Sinking chords by Jeremy Zucker

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Chorus:
D         C
 I wonder, can you hear me?
     G     Em     Dm
'Cause I am barely breathing
   D         Dm  C
Don't know the ground beneath me



     G    Em   C
I fear my heart is sinking
     C
I fear my heart is sinking
     G    E    Dm
I fear my heart is sinking
   C
Don't know the ground beneath me
     G     E7
I fear my heart is sinking

Verse 1:
Dm7        Am      F
Never thought that you would be phony
C           G      Em
Why you wanna say that you know me
Am               F
Life is like a movie that won't stop
C               G
Even when we're taking our clothes off
  Em      Dm
I'm taking off homebound
    D        F
You're calling this home now
         C
I'm calling it misery
           G
You say that you'll miss me
  Em      D
Whatever I should hear
           F
Tell it to me straight, dear
          C
God, I'll be so peaceful
         G   Em   D
I'm just being me so (I wonder)


Chorus:
     A    F  C
I wonder, can you hear me?
     G     Em    D
'Cause I am barely breathing
   D    F    C
Don't know the ground beneath me
     G    Em   D
I fear my heart is sinking
 C    F      C
I fear my heart is sinking
     G    E    Dm
I fear my heart is sinking
      C  F       C
Don't know the ground beneath me
     G     E
I fear my heart is sinking


Verse 2:
C
Girl, I been with it
            G
I been with you all the way
     C      G
From the beach to the city

I been putting on a face
Gm     D
You're no stranger to a mask
     F
You ain't lost or amazed
    C
I been lost in a maze
    G       D F C
Been a long damn day
    C
(I been lost in a maze
    G     Em  Dm F
Been a long damn day
    C
I been lost in a maze
    G     Em
Been a long damn day)


Chorus:
D      Am    C
 I wonder, can you hear me?
      G   Em
'Cause I am barely breathing
Dm   Am    F         C
 Don't know the ground beneath me
 F    G    Em    D
I fear my heart is sinking
 C    F        C
I fear my heart is sinking
     G    E    D
I fear my heart is sinking
    D    F        C
Don't know the ground beneath me
 C    G    Em
I fear my heart is sinking


Outro:
   D
I got fire in my eyes
F         C
Water in my bones
       C
Air inside my head
G      Em
Carrying me home
Dm     Em
Fire in my eyes
 Fmaj7    C
Water in my bones
       C
Air inside my head
 G      Em7
Carrying me home
 Dm      F
Fire in my eyes
      F
Water in my bones
C
Air inside my head
C      E
Carrying me home
Dm       F
Fire in my eyes
F      F
Water in my bones
C
Air inside my head
     G E
Carrying me home