F chord strummed
 
 Dm    C    F      Dm             C        F
Oh, oh deep water, black and cold like the night 
Bb                      C
I stand with arms wide open, 
     F              Bb
I've run a twisted line 
                       C            F
I'm a stranger in the eyes of the Maker 
  Dm                    C          F
I could not see for the fog in my eyes 
  Dm                     C           F
I could not feel for the fear in my life
Bb                              C           F              Bb
And from across the great divide, In the distance I saw a light 
                        C                F                                  
Jean Baptiste's walking to me with the Maker 
    Dm       C      F              Dm      C       F
My body is bent and broken by long and dangerous sleep 
             Bb              C             F            Bb
I can't work the fields of Abraham and turn my head away 
                          C              F
I'm not a stranger in the hands of the Maker 
        Dm             C                 F
Brother John, have you seen the homeless daughters
 Dm                 C        F
Standing there with broken wings
       Bb                 C
I have seen the flaming swords
 F                  Bb 
there over east of eden 
  Bb           C             F
Burning in the eyes of the Maker 
Burning in the eyes of the Maker 
Chords Bb:013311
       Dm:000231
        F:133211
        C:032010