Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key: B Difficulty: Novice Intro: B E F# E F# Verse 1: B E Tears in the ocean, alone there out at sea F# E F# We always were so stupid and so stubborn, you and me B E We were drinking all that poison hoping someone else would die F# E F# Throwing water on our faces pretending we could cry B E We'd roll out with the river learn to hate the shore F# E F# Our legs could not sit sturdy on the ground there anymore B E We were leaning on the slack ropes waiting for a fight F# E F# Pretend in total darkness underneath hospital lights
Chorus: B G#m C# F# Bad idea, you know I had to do it B G#m C# F# B Another bad idea all over again Verse 2: B E Bait inside the bear trap somebody's gonna lose a limb F# E F# Washing up like wreckage why don't you go ruin him? B E He can have your marching orders lose his appetite F# E F# We've all got our ankles best to keep 'em out of sight B E You left lies up on my doorstep lined up like dominoes F# E F# Fell into the arms of a stranger and forgot to wear your clothes B E Well the devil's in the pulpit Joe ain't in the grave F# E F# Singing sweet songs of surrender while the way is being paved Chorus: B G#m C# F# Bad idea, you know I had to do it B G#m C# F# B Another bad idea all over again G#m C# B Yes it is, it's all over again Solo: G#m C# G#m C# G#m C# F# G Bridge: E Not enough water in the clouds I cannot get my fill B I used to find salvation in these tiny little pills C# Time to bore out that cylinder buy a bigger shell F# G It'll be like family reunion when we all meet up in hell Chorus: B G#m C# F# Bad idea, you know I had to do it B G#m C# F# B Another bad idea all over again G#m C# B Yes it is all over again G#m C# B Yes it is all over again End on B