Intro
Bb
Verse
Bb F/A
Take a breath; take a long look around
Gm
Before you step-
Ebmaj
'Cause the tide is coming.
Bb
Swallowing the ground-
F/A F Gm
And there's no way to tell if we will drown tonight,
Ebmaj6 Ebmaj7
Or we'll be found tonight.
Bb F/A
Come in close; if the current gets us,
Gm
Then it gets us both.
Ebmaj
And we can't wait here anymore-
Prechorus
Gm7 Ebmaj7
So if the waves come, let 'em take us-
Bb Fsus4 F
As they cover you and me, and they pull us underneath-
Chorus
Gm7 Ebmaj Bb/D F/C
I hope that fate will forgive us for tempting the sea.
Gm7 Ebmaj7
I hope that they won't forget us-
Bb F/A
But we can't go back to the way it used to be.
Gm Eb
Verse
Bb F/A
Take it in; take a good look at
Gm
What it might have been.
Ebmaj Bb
As we're swept into the water from the shore,
F/A Gm
Because there's no way they can tell us that we can't have more-
Ebmaj
Because we can have more.
Prechorus
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Gm7 Ebmaj7
As the waves come, let 'em take us-
Bb Fsus4 F
As they cover you and me, and they pull us underneath-
Chorus
Gm7 Ebmaj Bb/D F/C
I hope that fate will forgive us for tempting the sea.
Gm7 Ebmaj7
I hope that they won't forget us-
Bb F/A
No we can't go back to the way it used to be.
Bridge
Ebmaj Bb F/A Ebmaj
So certain, where it would take us-
Bb F/A Gm7
So sure that we were never lost;
F/A Bb Eb Ebmaj
To notice whether we'll be drowned tonight or found tonight...
Prechorus
Gm7 Ebmaj7
So as the waves come, let 'em take us-
Bb Fsus4 F
As they cover you and me, and they pull us underneath-
Gm7 Ebmaj7
It takes the shape of who will save us.
Bb
When it leaves it's hard to know,
Fsus4 F
But I will not let you go.
Chorus
Gm7 Ebmaj Bb/D F/C
I hope that fate will forgive us for tempting the sea.
Gm7 Ebmaj7
I hope that they won't forget us-
Bb F/A
No we can't go back to the way it used to be.
Gm Eb Bb F/A
Gm7 Ebmaj7
I hope that they won't forget us-
Bb F/A Eb
No we can't go back to the way it used to be.
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