E F#m Bm A E A B Bm
E F#m E D Bm F#m Bm F#m D Bm F#m

[Verse]
      Bm               F#m             Bm
Safe in the arms that hold your every move
             F#           G
They've been waiting here for you
       F#m                  F#       
You've been weighing down the time
  Bm                       F#m           
And in a place they're trying to forget
      Bm            F#
And in a face they grow to regret
B  A  G#m
They pull down
G                 F#
They pull down the shades.

[Verse]
Bm      
Crawling
F#            Bm
Oh, they're crawling.
F#m                             Bm    
Can you save them, now they're crawling?
          A                 G#m
WIll you catch them if they're falling?
        G                    F#
Do you hear them when they're calling?

[Chorus]
G
And the water down here
Em                        Bm
Swells with the seeds of decay
             F#m
Through the years.
        G
And the sins of our fathers
          Em                    Bm
Swept our love for each other away
       F#m
In the tide
       F#
In the tide
       F#
In the tide of tears.

[Interlude]
Bm F#m G (x3)
A

[Verse]
  Bm                        A       F#m
Snakes in suits conduct their interviews
Bm             A         F#m
Bodies floating down the avenue
Bm              A
And it's our sickness,
G#m                       F#
And it's our sickness to blame.

[Verse]
       Bm      A    F#m
Ain't no party blue or red
         Bm       A      F#m
Where innocence for naught is shed
Bm      A
And it's our choices
G#m           G           F#
And it's our voices to be heard

[Verse]
Bm
Drowning
F#m       Bm
Oh, they're drowning
F#m                    Bm
And the good Lord is frowning,
A                       G#m
And the dark clouds are surrounding,
G         F#
We must decide.

[Chorus]
G
And the water down here
Em                         Bm
Swells with the seeds of decay
             F#
Through the years.
      G
And the sins of our fathers
          Em              Bm
Swept our love for each other away
       F#
In the tide
       F#
In the tide
       F#
In the tide
        Bm
Tide of tears, now
        Em
Tide of tears, now
        F#
In the tide
 G F#m
In the tide
Bm
Oh yeah.

[Solo]
Bm
Bm
E Em E Em
F#m
G F#m
A B

Bm
Em
F#m
G F#m
Em Bm

Bm B
E
Em F#m
G F#m
F#m
G F#m

F#m  Bm A
Bm

[Verse]
Bm                       A    F#m
While in this life there's hope for change
Bm              A              F#m  
And as a culture now got to rearrange,
G          A               F#m
Ain't no blind eye left to turn.
Bm
Lying
F#m          Bm
Oh, they're lying
                   Bm
And the children keep dying
A                   G#m
And the mothers are crying
G                           F#
Don't you know we should be trying.

[Chorus]

And the water down here
Em                         Bm
Swells with the seeds of decay
            F#
Through the years.
       G
And the sins of our fathers
        Em               Bm
Swept our love for each other away
       F#
In the tide
       F#
In the tide
       F#
In the tide
       F#
In the tide
    Bm
of tears.