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