F C G C New mown hay on a July morn F F/A C Grandkids running through the knee-high corn G C F Sunburned nose and a scabbed-up knee C G/B From a rope on the white oak tree G C F Just another summer's day at Grandpa's farm C F With Grandma's bucket hanging off my arm F C You know, the old pump's rusty but it works fine G C Primed with water from another time [Chorus] F C G/B C It don't take much, but you gotta have some G Am C The old ways help the new ways come F C F Just leave a little extra for the next in line F C G C They're gonna need a little water from another time [Verse 2] F C G C Tattered quilt on the goose-down bed F F/A C "Every stitch tells a story," my Grandma said G C F Her mama's nightgown, her grandpa's pants C G/B And the dress she wore to her high school dance G C F Now wrapped at night in its patchwork scenes C F I waltz with Grandma in my dreams F C My arms, my heart, my life entwined G C With water from another time [Chorus] F C G/B C It don't take much, but you gotta have some G Am C The old ways help the new ways come F C F Just leave a little extra for the next in line F C G C They're gonna need a little water from another time [Verse 3] F C G/B C Newborn cry in the morning air F F/A C The past & future are wedded there G C F This wellspring of my sons and daughters: C G/B The bone and blood of living waters G C F And, though Grandpa's hand have gone to dust, C F Like Grandma's pump: reduced to rust, F C Their stories quench my soul and mind G C Like water from another time [Chorus] F C G/B C It don't take much, but you gotta have some G Am C The old ways help the new ways come F C F Just leave a little extra for the next in line F C G C They're gonna need a little water from another time