The Flood chords by Katie Melua

Chords with lyrics

Note. CAPO 1st fret.

How to take the chords: see description after the lyrics
Note: chord DmMaj7Dmmaj7 is normally written Dm(maj7) in other chord sites..

Intro-tabs (for the intro play 2 times)
  A augmentedA  Asus4Asus4  A augmentedA  A augmentedA+5  A augmentedA   Asus4Asus4  A augmentedA Aadd9Aadd9 A augmentedA
e--------------0--0--1--1--0--0-----------------------------
b---2---3---3--2--2--2--2--2--2---3--3--2--2--0--0---0------
g---2---2---2--2--2--2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--2--2---2------
d---2---2---2--2--2--2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--2--2---2------
a---0---0---0---------------------0--0--0--0--0--0---2------
e-----------------------------------------------------------

A augmentedA         Asus4Asus4
Broken people get recycled
A augmentedA           A augmentedA
and I hope that I will sometimes
         Asus4Asus4
be thrown off the pathways
A augmentedA             DmMaj7Dmmaj7 Dm6Dm6
what I thought was my way home
DmMaj7Dmmaj7   Dm6Dm6
wasn't the place I (know)
A augmentedA           Asus4Asus4
No, I'm not afraid of changing,
A augmentedA
Certain, nothing's certain
A augmentedA            Asus4Asus4
what we own becomes our prison
A augmentedA           DmMaj7Dmmaj7 Dm6Dm6
my possessions will be gone
DmMaj7Dmmaj7   Dm6Dm6
back to where they came
A augmentedA
from


FF G minorGm DmDm
blame
Bb majorBb      FF G minorGm DmDm
no one is to blame
   Bb majorBb      FF    G minorGm
as natural as the rain that falls
   DmDm    Bb majorBb
here comes the Flood again

(play Intro-tabs 1 time)

A augmentedA             Asus4Asus4
See the rock that you hold onto
A augmentedA
is it gonna save you
A augmentedA             Asus4Asus4
when the earth begins to crumble?
A augmentedA             DmMaj7Dmmaj7  Dm6Dm6
why'd you feel you have to hold on?
DmMaj7Dmmaj7  Dm6Dm6  A augmentedA
imagine if you let  go

FF G minorGm DmDm
blame
Bb majorBb      FF G minorGm DmDm
no one is to blame
   Bb majorBb      FF    G minorGm
as natural as the rain that falls
   DmDm    Bb majorBb
here comes the Flood again

A7A7  (or..play Intro-tabs 1 time)

..(speed up tempo)

A augmentedA   D7D7    Fmaj7Fmaj7     E minor 7Em7    A augmentedA
flush away the weight that pulls you down
F# minorF#m   Fmaj7Fmaj7    Dm7Dm7   E minor 7Em7   A augmentedA
Light the ways that freed from the dust

[flush away the weight that pulls you down]
A augmentedA
don't trust your eyes
          D7D7
its easy to believe them
Fmaj7Fmaj7
know in your heart
E minor 7Em7         A augmentedA
that you can leave a prison

[Light the ways that free from the dusk]
F# minorF#m
don't trust your mind
        Fmaj7Fmaj7
its not always listening
Dm7Dm7
turn on the lights
E minor 7Em7         A augmentedA
and feel the ancient rhythm

A augmentedA
don't trust your eyes
          D7D7
its easy to believe them [no one is to blame]
Fmaj7Fmaj7
know in your heart [as natural as the rain]
E minor 7Em7           A augmentedA
that you can leave your prison [here comes the Flood again]


..(slow down to original tempo)

FF G minorGm DmDm
blame
Bb majorBb      FF G minorGm DmDm
no one is to blame
   Bb majorBb      FF    G minorGm
as natural as the rain that falls
   DmDm    Bb majorBb   A7A7   A7A7
here comes the Flood again

(..end with intro picking...)

CHORDS (Note Capo 1st fret)
     E,A,D,G,B;e
A:    x,0,2,2,2,0
Asus4:  x,0,2,2,3,0
Dm(maj7) x,x,0,2,2,1
Dm6Dm6    x,x,0,2,0,1
FF     1,3,3,2,1,1
G minorGm    3,5,5,3,3,3
DmDm    x,5,7,7,6,5
Bb majorBb    6,8,8,7,6,6
A7A7    5,7,5,6,5,5
D7D7    x,x,0,2,1,2
Fmaj7Fmaj7   x,x,3,2,1,0
E minor 7Em7    0,1,0,0,0,0 alt x,x,3,5,4,4
F#m7F#m7   2,4,4,2,2,2
Dm7Dm7    x,x,0,2,1,1