Intro:  A  C♯m  E  B  (2x)


                A            C♯m
Every breaking wave on the shore
           E                        B
tells the next one there’ll be one more.
                    A            C♯m
And every gambler knows that to lose
     E                       B
is what you’re really there for.
              A            C♯m
Summer I was fearlessness,
        E                    B
now I speak into an answer phone.
                  A             C♯m
Like every falling leaf on the breeze,
 E                         B      B
winter wouldn’t leave it alone, alone.



           A   C♯m
If you go?
           E                 B
If you go your way and I go mine.
           A  C♯m
Are we so?
           E                    B
Are we so helpless against the tide?
            A                C♯m
Baby every dog on the street
                     E            B
knows that we’re in love with defeat.
                     A                 C♯m
Are we ready to be swept off our feet?
           E     B               A     C♯m  E  B
And stop chasing every breaking wave..



               A             C♯m
Every sailor knows that the sea
        E              B
is a friend made enemy.
                       A                 C♯m
And every shipwrecked soul knows what it is
    E                  B
to live without intimacy.
                       A               C♯m
I thought I heard the captain’s voice,
              E                 B
it’s hard to listen while you preach.
                   A            C♯m
Like every broken wave on the shore, 
  E                       B       B
this is as far as I could reach..



          A   C♯m
If you go?
           E                 B
If you go your way and I go mine.
           A  C♯m
Are we so?
           E                    B
Are we so helpless against the tide?
            A                C♯m
Baby every dog on the street
                     E            B
knows that we’re in love with defeat.
                     A                 C♯m
Are we ready to be swept off our feet?
           E     B               F♯m     A  E  B
And stop chasing every breaking wave..



     F♯m                                 A
The sea knows where are the rocks, and drowning is no sin.
  E                              B
You know where my heart is, the same place that yours has been.
 F♯m                              A                     E
We know that we fear to win, and so we end before we begin,
             B  A  C♯m  E  B
before we begin..



          A   C♯m
If you go?
           E                 B
If you go your way and I go mine.
           A  C♯m
Are we so?
           E                    B
Are we so helpless against the tide?
            A                C♯m
Baby every dog on the street
                     E            B
knows that we’re in love with defeat..
                     A                 C♯m
Are we ready to be swept off our feet?
           E     B
And stop chasing every breaking wave..


Outro:  A  C♯m  E  B  (ad lib)