Semi tone down so this is how your guitar should be tuned:
Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Verse 1:
C#m7 Amaj7 E
Listen close before my words are froze.
C#m7 Amaj7 E
The numbness is setting in.
C#m7 Amaj7 E
Keep control and just breath slow,
C#m7 Amaj7 E
There's not long before I have to go.
F#m7 A E
Your fragile frame can't take this pain, I know.
F#m7 A Am
If you're losing grip there's one thing you should know.
Chorus:
E Bm F#m
If you're suffocating my lungs will save you. I'd give my dying breath.
E Bm F#m
And I hope you take it if it means I don't make it. I'd rather drown
E
Knowing you're safe and sound.
Verse 2:
C#m7 Amaj7 E
When love was young and we were strong,
C#m7 Amaj7 E
It felt like I gave you life.
C#m7 Amaj7 E
Now we're pulled by the tide on seperate sides,
C#m7 Amaj7 E
but the water that connects us remains.
F#m A E
Each time we try we always end up sinking.
F#m A Am
Two can't survive on one air supply.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mike_dignam/lungs_crd.html ]
Chorus:
E Bm F#m
If you're suffocating my lungs will save you. I'd give my dying breath.
E Bm F#m
And I hope you take it if it means I don't make it. I'd rather drown
E
Knowing you're safe and sound.
Bridge:
B A
There's no time left for us, so go.
B A
Don't think, just leave me here on my own.
B A
Be honest with yourself there's nothing left here.
F#m A
We can't change what fate has brought us
F#m A
We can't be saved from the waters.
Chorus:
E Bm F#m
If you're suffocating my lungs will save you. I'd give my dying breath.
E Bm F#m
I hope you take it if it means I don't make it. Oh, I'd rather drown
E
Knowing you're safe and sound.
E Bm F#m
If you're suffocating my lungs will save you. I'd give my dying breath.
E Bm F#m
I hope you take it if it means I don't make it. Oh, I'd rather drown
E
Knowing you're safe and sound.
E Bm F#m
If you're suffocating my lungs will save you. I'd give my dying breath.
E Bm F#m
I hope you take it if it means I don't make it. Oh, I'd rather drown
E
Knowing you're safe and sound.
