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Against The Tide

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Capo 1.
[Intro]
C Em D
C Em D
[Verse 1]
CIf you ever lost your philosGophy
DWater's rising up from the sEmand
AmYou just keep on driftGing away from lDand
CIf you ever lost your horizGon
You cDan't even find the Emsun
And Amyou just keep on Gstaring until the damage is Ddone
[Chorus]
Out of tEmime out of Dfight
Tracing circles Cthat don't feel rGight
Out of tEmime out of Dfight
At least we know Cthat at least we Gtried
At least we Dtried
We're swimming against the Ctide
[Instrumental]
Em D C Em D
[Verse 2]
CIf you're ever lost on a tightGrope
DRunning on the tip of your Emtoes
You kAmeep on getting Ghigher but never Dclose
And Cif you're ever lost in the Gdarkness
You Ddon't know where to begEmin
You Amneed to change you Gwanna live agDain
[Outro]
Out of tEmime out of Dfight
Tracing circles Cthat don't feel rGight
Out of tEmime out of Dfight
At least we know Cthat at least we Gtried
At least we Dtried
We're swimming against the Ctide
[Bridge]
Em D C Em D
GThe only time you're really lost
Is when you're Dstanding still at any cost
Em C
[Chorus]
Out of tEmime out of Dfight
Tracing circles Cthat don't feel rGight
Out of tEmime out of Dfight
At least we know Cthat at least we Gtried
Night and Emday, day and Dnight
At least we know Cthat at least we Gtried
At least we Dtried
We're swimming against the Ctide
[Outro]
Em D
We're Cswimming against the Gtide

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Minor chord - Sad, melancholic sound

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E minor

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Against The Tide

by Milow

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 1.

[Intro]

C Em D

[Verse 1]

C G

If you ever lost your philosophy

D Em

Water's rising up from the sand

Am G D

You just keep on drifting away from land

C G

If you ever lost your horizon

D Em

You can't even find the sun

Am G D

And you just keep on staring until the damage is done

[Chorus]

Em D

Out of time out of fight

C G

Tracing circles that don't feel right

Em D

Out of time out of fight

C G

At least we know that at least we tried

At least we tried

We're swimming against the tide

[Instrumental]

Em D C Em D

[Verse 2]

C G

If you're ever lost on a tightrope

D Em

Running on the tip of your toes

Am G D

You keep on getting higher but never close

C G

And if you're ever lost in the darkness

D Em

You don't know where to begin

Am G D

You need to change you wanna live again

[Outro]

Em D

Out of time out of fight

C G

Tracing circles that don't feel right

Em D

Out of time out of fight

C G

At least we know that at least we tried

At least we tried

We're swimming against the tide

[Bridge]

Em D C Em D

The only time you're really lost

Is when you're standing still at any cost

Em C

[Chorus]

Em D

Out of time out of fight

C G

Tracing circles that don't feel right

Em D

Out of time out of fight

C G

At least we know that at least we tried

Em D

Night and day, day and night

C G

At least we know that at least we tried

At least we tried

We're swimming against the tide

[Outro]

Em D

C G

We're swimming against the tide

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