Difficulty
Beginner
Rate for accuracy
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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
E C D x4
Verse 1:
Em
Motion, breaking the space, the steps I retrace
D Am
The ground feels like an ocean
Am C
Writhing in pain, I try to explain
C
The words just come out
Em D
Broken like the limbs we used to crawl
Am C
With hopeful eyes, into the sun
Pre-Chorus:
Am C Em A
My equilibrium becomes delirium
Chorus:
E C A Am E
Drifting in the tide, the undertow, undertow
E C A Am E
Slowly going blind in the afterglow, afterglow
E C A Am E
I am falling faster, vertigo, vertigo
E Cmaj7 D A E
Learning how to hold on by letting go, letting go
C D E C D E
Vertigo, vertigo
Verse 2:
Em
My spinning satellite head disoriented
D G Am
It gravitates and spirals
Am C
To find you instead, a means to an end
C
A force that conquers
Em D
Broken Moons and hollow worlds
G Am C
Suspended, motionless, collapse and coalesce
Pre-Chorus:
Am C Em Am
My equilibrium sent to oblivion
Chorus:
E C A Am E
Drifting in the tide, the undertow, undertow
E C A Am E
Slowly going blind in the afterglow, afterglow
E C A Am E
I am falling faster, vertigo, vertigo
E Cmaj7 D A E
Learning how to hold on by letting go, letting go
C D E
Vertigo
Bridge:
E C D E A
How can you say that everything is meaningless
C D E A C
When we are the product of such a random disaster?
Bridge:
E C A Am E
Drifting in the tide, the undertow, undertow
E C A Am E
Slowly going blind in the afterglow, afterglow
E C E
I am falling faster, vertigo, vertigo
E Cmaj7 D A E
I'm learning how to hold on to you by letting go, letting go
C D E C D E C D E C D A
Vertigo, vertigo, vertigo, vertigo
Song History
Published: June 2, 2021
Last Updated: September 10, 2025