E             B                       A                         E
She wasn?t bad. She wasn?t good. She was just what she was.
E              B                 A              E
She had a thing makes a man, do the things he does.
E             B                   A                  E
She had a way. A special way, to speak without a word.
E             B                   A                    E
I swear to you, this very day, that this is how it all occurred.

[Chorus]
        A                            E    A                        E
We was: Throwin rocks in the river, counting ties on the track
A                          E          B
Thinking life could not be better and living in a shack.
A                      E              G                       A
Feeling love for one another, deep down in our bones.
A                E     B                               E
Standing by the water, throwing rocks n skipping stones.


[Verse 2]
E             B                     A                          E
I was raised, in New Orleans. She was born in Jacksonville.
E                 B                      A                             E
And for a time, to me it seemed , she made the world stand still.

[Chorus]
 A                       E     A                       E
Throwin rocks in the river, counting ties on the track
A                          E          B
Thinking life could not be better and living in a shack.
A                      E              G                       A
Feeling love for one another, deep down in our bones.
A                E     B                               E
Standing by the water, throwing rocks n skipping stones.

[Verse 3]
E                      B                   A                   E
I came home late and I caught her, with a man from out of town.
E           B                 A                        E
Now I wait beside the water for the flood to take me down.

[Chorus]
 A                       E     A                       E
Throwin rocks in the river, counting ties on the track
A                        E        B
Pouring gas on her letters and setting fire to the shack.
A                      E     G                             A
Screaming bloody murder, leaving nothing but the bones.
A                E     B                               E
Standing by the water, throwing rocks n skipping stones.

[Outro]
        A                         E             B                              E
I am Standing by the water, yeah, throwing rocks n skipping stones.