Floating On The Forth

C: 032010
D: 000232
G: 320033

Intro: (this intro melody is played 
thru the entire song
        with some variations, listen
 with CD)
E|-3-----------------3------------
B|---3--0-1-3-0-1--3----3-0-1-3-0-
E|----3-|       
B|1-3---| then, 

E|-3----------7-3----------------
B|---3--0-1-3-----3--0-1-3-0-1-3-


Verse 1 Chords:
G                              
  So you just stepped out of the 
   D
front of my house
          C                    G
and I'll never see you again.
                        D        
I closed my eyes for a second and 
            C
when they opened
                   G
You weren't there.
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                             D
And the door shut shut I was vacuum 
packed,
        C                  G
Shrink-wrapped out of air
                                 D
And the spine collapsed and the eyes
 rolled back
     C
To stare at my starving brain,

Chorus Chords:
G                     C          
   And fully clothed,   I float 
G          D
away (I'll float away)
G
Down the Forth
C                             
Into the sea, I think I'll save 
                         G
suicide for another day.

Verse 2: Use verse 1 chords
And I picture this corpse on the M8 
hearse
And I half run away to sleep on a 
rolled up coat
Against the window  with the strobe 
of the sun
And the life I've led
Am I ready to leap is there peace 
beneath
The roar of the Forth road bridge?
On the Northern side there's a Fife 
of mine
and a boat in the port for me,

Final Chorus:
G            C               G  
  And fully clothed, I float 
         D
away (I'll float away)
G                C  (play this C on 
thru the next 5 lines)
Down the Forth, into the sea
I'll steer myself through drunken 
waves
These manic gulls scream it's okay
Take your life give it a shake
Gather up all your loose change
                                    
       G C G C (to fade out)
I think I'll save suicide for 
another year.