Intro
D#m7
[Verse 1]
D#m7
Elegantly
C#
Kelly from town's got a crush on you
D#m7
Over coffee
C#
I pick your brain all afternoon
Cb
Pick up your cold feet
C#
She will never love you like I do
[Chorus]
D#m7
I'll swim backstroke to keep from drowning
C# F#
Nose to the sky, carve your name in the baby blue
Cb
(And I'll fall asleep to the sounds of the late noon)
D#m7
I'll swim backstroke to keep from drowning
C# F#
Nose to the sky, carve your name in the baby blue
Cb
(And I'll fall asleep to the sounds of the late noon)
D#m7
Wading, wading, wading
D#m7
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting
D#m7
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting
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I keep waiting, waiting, waiting
[Verse 2]
D#m7
Elegantly
C#
I stand poised waiting for the end
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It's staring straight back at me
C#
Tiny little terrors won't get out of my head
Cb
Legs keeping me afloat
C#
Even in the deepest pits of a shallow love
I know that you're leaving
Cb
Keep me in undertow
Oh how you deceive me
C#
This feeling in my bones
I know that you're leaving
[Chorus]
D#m7
I'll swim backstroke to keep from drowning
C# F#
Nose to the sky, carve your name in the baby blue
Cb
(And I'll fall asleep to the sounds of the late noon)
D#m7
I'll swim backstroke to keep from drowning
C# F#
Nose to the sky, carve your name in the baby blue
Cb
(And I'll fall asleep to the sounds of the late noon)
[Instrumental]
D#m7 C# F# Cb x2
[Bridge]
D#m7
All of the strangers
And all of the foes
C#
Come and stand by the water
Where so many froze
F#
And I can't feel my body, I feel all their eyes
Cb
But I won't turn to look
Keep my nose to the sky
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And it's awfully silent
C#
The quiet will ring in my ears underneath
As I'm starting to sink
F#
And as I see the bottom it's all I can do
Cb
To keep waiting and waiting, waiting for you
D#m7
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
C#
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
F#
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
Cb
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
D#m7
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
C#
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
F#
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
Cb
But you're weighing me, weighing me, weighing me further