The Cure - The drowning man
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Album: Faith (1981)
[Chords]
Dm xx0231 Dsus2 xx0230 Bb x13331
G5/D xx0033 D* xx0032 D#/A# xxx343 or D#5 xx134x
When playing Bb you can sometime play x13330 by lifting your index up.
[Intro]
(drums)
Dm Dsus2 Bb
Dm Dsus2 Bb
G5/D D* D#/A#
G5/D D* D#/A#
Dm Dsus2 Bb
Dm Dsus2 Bb
G5/D D* D#/A#
G5/D D* D#/A#
[Verse 1]
She Dmstands twelve feet aDsus2bove the flood
She Bbstares alone across the water
The Dmloneliness grows and Dsus2slowly
Fills her Bbfrozen body sliding downwards
[Bridge 1]
G5/D D*
One by one her senses die
The D#/A#memories fade and leave her eyes
G5/D D*
Still seeing worlds that never were
And oD#/A#ne by one the bright birds DmleavDsus2e... Bb
Dmher...Dsus2 Bb
[Instrumental]
G5/D D* D#/A#
G5/D D* D#/A#
[Verse 2]
DmStarting at the vDsus2iolent sound
She tBbries to turn but final noiseless
DmSlips and strikes her Dsus2soft dark head
The waBbter bows receives her
[Bridge 2]
G5/D D* D#/A#
And drowns her at its ease
G5/D D* D#/A#
Drowns her at its ease...
[Instrumental]
Dm Dsus2 Bb
Dm Dsus2 Bb
G5/D D* D#/A#
G5/D D* D#/A#
[Verse 3]
I Dmwould have left the Dsus2world all bleeding
BbCould I only help you love
The Dmfleeting shapes so Dsus2many years ago Bb
So young and beautiful and (brave)
[Bridge 3]
G5/D D*
Everything was true
It couldn't D#/A#be a story
G5/D D*
I wish it was all true
I wish it cD#/A#ouldn't be a story
[Verse 4]
The Dmwords all left me Dsus2lifeless, hoping,
BbBreathing like the drowning man
Oh FDmucshia !Dsus2 You leave me
BbBreathing like the drowning man
[Outro]
G5/D D* D#/A#
Breathing like the drowning man
G5/D D* D#/A#
Breathing like the drowning...
Dm...manDsus2... Bb
Dm Dsus2 BbBreathing like the drowning man...
G5/D D* D#/A#
G5/D D* D#/A#
(Breathing like the drowning man...)
G5/D D* D#/A#
G5/D D* D#/A#