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Drowning

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Eminor
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OURS - DROWNING
chords used
Em*: 779987
Em: 022000
B*: 799877
B: 224442
D: XX0232
G: 320033
Am: X02210
D#: 668886
D*: 557775
Intro:
Em* B* Em* B* (repeat 3x's)
Vs.
EmOh Bit sounds like a violent storm
EmHolBding down while the tides are strong
EmI sBurvive a wave but now I'm gone
EmHow Bam I to change the damage done?
CH.
EmMayAmbe DtoGday, today we die
EmMayAmbe DtoGday, today we die
EmGivAme uDs Gand take away the cries
EmBabAmy tDoday we die
Vs.
There's a fire in the wind and the oxygen
Blaze around of a friend who made me stoic (??)
CH.
& I gave you the rain, you claimed the sun
When I took it away you came undone
Even the rain can take the sun
Take it away &
Br.
Em* B* Em* B*
File into the light
Em* B* Em* B*
Where everyone just waits to find
Em* B* Em* B*
Another thing to steal that's mine
Em* B* Em* B*
It's unbelievable human kind
Em* B* Em* B*
It's unbelievable
Em* B* Em* B*
It's like a pain
Em* B* Em* B*
Pain OH
Em* B* Em* B*
Br2.
EmHow come everybody's doing
AmDifferent than they said
EmComplaining that they're living
AmAnd they'd rather be dead
EmAlwAmays EmpaAmrt of the new school that shows
EmSo AmmanEmy tAmhings that he don't know
1st CHORUS
("forgive us and take away the cries" instead of "give us and take away these cries")
Repeat intro
REPRISE
strum the G chord for a while
GI've had a hard time thinking
D#I'vDe had the hardest fall
GI'm drowning and now I'm sinking
D#intDo it all
Remember the words of someone
Someone I used to know
Love everyone but keep them
Far from your soul
All chords in this song (6)

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About Drowning Chords by Ours

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