Intro [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] Late on a Friday my husband went up to the [] mountains with three [] friends They took provisions and bottles of bourbon to [] last them all through the [] weekend [] One hundred [] miles they drove [] just to fish in a [] stream [] There's so much [] water so [] close to [] home [] [] [] When they arrived it was cold and dark, they [] set up they're camp [] quickly Warmed up with whisky they walked to the river where the [] water flowed past [] darkly In the [] moonlight they saw the [] body, of a [] girl floating face [] down [] There's so much [] water [] so close to [] home [] [] [] [Chorus1] [Bass run into the chorus ] When he [] holds me now I'm [] pretending I feel [] like I'm frozen [] inside And [] behind my [] eyes, my [] daily [] disguise [] Everything's [] turning to [] white [] [] [] [] [] [] [Bass run into the EFGAG] [] [C] It was too hard to tell how long she's been dead the [F] river was that close to [C] freezing But one things for sure, the girl hadn't died very [F] well to judge from the [C] bruising They [Am] stood there above her all [C] thinking, the [Am] same thoughts at the same [F] time There's [] so much [] water [] so close to [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [spoken] [C] So here's what they did, they carried her downstream from their fishing Between [F] two smooth rocks they gently [C] wedged her After all it was late, they had come a long way, and the [F] girl would keep, she was [C] nowhere [Am] They stayed up there [C] fishing for two days They [Am] reported it on Sunday when they came back [F] down [Sung] [C] There's so much [F] water [G] so close to [C] home [F] [C] [F] [Chorus2] When he [F] holds me now I'm [C] pretending Nothing [F] is working [G] inside And [F] behind my [C] eyes, my [F] daily [C] disguise [] Everything's [] turning to [] white [] [][] [] [] [bass note run EFGAG] [] [C] The newspapers said the girl had been strangled to [F] death, and also [C] molested On the day of the funeral, the radio reported that a young [F] man had been [C] arrested [Am] I went to the service a [C] stranger, [Am] I drove past the lake out of [F] town [] There's so much [] water [] so close to [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [Repeat Chorus1]