Barely Breathing Acoustic Ukulele chords by Duncan Sheik

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Key: Am

Difficulty: Intermediate

Chords used:

  Em A A9 Am C9/G D D9 Fm9/C G9 Gm13
A|--2--0--2--0---1----0--3--8-----1--1----|
E|--3--0--0--0---0----2--0--4-----2--1----|
C|--4--1--1--0---2----2--2--0-----1--3----|
g|--0--2--2--1---0----2--2--0-----1--0----|

Intro:
Em A A9 C9/G D9 (2x)pause

Verse:
N.C.        Em           A
I know what you're doing, I see it all too clear
  A9       C9/G            D9
I only taste the saline when I kiss away your tears

         Em         A
You really had me going, wishing on a star
  A9        C9/G            D9
The black holes that surround you are heavier by far

           Em              A
I believed in your confusion, you're so completely torn
  A9         C9/G               D9
It must have been that yesterday was the day that I was born
           Em           A
There's not much to examine, nothing left to hide
  A9       C9/G            D9
You really can't be serious, to have to ask me why
    FM9/C
I say, goodbye...


Chorus:
          C9             G9
'Cause I am barely breathing, I can't find the air
           Am          FM9/C
I don't know who I'm kidding imagining you care
            C9             G9
And I could stand here waiting, a fool for another day
           Am
I don't suppose it's worth the price, you're worth the price
   FM9/C
The price that I would pay yeah, yeah yeah

        Em           A
Everyone keeps asking, "What's it all about?"
 A9       C9/G            D9
I used to be so certain, now I can't figure out
         Em              A
What is this attraction, it's only filled by pain
    A9       C9/G          D9
There's nothing left to reason and only you to blame,
       FM9/C
Will it ever change?


Chorus:
          C9             G9
'Cause I am barely breathing, I can't find the air
           Am          FM9/C
I don't know who I'm kidding, imagining you care
            C9             G9
And I could stand here waiting, a fool for another day
           Am
I don't suppose it's worth the price, you're worth the price
  FM9/C
The price that I would pay yeah, yeah yeah


           C9   G9        Am  FM9/C
But, I'm thinking it over anyway, yeah, yeah, yeah...


Bridge:
D         Am
I've come to find, I may never know
C9         Gm13
Your changing mind,  is it friend or foe?
D      Am
I rise above  or sink below
C9       Gm13
With every time  you come and go
            FM9/C (pause)
Please, don't come and go...


Chorus:
          C9             G9
'Cause I am barely breathing, I can't find the air
           Am          FM9/C
I don't know who I'm kidding imagining you care
            C9             G9
And I could stand here waiting, a fool for another day
           Am
I don't suppose it's worth the price, you're worth the price
  FM9/C
The price that I would pay yeah, yeah yeah


Outro:
           C9  G9         Am  FM9/C
But, I'm thinking it over anyway, yeah, yeah, yeah...
        C9  G9         Am  FM9/C
I'm thinking it over anyway, yeah, yeah, yeah...
         FM9/C (pause)
I know what your doin', I see it all too clear...