
Drowning In The Sound
Amanda Palmer
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[Verse 1]
[Refrão]
Em G C
You worship the sun and you’re aching for change
D Em
But you keep starving your heart
G
You used to have sisters
C
You don’t anymore
D
You worship the sun
[Próxima Parte]
N.C Em G C D
But you keep feeding the dark
[Verse 2]
Em
And I'm out in the yard
G C D
With my son and daughter
Em G C
And the sky is all black and I think we should start running…..
N.C.
Running from the water
Em
And everybody’s yelling
G
Yelling that they’re coming
C
N.C.
But I don’t see a single soul
Em
They’re all so busy yelling
G
Not one of them is hearing
C
N.C.
The hissing from the bottom of the boat
[Pre Chorus]
D
I got some feelings up my sleeve
D
I got a compass in my arm
C
I got a needle in my heart
It’s gonna tell us where we are
[Chorus]
Em G C
South by south west
D Em
Two miles from town
G C
I can’t get out
D Em
I can’t look down
Em
If you can hear
G
If you’re around
[Próxima Parte]
C
I’m over here
C
I’m over here
Am C
I’m watching everyone I love
D Em G C D
Drowning in the sound
[Verse 3]
Em G
You worship the sun
C
But the moons in the way
D
So get your armaments out
Em
She’s always looking for trouble
G C
She’s gonna get what’s been coming to her
D
She’s switching the tide and we can’t have that shit around
Em G
The television they’re blaring out the warning
C
That our natural state is drowning
C
That our natural state is burning
[Pre Chorus]
D
And you’re trying to help
And you’re clicking for change
C
And you’re calling it out
And you’re adding your name
D
And you’re marching for peace
But you’re lynching the bitch
C
That got up in your face
Em
How else they gonna to take you seriously?
[Chorus]
[Próxima Parte]
C
I’m over here
C
I’m over here I'm watching
Am C D
Everyone I love
N.C Em G C D
Drowning in the sound
[Instrumental]
Em G
C D (2x)
[Verse 4]
Am
And your body is a temple
Am
But the temple is a prison
C
And the prison’s overcrowded
C
And the inmates know it's flooding
Am
And the body politic is getting sicker by the minute
C
And the media’s not fake
D
It’s just very
N.C
Inconvenient
[Instrumental]
Em G C D
[Bridge]
Em G
Do you ever feel that this should be officially the end?
N.C.
And that you should be the one to do the ending but you can’t?
Em G
Ever feel that everyone is slowly letting go
N.C.
Do you ever feel that incredibly alone?
[Verse 5]
Em
And they’re saying not to panic
G
And it’s like a broken record
C D
Not like anybody know what that is
Em
And they’re saying that they’ll manage
G
It's the hottest one on record
N.C.
And they’re saying that it’s just the way it is
[Pre Chorus]
D
And now I can taste it coming
D
I can taste it with my tongue
C
And my children are so heavy
C
But I pick them up and run
D
And I know I’ll have to swim soon
D
When the water gets too high
C
I’ll keep on holding them above me
C
I'll keep on holding them and crying
[Chorus]
[Próxima Parte]
C
I’m over here
C
I’m over here
C
I’m watching
Am C
Everyone I love
Am C
Everyone I love
Am C D
Everyone I love
N.C Em G C D
Drowning in the sound
[Instrumental]
Em G C D
[Outro]
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
N.C
But you keep feeding the dark
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