Intro
Em7
[Verse 1]
Em7
Elegantly
D
Kelly from town's got a crush on you
Em7
Over coffee
D
I pick your brain all afternoon
C
Pick up your cold feet
D
She will never love you like I do
[Chorus]
Em7
I'll swim backstroke to keep from drowning
D G
Nose to the sky, carve your name in the baby blue
C
(And I'll fall asleep to the sounds of the late noon)
Em7
I'll swim backstroke to keep from drowning
D G
Nose to the sky, carve your name in the baby blue
C
(And I'll fall asleep to the sounds of the late noon)
Em7
Wading, wading, wading
Em7
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting
Em7
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting
Em7
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting
[Verse 2]
Em7
Elegantly
D
I stand poised waiting for the end
Em7
It's staring straight back at me
D
Tiny little terrors won't get out of my head
C
Legs keeping me afloat
D
Even in the deepest pits of a shallow love
I know that you're leaving
C
Keep me in undertow
Oh how you deceive me
D
This feeling in my bones
I know that you're leaving
[Chorus]
Em7
I'll swim backstroke to keep from drowning
D G
Nose to the sky, carve your name in the baby blue
C
(And I'll fall asleep to the sounds of the late noon)
Em7
I'll swim backstroke to keep from drowning
D G
Nose to the sky, carve your name in the baby blue
C
(And I'll fall asleep to the sounds of the late noon)
[Instrumental]
Em7 D G C x2
[Bridge]
Em7
All of the strangers
And all of the foes
D
Come and stand by the water
Where so many froze
G
And I can't feel my body, I feel all their eyes
C
But I won't turn to look
Keep my nose to the sky
Em7
And it's awfully silent
D
The quiet will ring in my ears underneath
As I'm starting to sink
G
And as I see the bottom it's all I can do
C
To keep waiting and waiting, waiting for you
Em7
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
D
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
G
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
C
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
Em7
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
D
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
G
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
C
But you're weighing me, weighing me, weighing me further