E F#m Bm A E A B Bm
E F#m E D Bm F#m Bm F#m D Bm F#m
[Verse]
Bm F#m Bm
Safe in the arms that hold your every move
F# G
They've been waiting here for you
F#m F#
You've been weighing down the time
Bm F#m
And in a place they're trying to forget
Bm F#
And in a face they grow to regret
B A G#m
They pull down
G F#
They pull down the shades.
[Verse]
Bm
Crawling
F# Bm
Oh, they're crawling.
F#m Bm
Can you save them, now they're crawling?
A G#m
WIll you catch them if they're falling?
G F#
Do you hear them when they're calling?
[Chorus]
G
And the water down here
Em Bm
Swells with the seeds of decay
F#m
Through the years.
G
And the sins of our fathers
Em Bm
Swept our love for each other away
F#m
In the tide
F#
In the tide
F#
In the tide of tears.
[Interlude]
Bm F#m G (x3)
A
[Verse]
Bm A F#m
Snakes in suits conduct their interviews
Bm A F#m
Bodies floating down the avenue
Bm A
And it's our sickness,
G#m F#
And it's our sickness to blame.
[Verse]
Bm A F#m
Ain't no party blue or red
Bm A F#m
Where innocence for naught is shed
Bm A
And it's our choices
G#m G F#
And it's our voices to be heard
[Verse]
Bm
Drowning
F#m Bm
Oh, they're drowning
F#m Bm
And the good Lord is frowning,
A G#m
And the dark clouds are surrounding,
G F#
We must decide.
[Chorus]
G
And the water down here
Em Bm
Swells with the seeds of decay
F#
Through the years.
G
And the sins of our fathers
Em Bm
Swept our love for each other away
F#
In the tide
F#
In the tide
F#
In the tide
Bm
Tide of tears, now
Em
Tide of tears, now
F#
In the tide
G F#m
In the tide
Bm
Oh yeah.
[Solo]
Bm
Bm
E Em E Em
F#m
G F#m
A B
Bm
Em
F#m
G F#m
Em Bm
Bm B
E
Em F#m
G F#m
F#m
G F#m
F#m Bm A
Bm
[Verse]
Bm A F#m
While in this life there's hope for change
Bm A F#m
And as a culture now got to rearrange,
G A F#m
Ain't no blind eye left to turn.
Bm
Lying
F#m Bm
Oh, they're lying
Bm
And the children keep dying
A G#m
And the mothers are crying
G F#
Don't you know we should be trying.
[Chorus]
And the water down here
Em Bm
Swells with the seeds of decay
F#
Through the years.
G
And the sins of our fathers
Em Bm
Swept our love for each other away
F#
In the tide
F#
In the tide
F#
In the tide
F#
In the tide
Bm
of tears.
