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