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[Verse 1]
      FmI see the dark clouds coming
      DbI see the battles raging
      FmI see the Ebwar that won’t let Fmup
      FmI feel the danger’s coming
      DbLike lightning on the horizon
      FmI feel the Ebcurrent getting stroFmnger
[Chorus]
DbAll I kAbnow is Ebthat I’m wFmaiting
DbFor the Abend of the Ebwar I’m wFmaging
DbEverytAbhing is EbdrownFming around DbmeAb  
And now Fmit’s sink or Ebswim, sinFmk or swim
[Verse 2]
      FmI know that I’m not done in     DbI know that it’s not over yet
      FmI know that all I need is to keep on
      FmIt’s like a stream of water     DbTurned into a roaring river
      FmI won’t be bought, I won’t be sold by you
[Chorus]
DbAll I kAbnow is Ebthat I’m wFmaiting
DbFor the Abend of the Ebwar I’m wFmaging
DbEverytAbhing is EbdrownFming around DbmeAb  
And now Fmit’s sink or Ebswim, sinFmk or swim
[Bridge]
DbSink Fmor swEbim
DbSink Fmor swEbim
DbSink Fmor swEbim
I’m done treadiDbng water, I’m going further
You’re takiCsusng me out of the water the watCerFm  
[Chorus]
DbAll I kAbnow is Ebthat I’m wFmaiting
DbFor the Abend of the Ebwar I’m wFmaging
DbEverytAbhing is EbdrownFming around DbmeAb  
And now Fmit’s sink or Ebswim, sinFmk or swim

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Sink Or Swim

by Alan Cox

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Csus

[Verse 1]

I see the dark clouds coming

I see the battles raging

Fm Eb Fm

I see the war that won’t let up

I feel the danger’s coming

Like lightning on the horizon

Fm Eb Fm

I feel the current getting stronger

[Chorus]

Db Ab Eb Fm

All I know is that I’m waiting

Db Ab Eb Fm

For the end of the war I’m waging

Db Ab Eb Fm Db Ab

Everything is drowning around me

Fm Eb Fm

And now it’s sink or swim, sink or swim

[Verse 2]

Fm Db

I know that I’m not done in I know that it’s not over yet

I know that all I need is to keep on

Fm Db

It’s like a stream of water Turned into a roaring river

I won’t be bought, I won’t be sold by you

[Chorus]

Db Ab Eb Fm

All I know is that I’m waiting

Db Ab Eb Fm

For the end of the war I’m waging

Db Ab Eb Fm Db Ab

Everything is drowning around me

Fm Eb Fm

And now it’s sink or swim, sink or swim

[Bridge]

Db Fm Eb

Sink or swim

Db Fm Eb

Sink or swim

Db Fm Eb

Sink or swim

I’m done treading water, I’m going further

Csus C Fm

You’re taking me out of the water the water

[Chorus]

Db Ab Eb Fm

All I know is that I’m waiting

Db Ab Eb Fm

For the end of the war I’m waging

Db Ab Eb Fm Db Ab

Everything is drowning around me

Fm Eb Fm

And now it’s sink or swim, sink or swim

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