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