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 C   Am   E   Amx2
[Verse 1]
GYou better Cfind another Fheart
GTo help you Cout of this Ffix
GYou better Cwatch your Fstep
FmI hope you understand
[Verse 2]
GThere's nothing Cgonna make me Fturn around
GThere's nothing Cyou can sayF  
GAnd even Cif I Fdid
FmI couldn't help you anyway cause
[Chorus]
CYou're like a AmdrowEning Amman
CReaching Eout to be Amsaved
GI won't Clet you drag me FdownFm  
[Verse 3]
GYou know it's Cgot to be this Fway
GYou know there's Cnothing I can Fdo
GYou left it Call too Flate
FmTo save you from yourself
[Chrous]
CYou're like a AmdrowEning Amman
CReaching Eout to be Amsaved
GI won't Clet you drag me Fdown
I won't Fmlet you take me under
[Bridge 1]
GI'm going to pull Caway
FYou can't make me stay
GFor all your reaching Cout
FI can't stand to hear you shout
GYou had your last Cchance
FThere won't be one last dance
FmWon't let you take me under
C Am E Am
C E F Fm
[Chorus]
CYou're like a AmdrowEning Amman
CReaching Eout to be Amsaved
GI won't Clet you drag me Fdown
I won't Fmlet you take me under
CYou're like a AmdrowEning Amman
AmReaching out to be saved
CYou're like a AmdrowEning Amman
AmYou left it all too late
CYou're like a AmdrowEning Amman
AmThere's nothing you can say
CYou're like a AmdrowEning Amman

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Drowning Man

by Peter Crawford

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C Am E Am

[Verse 1]

G C F

You better find another heart

G C F

To help you out of this fix

G C F

You better watch your step

I hope you understand

[Verse 2]

G C F

There's nothing gonna make me turn around

G C F

There's nothing you can say

G C F

And even if I did

I couldn't help you anyway cause

[Chorus]

C Am E Am

You're like a drowning man

C E Am

Reaching out to be saved

G C F Fm

I won't let you drag me down

[Verse 3]

G C F

You know it's got to be this way

G C F

You know there's nothing I can do

G C F

You left it all too late

To save you from yourself

[Chrous]

C Am E Am

You're like a drowning man

C E Am

Reaching out to be saved

G C F

I won't let you drag me down

I won't let you take me under

[Bridge 1]

G C

I'm going to pull away

You can't make me stay

G C

For all your reaching out

I can't stand to hear you shout

G C

You had your last chance

There won't be one last dance

Won't let you take me under

C Am E Am

C E F Fm

[Chorus]

C Am E Am

You're like a drowning man

C E Am

Reaching out to be saved

G C F

I won't let you drag me down

I won't let you take me under

C Am E Am

You're like a drowning man

Reaching out to be saved

C Am E Am

You're like a drowning man

You left it all too late

C Am E Am

You're like a drowning man

There's nothing you can say

C Am E Am

You're like a drowning man

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