The Waves chords by Bastille

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Introduction:
E G#m B F#


Verse 1:
               E    G#m  B
Staring down the barrel of a hundred tons

(We're on the way)
  F#                E        G#m  B
It might be getting older, but the night's still young

(We're on the way)
   F#             E     G#m   B
We never, never give up on the lost boy life

(We're on the way)
   F#               E    G#m  B   F#
So here we are, escaping from the world outside

(We're on the way)


Pre-Chorus:
 E                 G#m              F#
Oh, what would your mother say if she could see what we're doing now?
 E                 G#m              F#
Oh, what would your mother say if she could hear what we talk about?


Chorus:
   E       B            F#
The waves are crashing down on you and me again, again, again
   E      B
The waves are crashing down on you and me
   F#
I'll see you on the other side
 E     B       F#
Get carried, get carried away, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
 E     B       F#
Caught up in, caught up in the waves

E G#m B


Verse 2:
 F#                  E   G#m  B
Suddenly we're fallin' through the twilight zone

(We're on the way)
 F#               E  G#m  B
Watch the party playing out in slow motion

(We're on the way)
F#                 E   G#m  B
So tie a ribbon 'round my arm and throw me in

(We're on the way)
F#           E             G#m    B F#
Is it an apocalypse or nihilism on your lips? We sink or swim

(We're on the way)


Pre-Chorus:
 E                 G#m              F#
Oh, what would your mother say if she could see what we're doing now?
 E                G#m             F#
Oh, what would your mother say if she could hear what we talk about? (Hey)


Chorus:
   E      B            F#
The waves are crashing down on you and me again, again, again
   E      B
The waves are crashing down on you and me
   F#
I'll see you on the other side
 E     B       F#
Get carried, get carried away, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
 E     B         F#
Caught up in, caught up in the waves

E G#m F# x2


Bridge:
   E         G#m
The air hit me on the way out
    F#
Did it make me more sober or make me more drunk?
E          G#m    F#
I couldn't quite remember the vision of you and of me
   E         G#m
The air hit me on the way out
    F#
Did it make me more sober or make me more drunk?
E          G#m    F#
I couldn't quite remember the vision of you and of me


Chorus:
   E       B            F#
The waves are crashing down on you and me again, again, again
   E      B
The waves are crashing down on you and me
   F#
I'll see you on the other side
 E     B       F#
Get carried, get carried away, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
 E     B         F#
Caught up in, caught up in the wave


Outro:
E      B           F#
 They're crashing down, they're crashing down, oh
E      B
 They're crashing down on you and me
   F#m
I'll see you on the other side