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