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[A] [A] [D] [A] [A] [D]
[A] Another roller coaster ride,
[D] We were stuck, in [A] overdrive,
You were broken-hearted; I was all right,
[D] When I met [A] you [D]
[E] She tried to ditch me and I tried to hate her,
But [D] we're still here ten break-ups later
[A] I've got this [D] figured out,
but I [E] still don't under[A]stand her,
She's like the [D] perfect wave in a [E] shark infested [A] sea.
[F#m] When she breaks, she [D] rains down on me,
And [E] I can't catch my [F#m] breath,
But I [E] won't let her [D] go...
Yes I feel at [E] home in the undertow [A] 
[A] My friends told me 'Man you're gonna crash,
[D] A girl like that'll knock you [A] on your ass'
I told them all that they could eat our dust,
And [D] we're still trucking [A] on... [D]
[E] She tried to ditch me and I tried to hate her,
But [D] we're still here ten break-ups later
Chorus
[A] - [Bb] -  [B]
[B] Seems like I never [C#] win, I never learned how to [D] swim,
I spend my whole life [E] treading water...
[B] You got me off of the [C#] beach and now I'm back in the [D] reef,
You can be my [E] life preserver...
[D] [A] [B] Ba-ba-da-da-da-ba
[D] [A] [E] Ba-ba-da-da-da-ba
Chorded by: Roithy

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Undertow

by Bowling for Soup

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F#m

standard tuning

A A D A A D

[] [] [] [] [] []

[] Another roller coaster ride,

D A

[] We were stuck, in [] overdrive,

You were broken-hearted; I was all right,

D A D

[] When I met [] you []

[] She tried to ditch me and I tried to hate her,

But [] we're still here ten break-ups later

A D

[] I've got this [] figured out,

E A

but I [] still don't under[]stand her,

D E A

She's like the [] perfect wave in a [] shark infested [] sea.

F#m D

[] When she breaks, she [] rains down on me,

E F#m

And [] I can't catch my [] breath,

E D

But I [] won't let her [] go...

E A

Yes I feel at [] home in the undertow []

[] My friends told me 'Man you're gonna crash,

D A

[] A girl like that'll knock you [] on your ass'

I told them all that they could eat our dust,

D A D

And [] we're still trucking [] on... []

[] She tried to ditch me and I tried to hate her,

But [] we're still here ten break-ups later

Chorus

A Bb B

[] - [] - []

B C# D

[] Seems like I never [] win, I never learned how to [] swim,

I spend my whole life [] treading water...

B C# D

[] You got me off of the [] beach and now I'm back in the [] reef,

You can be my [] life preserver...

D A B

[] [] [] Ba-ba-da-da-da-ba

D A E

[] [] [] Ba-ba-da-da-da-ba

Chorded by: Roithy

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