Intro
Drumbeats x4
E G#m A x2
Verse 1:
E E
This place is dragging me down
C#m E/G# A
B hamster wheel I thought
B F#m
I'd be done by now
E
Now that all my
E
allies are gone
C#m E/G# A
I realize advancing
B F#m F#m
could hold you back
Chorus 1:
C#m E E/G# A
My good intentions just keep
B G#/C C#m
sliding by the wayside
A E E/G# A
But it's high tide and they
B B/D# E
get washed away with time
C#m A
Until everything's gone
C#m A
until everything's gone
Post Chorus: E G#m A x2
Verse 2:
E
I was flying along the
E
Long Island sound
C#m E/G#
But fine's polite I'd
A B F#m
rather things more profound
E
I've become a rock these
E
days and I swim like one
C#m
Alone again barely
E/G# A B F#m F#m
surviving the tidal wave
Chorus 2:
C#m E E/G# A
My good intentions just keep
B G#/C C#m
sliding by the wayside
A E E/G# A
But it's high tide and they
B B/D# E
get washed away with time
C#m A
Until everything's gone
C#m A
until everything's gone
F#/Bb(hold) G(hold)
I swear damn it all to hell
A
damn it all to hell
Bridge:
E G#m
I think I finally found
C#m B
the way to go to heaven
E
Without dying
G#m C#m
so I'm on my way
B
(I'm on my way)
F#m E/G#
The harder you work
A B
the harder you fall
F#m E/G#
You wake up one day
A B
with nothing at all
Verse 3:
C#m E E/G# A
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
B G#/C C#m
oh oh oh oh oh oh
A E E/G# A
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
B B/D# E
oh oh oh oh oh oh
(Repeat)
Guitar Solo: C#m A x2
Chorus 3:
C#m E E/G# A
My good intentions just keep
B G#/C C#m
sliding by the wayside
A E E/G# A
But it's high tide and they
B B/D# E
get washed away with time
C#m A
Until everything's gone
C#m A
until everything's gone
C#m A
Until everything's gone
C#m A
until everything's gone
F#/Bb(hold) G(hold)
I swear damn it all to hell