Key: A
Introduction:
Am C
I thought that I knew love
C G F7M
but it was just the wave crashing over us
Am C
and in the breaths between the ones we meant to breath
G F7M
I had my head under my feet
F G
you knew the way things were
F G
you knew the way they would be
F G Am
we knew exactly how it'd end
Am C
oh oh oh oh oh
C G F7M
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Am C
strays on a stable sea
C G F7M
i'll anchor the engine to a canyon far beneath(?)
Am C
the water rushed up from the boards below
C G F7M
so i started slicking my hair with the kerosene
F G
you knew the way things were
F G
you knew the way they would be
F G Am
we knew exactly how it'd end
C Am
And I'm preparing for a burial at sea
F7M G C
and I can't see the lighthouse
C Am
yeah I'm praying that these waters don't take me
F7M G Am
cause I can't see the lighthouse
Am C
oh oh oh oh oh
C G F7M
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Am C
oh oh oh oh oh oh
C G Am
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
F
I was screaming that the ship was sinking
Am
but you were telling me to just keep drinking
G
quartered in the parts again (?)
Am
arms and legs in the bottom of the ocean
F
and the thing that made it so much harder
Am
is the fact that you were someones daughter
F G
I knew the way things were
F G
I knew the way they would be
F G C
I knew exactly how it'd end
F7M G C
And I can't see the lighthouse
C Am
and I'm preparing for a burial at sea
F7M G C
but I can't see the lighthouse
C Am
yeah I'm praying that these waters don't take me
F7M G Am
cause I can't see the lighthouse
Am C
I thought that I knew love
C G Am
but it was just a wave crashing over us