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