Amel Larrieux - Gills and tails

^EI looked at my reflection in the water^{G E}Thought, “What an unlikely ^Dpair” ^BmClosed my eyes, held my breath, plum^Cmeted down, down, dow^Bmn ^EAnd anchored myself ther^Ge

^BmCan't tell how long I've ^Fbeen ^EmIn the company of g^Fills and tails ^EmI think I feel my ^Fskin^G Growing s^Ccales

Can I come up ^Bmfor air? ^EmCan I come up, ^Fcan I come up? ^FCan I come up for air? ^EmCan I come up, can I come up? ^BmCan I come up for air? ^EmCan I come up, can I come up? ^DCan I come up ^Bmfor air? ^GCan I come up, ^Fcan I come up?

^GI'm getting eaten up down ^Chere ^EmI'm just not built ^Flike them The^D big fish have a mo^Gnopoly The little fish ge^Ct buried in the sa^Gnd

This here world I^C'm in Suc^Gks your life out, leaves^F you comatose T^Emake back your salt an^Fd fins^G Send me a ^Flifeboat ^Am

Can I come up ^Bmfor air? ^EmCan I come up, ^Fcan I come up? ^FCan I come up for air? ^EmCan I come up, can I come up? ^BmCan I come up for air? ^EmCan I come up, can I come up? ^DCan I come up ^Bmfor air? ^GCan I come up, ^Fcan I come up?

^AmI look up at longing at the surface Hypnotized by the way the ^Gsunlight seems to ride each ripple ^BmAnd they do a dance

I miss the swe^Cet taste of oxygen I ^Amistook this for the p^Fromised land

Can I come up ^Bmfor air? ^EmCan I come up, ^Fcan I come up? ^FCan I come up for air? ^EmCan I come up, can I come up? ^BmCan I come up for air? ^EmCan I come up, can I come up? ^DCan I come up ^Bmfor air? ^GCan I come up, ^Fcan I come up?