Capo 3rd fret
[Am]Lord I can't feed the baby, mama's sick and in bed
[Am]I've got a world full of worry running wild in my head
[Dm]I spent all my money just to make ends meet
I'm begging Lord won't you send me r[Am]elief
[E]There ain't nobody in this world who'd bet a [Dm]dime on anybody like [Am]me[E]
[Am]So I went down to the river of insufferable sins
[Am]Lord I tried but the water wouldn't let me come in
[Dm]Too many lives have been broken
There's too much blood on my h[Am]ands
[E]Ain't no water in this world could turn me [Dm]back into an innocent [Am]man[E]
[Am]So I made up my mind to find that palace of fire
[Am]Surely the Lord's fallen angel understands my desire
[Dm]He's been defiled and defeated still he never gives in
I know he'll help me on my feet once [Am]again
[E]Ain't no soul in this whole world but Satan [Dm]understand the state that I'm i[Am]n[E]
[Am]But I went down to the fires of insufferable sin
[Am]Lord I tried but the devil wouldn't let me come in
[Dm]Unholy trust has been broken
He don't know on which side I s[Am]tand
[E]There ain't no room among the damned for such a [Dm]broken and a penitent m[Am]an[E]
(Half time)
[Am]And then my good woman rises from her sickness in bed
[Am]Puts her hands on my thighs and plants a kiss on my head
[Dm]Says if the water won't have ya, if the devil's too blind
I know that truly you were meant to be [Am]mine
[E]And then she takes me by the hand and shows me [Dm]how to leave my worries beh[Am]ind[E]
[Am]I went down to the river of insufferable sins
[Am]Lord I tried but the water wouldn't let me come in
[Dm]Too many lives have been broken
There's too much blood on my h[Am]ands
[E]Only one soul in this whole world would have me [Dm]just the goddamned way tha[Am]t I am [E]
[Am]Lord I can't feed the baby, mama's sick and in bed
[Am]I've got a world full of worry running wild in my head
[Dm]I spent all my money just to make ends meet
I'm begging Lord won't you send me r[Am]elief
[E]There ain't nobody in this world who'd bet a [Dm]dime on anybody like [Am]me[E]
[Am]So I went down to the river of insufferable sins
[Am]Lord I tried but the water wouldn't let me come in
[Dm]Too many lives have been broken
There's too much blood on my h[Am]ands
[E]Ain't no water in this world could turn me [Dm]back into an innocent [Am]man[E]
[Am]So I made up my mind to find that palace of fire
[Am]Surely the Lord's fallen angel understands my desire
[Dm]He's been defiled and defeated still he never gives in
I know he'll help me on my feet once [Am]again
[E]Ain't no soul in this whole world but Satan [Dm]understand the state that I'm i[Am]n[E]
[Am]But I went down to the fires of insufferable sin
[Am]Lord I tried but the devil wouldn't let me come in
[Dm]Unholy trust has been broken
He don't know on which side I s[Am]tand
[E]There ain't no room among the damned for such a [Dm]broken and a penitent m[Am]an[E]
(Half time)
[Am]And then my good woman rises from her sickness in bed
[Am]Puts her hands on my thighs and plants a kiss on my head
[Dm]Says if the water won't have ya, if the devil's too blind
I know that truly you were meant to be [Am]mine
[E]And then she takes me by the hand and shows me [Dm]how to leave my worries beh[Am]ind[E]
[Am]I went down to the river of insufferable sins
[Am]Lord I tried but the water wouldn't let me come in
[Dm]Too many lives have been broken
There's too much blood on my h[Am]ands
[E]Only one soul in this whole world would have me [Dm]just the goddamned way tha[Am]t I am [E]
