The Drowning by Christian Death
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transcribed by Brenn Combs (brenn@iglou.com)
Intro:
G / slide/ G#
G / slide/ G#
G
Up for three days
G G#
Up for three days
G#
Down under ground for six more
G G#
Incisions cannot penetrate my feet
G# G
tripping, gliding, falling numbly
G G#
hands held together with unwanted skin
G# G
ripping, hiding, calling dumbly
G#
Oh..oh..oh..
G
You, in houses of mud
F Eb
You, in gutters sleep - love
G F
You, born to slaughter - swathed gloves
Eb D
You dressing daughters and sons.
F Eb G
Like you - I am broken and fragile
F Eb D
Like you - I am tasting my heart for the first
time
Eb
Like you I am feeding on slumber
D Eb
Like you - I've left my eyes far behind me
Eb D
Down for the count and still drowning
Eb
and still drowning
D
Sleep, the eighth day
D#
Sleep, the eight day
D D#
Clawed my way back to the first
G G#
No gentle fingers collapse on my eyes
G#
Weeping, prying, struggling blindly
G G#
There's no sanity standing me back on my
feet
G
I'm in an empty room
F Eb
I'm burning books for you
G
I'm lost in bed with you
F Eb D
Breaking these mirrors to end all I've seen
F Eb G
Like you - I am broken and fragile
F Eb D
Like you - I am tasting my heart for the first
time
Eb
Like you I am feeding on slumber
D Eb
Like you - I've left my eyes far behind me
D
Down for the count and still drowning
Eb D
and still drowning
Eb D(hit once and fade).
and still drowning
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