Drowning in the Flood Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][A][Am][B][Am][A][Am]
[B][Am][A][Am][B]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
Calling S.O.S. in deep [B]despair
[Am]Please teach me,
[A]how the hell do I [Am]breathe down [A]there?[B]
[Am]Waves crash on me,
I can't hold my breath
There's no coming up for a gasp of air
[C#m]And as the

[Verse 2]
[A]tears fall on [A#m]us now[E]
[C#m]The chances ar[A]e that I
[A#m]will drown[A][E]
[E#]I've sacri[B]ficed [C]all that I [D]love
and care [C#m]about
[A]Drowning in the [F#m]flood[F#][F#m]
[A]Speak [Am]or

[Verse 3]
[A]forever[Am]
hold your face
Mourning in the sunken [A]city [Am]weeps
Steal my thunder in your tempest hail

[Interlude 1]
We'll surrender when the levee fails
[Am][G][F#m][D][Am][G][F#m][Am][G][F#m][D][Am][G][F#m][C][Am][G][F#m][D][Am][G][F#m][A][Am]
[G][D][Am][F#m]
[C][Am][A][G][F][E][Am][Eb][F][C#][C][A][Eb]
[B][Eb][F#m][F#][F#m][C][Am][Eb][Am]
[Eb][Am][Eb][F][C#][C][F#m][A][F#m][A][B][Am][A][D][Am]
[A]
Hu[Am]man corpses

[Verse 4]
[Am]floating
side [C]by [Am]side[B][Eb]
[Am]Washed up with [A]the [Am]distant
[C]moon[Am]lit [B]tide
[Am]Only she can save our sorr[C]y soul[Am]s
Priceless freedom coming
at a heavy [A]cost
[C#m]

[Verse 5]
But I can't [A]turn back hands [A#m]of time[E]
[C#m]She knows her pu[A]rpose
is [A#m]to die[E]
[E#]I've sacri[B]ficed [C]all that I [D]love and care for,
[C#m]I'm
[A]Drowning in the flood

[Interlude 2]
[F#m][A][F#m][F#][G#sus4][A][G#sus4][F#]
[F#m][F#][A][F#m][F#][F#m][A][F#m]
[F#][F#m][F#][F#m][C#sus4][C#][F#m][A][C#]
[F#m][C#][F#m][A][C#]
[F#m][A][F#m][C#]
[A]

[Verse 6]
I'm sorry, I'm sad [F#sus4]with
a sense [C#m]of regret[F#m][A]
It fills my [F#m]lungs[F#sus4]
[E]It'[C#m]s not [A]too late to suf focate,[F#m][E]
the price I will [A]pay
For what I've [F#m]done[F#sus4][E][F#m]

[Verse 7]
[C#]We are t[C#m]rapped[A] under the sea[Bbm]
[Bbdim]But we made this[E] ocean
[F]In one [B]day, it [C]takes my [D]breath [C#m]away
We were [A]drowning she was free

[Verse 8]
[A#m]
Now she's [E]gone forever
[E#]I will pay[B],
she [C]takes my [D]breath away
[Esus4]

[Verse 9]
[E][A]
Will we live to tell [F#m]the tale?[F#][F#m][A]
Is it worth the price we [F#]paid?[F#m][A]
Are we praying for the [F#m]sun ?[F#]
[F#m]Or are[A] we drowning in the flood?
[F#m](Drown[F#] ing[F#m] in the [F#]floo[C#]d)
Will we live to tell the [A]tale?
[C#](Drowning in the flood)
Is it worth the price we [F#]paid?
[F#m](Drowning in [C#]the flood)
Are we praying for the [A]sun?
(Drowning in the flood)
[C#]Or are we drowning in
the flood?
[F#m](Drowning in [A]the [F#m]flood)
Drowning in the [C#]flood

[Outro 1]
[A][G][F#m][D][A][G][F#m][A][Am][G][F#m][D][A][G][F#m]
[A][G][F#m][D][A][G][F#m][Am][G][F#m][D][A][G][F#m][A][Am][G][F#m][D][A][G][F#m][Am][G]
[F#m][D][Am]
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[Am][G][F#m][D][A][G][F#m][A][G][F#m][D][A][Am][G][F#m][Am][G][F#m][D][A][G][F#m]