Intro
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[VERSE 1]
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Roll up another cigarette
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Using the minute that it takes
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To think about the power of your words
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We're living in the currents you create
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We're sinking in the pool of your mistakes
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So stub it out, your podium awaits
[PRE-CHORUS]
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Oh my God, my God
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I can't quite believe my ears
[CHORUS]
G# C#
I'm swimming to the surface
D# G#
I'm coming up for air
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Cause you're making me feel nervous
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I need to clear my head
Fm C#
I can't believe my ears
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I don't wanna believe my ears
G# C#
I'm swimming to the surface
D# G#
I'm coming up for air
[VERSE 2]
C#
How can you think you're serious?
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Do you even know what year it is?
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I can't believe the scary points you make
C#
Still living in the currents you create
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Still sinking in the pool of your mistakes
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Won't you stop firing up the crazies?
[PRE-CHORUS]
C# D# G#
Oh my God, my God
C# D# Fm G#
I can't quite believe my ears
[CHORUS]
G# C#
I'm swimming to the surface
D# G#
I'm coming up for air
G#/G Fm C#
Cause you're making me feel nervous
D# G# G#/G
I need to clear my head
Fm C#
I can't believe my ears
A#m Fm D#
I don't wanna believe my ears
G# C#
I'm swimming to the surface
D# G#
I'm coming up for air
[BRIDGE]
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(When anybody preaches this unity tries to pit one of us against the other,)
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(you know that person seeks to rob us of our freedom and destroy our very lives)
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Oh, I need a breath, I need a breath
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Fill my lungs, let me fill my lungs
G#
Oh, I need a breath, I need a breath
C#
Fill my lungs, let me fill my lungs
G#
Oh, I need a breath, I need a breath
C#
Fill my lungs, let me fill my lungs
G#
Oh, I need a breath, I need a breath
C#
Fill my lungs, let me fill my lungs
[CHORUS]
G# C#
I'm swimming to the surface
D# G#
I'm coming up for air
G#/G Fm C#
Cause you're making me feel nervous
D# G# G#/G
I need to clear my head
Fm C#
I can't believe my ears
A#m Fm D#
I don't wanna believe my ears
G# C#
I'm swimming to the surface
D# G#
I'm coming up for air