[D#]　[A#]　[G#]　[D#]　[A#]　[G#]

 

[D#]A lonely mother gazing [A#]out of her window

Staring [C#]at a son that she just can't [G#]touch

If at any [D#]time he's in a jam

She'll be [A#]by his side

But he doesn't [C#]realize he hurts her so [G#]much

[D#]But all the praying just ain't [A#]helping

At all 'cause he can't [C#]seem to keep

His self out of [G#]trouble

So he goes out [D#]and he makes his money

The best [A#]way he knows how

Another [C#]body laying cold in the [G#]gutter

Listen to me

 

[D#]Don't go chasing [A#]waterfalls

Please stick to the [C#]rivers and the lakes that

You're [G#]used to

I know that you're [D#]gonna have it your way

Or [A#]nothing at all

But I think you're [C#]moving too fast[G#]

 

[D#]Little precious has a [A#]natural obsession

For [C#]temptation but he just can't [G#]see

[D#]She gives him loving that his [A#]body can't handle

But all [C#]he can say is baby it's good [G#]to me

[D#]One day he goes and takes a [A#]glimpse

In the mirror

But he [C#]doesn't recognize his own [G#]face

[D#]His health is fading and he [A#]doesn't know why

3 letters [C#]took him to his final [G#]resting place

Y'all don't hear me

 

[D#]Don't go chasing [A#]waterfalls

Please stick to the [C#]rivers and the lakes that

You're [G#]used to

I know that you're [D#]gonna have it your way

Or [A#]nothing at all

But I think you're [C#]moving too fast[G#]

[D#]Don't go chasing [A#]waterfalls

Please stick to the [C#]rivers and the lakes that

You're [G#]used to

I know that you're [D#]gonna have it your way

Or [A#]nothing at all

But I think you're [C#]moving too fast[G#]

 

[D#]I seen a rainbow yesterday

But too many [A#]storms have come and gone

Leavin' a trace of not one God-given [G#]ray

Is it because my life is ten shades of gray

I pray all ten fade away

Seldom praise Him for the sunny days

 

[D#]And like His promise is true

Only my faith can undo

[A#]The many chances I blew

To bring my life to anew

[G#]Clear blue and unconditional skies

Have dried the tears from my eyes

No more lonely cries

[D#]My only bleedin' hope

Is for the folk who can't cope

[A#]Wit such an endurin' pain

That it keeps 'em in the pourin' rain

[C#]Who's to blame

For tootin' caine in your own vein

[A#]What a shame

You shoot and aim for someone else's brain

[D#]You claim the insane

And name this day in time

For fallin' prey to [A#]crime

I say the system got you victim to your own mind[C#]

 

Dreams are hopeless aspirations

In hopes of comin' [D#]true

Believe in yourself

The rest is up to me and you

 

[D#]Don't go chasing [A#]waterfalls

Please stick to the [C#]rivers and the lakes that

You're [G#]used to

I know that you're [D#]gonna have it your way

Or [A#]nothing at all

But I think you're [C#]moving too fast[G#]

[D#]Don't go chasing [A#]waterfalls

Please stick to the [C#]rivers and the lakes that

You're [G#]used to

I know that you're [D#]gonna have it your way

Or [A#]nothing at all

But I think you're [C#]moving too fast[G#]