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