Date: Tues. July 1st, 2003
Subject: d/davis_stuart/drown.txt
Drown by Stuart Davis on Self-titled
Submitted by Dave Kiffmeyer (wuphish AT astound.net)
Chord arrangement by a good friend: Dan Schepers
VERSES
Bm G D
I'd like to find the fucker who left us afloat
Bm A
Who pushed us over and took in the boat?
Bm D G
Soup of humans, we're all eating waves
G Bm A D
everyone struggles and no one is saved
Bm G D
It makes me thirsty, this salt I'm drinking
Bm A
my head is bursting but I won't stop thinking
Bm D G
All I've got is what I know
G Bm A D
I will not be food for the beast below
CHORUS
A
Gravity
G D
Love is under me
Bm G D
Endless water, endless water
A
Gravity
G D
Love is under me
Bm G D
Endless water, endless water
VERSES
Bm G D
This body won't drop
Bm A
love is a plank I won't walk off
Bm D G
Look below, where is the joy?
G Bm A D
If you go too deep, it's an endless void
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Bm G D
But my weight is too much to hold
Bm A
my arms are ready to fold
Bm G D
Just beneath me, stillness is there
G Bm A D
as I thrash the water and gasp for air
CHORUS
A
Gravity
G D
Love is under me
Bm G D
Endless water, endless water
A
Gravity
G D
Love is under me
Bm G D
Endless water, endless water
A
Gravity
G
Love is under me
G Bm A D
So why am I thrashing around?
D G
There's nothing to fear, I'm ready to drown
For lack of a technical term: "The Ending"
Bm G
Nothing's gonna change
D
I've always been water
A
Nothing's gonna change
Bm
I've always been water
G
Nothing's gonna change
D
I've always been water
A
Nothing's gonna change
I've always been
Bm G
Drowning (Love is under me)
D A
Drowning (Love is over me)
Bm G
Drowning (Love is under me)
D A
Drowning (Love is over me)
Bm G
Nothing's gonna change
D
I've always been water
A Bm
Everything is water