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