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