The Drowning Man chords by The Cure

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Dm

Difficulty: Novice

Album: Faith (1981)

Chords:
Dm  xx0231   Dsus2 xx0230   Bb  x13331
G5/D xx0033   D*   xx0032   D#/A# xxx343 or D#5 xx134x
When playing Bb you can sometime play x13330 by lifting your index up.

Intro:
(drums)
Dm  Dsus2 Bb
Dm  Dsus2 Bb
G5/D D*   D#/A#
G5/D D*   D#/A#
Dm  Dsus2 Bb
Dm  Dsus2 Bb
G5/D D*   D#/A#
G5/D D*   D#/A#

Verse 1:
  Dm         Dsus2
She stands twelve feet above the flood
  Bb
She stares alone across the water
  Dm          Dsus2
The loneliness grows and slowly
     Bb
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#           Dm Dsus2 Bb
And one by one the bright birds leave...
Dm  Dsus2 Bb
her...

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

Verse 2:
Dm        Dsus2
Starting at the violent sound
   Bb
She tries to turn but final noiseless
Dm          Dsus2
Slips and strikes her soft dark head
   Bb
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:
Dm  Dsus2 Bb
Dm  Dsus2 Bb
G5/D D*   D#/A#
G5/D D*   D#/A#

Verse 3:
 Dm         Dsus2
I would have left the world all bleeding
Bb
Could I only help you love
  Dm         Dsus2     Bb
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:
  Dm        Dsus2
The words all left me lifeless, hoping,
Bb
Breathing like the drowning man
  Dm   Dsus2
Oh Fucshia !  You leave me
Bb
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...
Dm  Dsus2 Bb
...man...
Dm  Dsus2 Bb
       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#