Capo 2nd fret

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Verse 1

Scared of losing all the time

 He wrote it in a letter

 He was a friend of mine

He heard you could see your future

 Inside a glass of water

 The ripples and the rhymes

 And he asked 'Will I see heaven in mine?'

Verse 2

 Oh that is just the way it was,

 Nothing could be better,

 and nothing ever was.

 Oh, they say you can see your future

 inside a glass of water.

 The riddles and the rhymes

Will I see heaven in mine?

Ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-I

Chorus 1

 Son, don't ask,

 Neither how full nor empty is your glass

 Cling to the mast

 Spend your whole life living in your past

 Going nowhere fast

Verse 3

So he wrote it on a wall

 The hollow-est of halos is no halo at all

Televisions selling plastic

Figurines of leaders saying nothing at all

 And we chimed, stars in heaven align

Ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-I

Chorus 2

 Son, don't ask,

 Neither how full nor empty is your glass

 Cling to the mast

 Spend your whole life living in your past

 Going nowhere fast

Bridge

- - - - (fade on )

Outro

 And what are we drinking when we're done?

 Glasses of water.

End on D.

Verse 1

Scared of losing all the time

 He wrote it in a letter

 He was a friend of mine

He heard you could see your future

 Inside a glass of water

 The ripples and the rhymes

 And he asked 'Will I see heaven in mine?'

Verse 2

 Oh that is just the way it was,

 Nothing could be better,

 and nothing ever was.

 Oh, they say you can see your future

 inside a glass of water.

 The riddles and the rhymes

Will I see heaven in mine?

Ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-I

Chorus 1

 Son, don't ask,

 Neither how full nor empty is your glass

 Cling to the mast

 Spend your whole life living in your past

 Going nowhere fast

Verse 3

So he wrote it on a wall

 The hollow-est of halos is no halo at all

Televisions selling plastic

Figurines of leaders saying nothing at all

 And we chimed, stars in heaven align

Ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-I

Chorus 2

 Son, don't ask,

 Neither how full nor empty is your glass

 Cling to the mast

 Spend your whole life living in your past

 Going nowhere fast

Bridge

- - - - (fade on )

Outro

 And what are we drinking when we're done?

 Glasses of water.

End on C.