The Drowning Man chords by The Cure

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: DmDm

Difficulty: Novice

Album: Faith (1981)

Chords:
DmDm  xx0231   Dsus2Dsus2 xx0230   Bb majorBb  x13331
G5/D xx0033   D*   xx0032   D#/A# xxx343 or D#5D#5 xx134x
When playing Bb majorBb you can sometime play x13330 by lifting your index up.

Intro:
(drums)
DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2 Bb majorBb
DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2 Bb majorBb
G5/D D*   D#/A#
G5/D D*   D#/A#
DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2 Bb majorBb
DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2 Bb majorBb
G5/D D*   D#/A#
G5/D D*   D#/A#

Verse 1:
  DmDm         Dsus2Dsus2
She stands twelve feet above the flood
  Bb majorBb
She stares alone across the water
  DmDm          Dsus2Dsus2
The loneliness grows and slowly
     Bb majorBb
Fills her frozen body sliding downwards

Bridge 1:
G5/D       D*
One by one her senses die
  D#/A#
The memories fade and leave her eyes
    G5/D         D*
Still seeing worlds that never were
   D#/A#           DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 Bb majorBb
And one by one the bright birds leave...
DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2 Bb majorBb
her...

Instrumental:
G5/D D*   D#/A#
G5/D D*   D#/A#

Verse 2:
DmDm        Dsus2Dsus2
Starting at the violent sound
   Bb majorBb
She tries to turn but final noiseless
DmDm          Dsus2Dsus2
Slips and strikes her soft dark head
   Bb majorBb
The water bows receives her

Bridge 2:
   G5/D        D*  D#/A#
And drowns her at its ease
 G5/D        D*  D#/A#
Drowns her at its ease...

Instrumental:
DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2 Bb majorBb
DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2 Bb majorBb
G5/D D*   D#/A#
G5/D D*   D#/A#

Verse 3:
 DmDm         Dsus2Dsus2
I would have left the world all bleeding
Bb majorBb
Could I only help you love
  DmDm         Dsus2Dsus2     Bb majorBb
The fleeting shapes so many years ago

So young and beautiful and (brave)

Bridge 3:
G5/D        D*
Everything was true
      D#/A#
It couldn't be a story
  G5/D        D*
I wish it was all true
      D#/A#
I wish it couldn't be a story

Verse 4:
  DmDm        Dsus2Dsus2
The words all left me lifeless, hoping,
Bb majorBb
Breathing like the drowning man
  DmDm   Dsus2Dsus2
Oh Fucshia !  You leave me
Bb majorBb
Breathing like the drowning man

Outro:
G5/D D* D#/A#
     Breathing like the drowning man
G5/D D* D#/A#
     Breathing like the drowning...
DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2 Bb majorBb
...man...
DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2 Bb majorBb
       Breathing like the drowning man...
G5/D D*   D#/A#
G5/D        D*      D#/A#
(Breathing like the drowning man...)
G5/D D*   D#/A#
G5/D D*   D#/A#

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