Saltwater Blues chords by Thomas Helmig

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb)

♫ Intro:
A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD D

A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD D7D7


♫ Verse 1:
A augmentedA      C majorC     D MajorD  D MajorD
Its not the money you make
A augmentedA      C majorC   D MajorD   D7D7
It’s not the promises you always break
A augmentedA      C majorC    D MajorD              D7D7      A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD D
Its not the light of reason that you’ve got turned way down low

♫ Verse 2:
A augmentedA      C majorC     D MajorD
Its not the wife you cheated on
A augmentedA      C majorC     D MajorD      D7D7
Its not the mistress you chose to lay you’re love upon
A augmentedA      C majorC     D MajorD              A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD D
Its certainly not the children that you hardly know

♫ Pre-Chorus:
          G+G       E7E7
It’s the fact that you can’t even feel


♫ Chorus:
       A augmentedA    C majorC D MajorD
The ship is sinking, oh yeah
       A augmentedA    C majorC D MajorD
The ship is sinking, oh yeah
      G+G
The ship is thinking
          E7E7
Were all gonna be drinking the saltwater
           A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD D MajorD  A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD D
drinking the saltwater


♫ Verse 3:
A augmentedA      C majorC     D MajorD      D MajorD
Its not the wars you make
A augmentedA      C majorC     D MajorD      D7D7
Its not the peace you fake
A augmentedA      C majorC     D MajorD          D MajorD       A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD D MajorD
It’s not the eye you close at the back you always see the turn

♫ Verse 4:
A augmentedA   C majorC     D MajorD      D MajorD
Hey it ain’t the crime
A augmentedA      C majorC     D MajorD      D MajorD
It ain’t the getaway, get away, getaway
A augmentedA      C majorC     D MajorD         D7D7      A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD D
It’s not the number of bridges that you violently burn


♫ Pre-Chorus:
          G+G       E7E7
It’s the fact that you can’t even feel


♫ Chorus:
       A augmentedA    C majorC D MajorD
The ship is sinking, oh yeah
       A augmentedA    C majorC D MajorD
The ship is sinking, oh yeah
      G+G
The ship is sinking
          E7E7          A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD D
Were all gonna be drinking the saltwater
           A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD D
drinking the saltwater


♫ Bridge:
A augmentedA FF B minorBm D MajorD x2


♫ Verse 5:
A augmentedA      C majorC   D MajorD   D7D7
It’s not the government
A augmentedA      C majorC    D MajorD   D MajorD
It’s not the evil we represent
A augmentedA      C majorC   D MajorD          D7D7           A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD D
It’s not the way we shake our heads and say “What more can we do?”


♫ Verse 6:
A augmentedA      C majorC    D MajorD   D MajorD
It’s not the hope we killed
A augmentedA      C majorC    D MajorD   D7D7
It ain’t the holes we filled
A augmentedA        C majorC   D MajorD                D MajorD                    A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD D
It certainly ain’t the trees or the leaves that pretty soon we are gonna have to stick on with glue


♫ Pre-Chorus:
          G+G       E7E7
It’s the fact that we can’t even feel


♫ Chorus:
       A augmentedA    C majorC D MajorD
The ship is sinking, oh yeah
       A augmentedA    C majorC D MajorD
The ship is sinking, oh yeah
      G+G
The ship is thinking
          E7E7         A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD D
Were all gonna be drinking the saltwater
           A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD D
drinking the saltwater
           A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD D
drinking the saltwater
           A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD D
drinking the saltwater


♫ Outro:
       D MajorD C majorC E MajorE A augmentedA
The ship is sinking