Thomas Helmig

Saltwater Blues(Chords)

Thomas Helmig

Key: A

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	        Intro 
A C D D 
A C D D7 


 

Verse 1:

A C D D Its not the money you make A C D D7 It?s not the promises you always break A C D D7 A C D D Its not the light of reason that you?ve got turned way down low

Verse 2:

A C D Its not the wife you cheated on A C D D7 Its not the mistress you chose to lay you?re love upon A C D A C D D Its certainly not the children that you hardly know

Pre-Chorus

G E7 It?s the fact that you can?t even feel
A C D The ship is sinking, oh yeah A C D The ship is sinking, oh yeah G The ship is thinking E7 Were all gonna be drinking the saltwater A C D D A C D D drinking the saltwater

Verse 3:

A C D D Its not the wars you make A C D D7 Its not the peace you fake A C D D A C D D It?s not the eye you close at the back you always see the turn

Verse 4:

A C D D Hey it ain?t the crime A C D D It ain?t the getaway, get away, getaway A C D D7 A C D D It?s not the number of bridges that you violently burn

Pre-Chorus

G E7 It?s the fact that you can?t even feel
A C D The ship is sinking, oh yeah A C D The ship is sinking, oh yeah G The ship is sinking E7 A C D D Were all gonna be drinking the saltwater A C D D drinking the saltwater
Bridge A F Bm D x2

Verse 5:

A C D D7 It?s not the government A C D D It?s not the evil we represent A C D D7 A C D D It?s not the way we shake our heads and say ?What more can we do??

Verse 6:

A C D D It?s not the hope we killed A C D D7 It ain?t the holes we filled A C D D A C D D It certainly ain?t the trees or the leaves that pretty soon we are gonna have to stick on with glue

Pre-Chorus

G E7 It?s the fact that we can?t even feel
A C D The ship is sinking, oh yeah A C D The ship is sinking, oh yeah G The ship is thinking E7 A C D D Were all gonna be drinking the saltwater A C D D drinking the saltwater A C D D drinking the saltwater A C D D drinking the saltwater
Outro D C E A The ship is sinking

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