E|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|--11--11|--11--11|--11--11|--11--11|
G|--00--00|--00--00|--22--22|--00--00|
D|----2---|-----0--|----2---|----0---|
A|3-------| 2-------|0-------|2-------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|
T DUT DU T DUT DU T DUT DU T DUT DU
i.e. strings 4 and 5 are plucked with the thumb while the high strings are brushed with the index finger
Chorus:
E|--------|--------|--22--22|--22--22|--------|--------|--3--333|--444444|
B|--11--11|--11--11|--33--33|--33--33|--11--11|--11--11|--0--000|--000000|
G|--22--22|--22--22|----2---|----2---|--00--00|--00--00|--0--000|--000000|
D|----2---|----2---| 0-------|0-------|----2---|----2---|--0--000|--000000|
A|0-------| 0-------|--------|--------|3-------|3-------|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| 3-------|4-------|
T DUT DU T DUT DU T DUT DU T DUT DU T DUT DU T DUT DU T D UDU T DUDUDU
The strumming in the last two bars isn't strict, but follows this basic pattern.
Bridge: ("You try not to sink...")
E|1-------| 1-------|1-------|1-------|--00--00|--------|
B|1-------| 0-------|1-------|0-------|--11--11|--11--11|
G|2-------| 0-------|2-------|0-------|----2---|--22--22|
D|3-------| 0-------|3-------|0-------|--------|2-------|
A|3-------| 2-------|3-------|2-------|0-------|----0---|
E|1-------| 3-------|1-------|3-------|--------|--------|
D D UDU D D UDU D D UDU D D UDU T DUT DU T DUT DU
E|1-------| 1-------|4-------|6-------|--00--00|--00--00|--00--00|0-------|
B|1-------| 0-------|4-------|6-------|--11--11|--11--11|--11--11|1-------|
G|2-------| 0-------|3-------|7-------|--00--00|--00--00|--00--00|0-------|
D|3-------| 0-------|6-------|8-------|----2---|----2---|2---2---|2-------|
A|3-------| 2-------|6-------|8-------|3-------|3-------|3---3---|3-------|
E|1-------| 3-------|4-------|6-------|--------|--------|--------|x-------|
D D UDU D D UDU D D UDU D DU UDU T DUT DU T DUT DU T DUT DU D DU UDU
Instrumental(ish)
E|0-------| 0-------|0-------|0-------|0-------|0-------|0-------|0-------|
B|1-------| 1-------|1-------|1-------|1-------|1-------|1-------|1-------|
G|0-------| 0-------|2-------|0-------|0-------|0-------|2-------|0-------|
D|2-------| 0-------|2-------|0-------|2-------|0-------|2-------|0-------|
A|3-------| 2-------|0-------|2-------|3-------|2-------|0-------|2-------|
E|x-------| x-------|x-------|x-------|x-------|x-------|x-------|x-------|
D DU UDU D DU UDU D D UDU D D UDU D D UDU D D UDU D D UDU D DUDUDU
Final Chorus:
E|0-------| 0-------|2-------|2-------|0-------|0-------|3-------|4-------|
B|1-------| 1-------|3-------|3-------|1-------|1-------|0-------|0-------|
G|2-------| 2-------|2-------|2-------|0-------|0-------|0-------|0-------|
D|2-------| 2-------|0-------|0-------|2-------|2-------|0-------|0-------|
A|0-------| 0-------|x-------|x-------|3-------|3-------|2-------|3-------|
E|x-------| x-------|x-------|x-------|x-------|x-------|3-------|4-------|
D D UDU D D UDU D D UDU D D UDU D D UDU D D UDU D D UDU D D UDU
Song breakdown:
Verse x12
Chorus x2
Verse x6
Chorus x2
Bridge
Instrumental
Final Chorus x2
Bridge (start softening off on the last 4 bars, end on C)
CHORDS/LYRICS
C/B: G#* G7E|0-------| |4-------| |1-------|
B|1-------| |0-------| |0-------|
G|0-------| |0-------| |0-------|
D|0-------| |0-------| |0-------|
A|2-------| |3-------| |2-------|
E|x-------| |4-------| |3-------|
C C/B Am C/B x2
CC/BAmC/B
You were, you were, you were on my side
CC/BAmC/B
In the war, in the war, in the war in your mind
CC/BAmC/B
And you try, and you try, and you try to be free
CC/BAmC/B
That's something, that's something, that's something to be
C C/B Am C/B x2
CC/BAmC/B
You look, you look, you look to the west
CC/BAmC/B
Cause they say, cause they say, they say it's the best
CC/BAmC/B
Well it's fading, it's fading, it's fading for me
CC/BAmC/B
But I guess, but I guess that's the price to be free
AmDCGG#*
You want it all, oh, to fall around you
AmDCGG#*
You want it all to fall around you
C C/B Am C/B x2
CC/BAmC/B
Now you're looking, you're looking, you're looking at me
CC/BAmC/B
And I try, and I try, and I try to believe
CC/BAmC/B
How I wonder, I wonder and crave what you see
CC/BAmC/B
That's something, that's something, that's something to be.
AmDCGG#*
You want it all, oh, to fall around you
AmDCGG#*
You want it all to fall around you
FG7FG7Am
Oh, you try not to sink, you try not to sink with me
FG7G#A#C
oh, you try not to sink, cause you can't face the brink of nothing
Of nothing...
C C/B Am C/B x2
AmDCGG#*
You want it all, oh, to fall around you
AmDCGG#*
You want it all to fall around you
FG7FG7Am
Oh, you try not to sink, you try not to sink with me
FG7G#A#C
oh, you try not to sink, cause you can't face the brink of nothing