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