Rushing Water chords by Sting

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:
Em D G C
Em D G C
Em D G C
Em D G C



🎸 Verse 1:
Em     D      G    C
 How many times have I had this dream
Em      D    G   C
That wakes me from my slumber?
Em     D      G   C
How will I ever get to sleep again
Em         D    G  C
Counting sheep in a Book of Numbers?
Em     D      G    C
 How many times have I had this dream
   Em      D    G     C
With you walking towards me from the river?
Em        D      G    C
 And when will I ever get to rest again
Em       D     G  C
 Wondering if I can deliver?

🎸 Chorus:
Am          D
This is the sound of rushing water
Am         D
Flooding through my brain
Am          D
This is the sound of God's own daughter
Am        D
Calling out your name


🎸 Verse 2:
Em     D    G  C
This is the sound of atmospheres
Em      D     G  C
Three metric tonnes of pressure
Em     D   G   C
This is the sum of all my fears
Em     D     G C
Something I just can't measure
Em       D    G  C
I remеmber the story of Jonah
    Em       D     G   C
He was trappеd in the belly of a whale
Em    D     G   C
How many times must he succeed?
Em    D     G   C
How many times must he fail?


🎸 Chorus:
Am          D
This is the sound of rushing water
Am         D
Flooding through my brain
Am          D
This is the sound of God's own daughter
Am        D
Calling out your name


🎸 Verse 3:
G      C      D     Em
 I'll see my shrink on an analyst's couch
G       C     D     Em
Hit me with a hammer and I'll say, "Ouch"
G      C     D    Em
What we have here is so easy to solve
G      C        D   Em
Just takes a firm purpose and some resolve


🎸 Chorus:
Am          D
This is the sound of rushing water (Rushing water)
Am         D
Flooding through my brain (Flooding through my brain)
Am          D
This is the sound of God's own daughter (God's own daughter)
Am        D
Calling out your name
Am          D
This is the sound of rushing water (Rushing water)
Am         D
Flooding through my brain (Flooding through my brain)
Am          D
This is the sound of God's own daughter (God's own daughter)
Am        D
Calling out your name


Post-🎸 Chorus:
D
Your name, your name
D
Your name, your name
D
Your name, your name, your name, your


🎸 Outro:
Em D G C    Em     D G C
    Ease into the water
           Em D G C
Flooding through your brain
    Em     D G C
Ease into the water
         Em  D G C
Calling out your name
    Em     D G C
Ease into the water
           Em  D G C
Flooding through your brain
   Em     D G
Ease into the water