from Jennifer Knapp's album "lay it down" written by Shawn Colvin & John B Leventhal (c) 1989 Scred songs ltd. and WB music corp and lev-a-tunes transcribed by Talitha Phillips, givenips@cs.com capo I intro: (repeat-- it's the same as the verse chords as well) GDA e -----3--------2--------0- B -----3--------3--------2- G -----0--------2----2---2- D -----0------0-0----2---2- A ---2-2--------0------0--- E 2s3------oh2------------- verse 1: G D A As a little girl I came down to the water with a G D A little stone in my hand and it would shimmer and G D A sing, and i knew everything G D A As a little girl I came down 2: In a little while I got steeped in authority Heaven only knows what went wrong when there is nothing so cruel Than to bury that jewel When it was mine all along, and I'm gonna find it chorus: D G D A You're shining, I can see you D G D A You're smiling, that's enough well D G D A I'm holding onto you like a G D A Diamond in the rough 3: Every now and then I can see that I am getting somewhere Where I have to go is so deep I was angry back then, and you know I still am but I have lost too much sleep and I'm gonna find it (chorus) Bridge: verse chords Snakes in the grass better step on the gas Snakes in the grass better step on the gas 4: In my dreams I go down by the water with a little girl in my arms and we shimmer and sing And we know everything, yeah In my dreams I go down (down, I go down...) (chorus)