E
Standing by the water, throwing rocks n skipping stones.
PLAY

VERSE 3
E 	               B 	            A 	  	  	 E
I came home late and I caught her, with a man from out of town.
E 	    B 	               A 	  	  	 E
Now I wait beside the water for the flood to take me down.

CHORUS
 A 	  	         E     A 	  	         E
Throwin rocks in the river, counting ties on the track
A 	  	         E        B
Pouring gas on her letters and setting fire to the shack.
A 	  	       E     G 	  	             A
Screaming bloody murder, leaving nothing but the bones.
A 	  	 E     B 	  	  	  	 E
Standing by the water, throwing rocks n skipping stones.
OUTRO
        A 	  	          E             B 	  	  	  	 E
I am Standing by the water, yeah, throwing rocks n skipping stones. 
            
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