Dm        Bb   F
Wake well past midnight
       C         Dm
To the burden of bills
        Bb        F
And the screaming quiet
Dm      Bb         F
We swam along just fine
         C         Dm
Then she broke her back
      Bb         F
And a bank broke mine
        Bb                           F                        A           Dm            Bb
Now I'm at the kitchen table putting numbers on the paper and dodging the mirror on the wall
                               F                A                          Dm
And I swear I'd drive til the sun gave light, I need just a little push is all
Bb               F       A       Dm            Bm    F              C        Dm
And I'd build my boat so tall so wide, but I'm still waiting on the river to rise

[Verse 2]

Dm         Bb     F
I was born by the book
          C      Dm
I keep my carpet clean
       Bb    F
And my money earned
Dm         Bb F
Why is the TV man
        C         Dm
Always smiling at me
         Bb     F
I wonder who he burned
Bb                          F          Dm                    Bb
How come everybody for the common man never looks quite like me
                                      F                A                             Dm
They're running on the sun with their shoes undone and they never seem to burn their feet
Bb               F       A       Dm            Bm    F              C        Dm
And I'd build my boat so tall so wide, but I'm still waiting on the river to rise

[Instrumental]

Dm Bb F C Dm Bb F Dm Bb F C Dm Bb F

Bb F Dm Bb F Dm Bb F A Dm Bb F Dm

[Verse 3]

Dm              Bb     F
Scratch tickets on my shelf
       C     Dm
Stains on my knees
        Bb    F
Pennies in my well
Dm     Bb     F
I got faith in faith
            C     Dm
Because the other choice
       Bb       F
Is no choice at all
Bb                          F                            Dm                  Bb
Now there's a man in the sky that I done right by and he ain't done right by me
                                      F                 A                 Dm
And I never asked forgiveness for the things I done but you just wait and see
Bb               F       A       Dm            Bm    F              C        Dm
I will build my boat so tall so wide and I won't be waiting on the river to rise
      Bm      F              C        Dm
No I won't be waiting on the river to rise