All Time Low – Tread Water (Guitar)

Capo 1
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Chords

[Intro]
F   Am                G      (Em)
How long can we tread water?

F   Am                G
How long can we stay afloat?
F Am G F Am G [Verse 1]
F                   Am
You loved me like a broken record

G
Skipping through your favorite verse

F                    Am
You're dancing on to something better

G
With somebody that knows your worth
[Bridge]
F    Am          G
I'm, I'm just an echo

      F    Am         G
Yeah, I'm, I'm just a wave crashing
[Chorus]
F   Am                G      (Em)
How long can we tread water?

F   Am                G
How long can we stay 'float?

F   Am                    G               (Em)
You wanna swim, you gotta learn to let go

              F           Am                G
'Cause if you hold me any longer, yeah, you know

                      F Am G
We'll sink like a stone
[Verse 2]
F                Am
I never meant to break that promise

G
I never meant to let you down

F                      Am
You thought that I was something different

G
It's funny how it all played out, yeah
[Bridge]
F  Am         G
I, I was your lifeboat

    F    Am            G
But I capsized in your waves, crashing
[Chorus]
F   Am                G      (Em)
How long can we tread water?
(How long, how long?)
F   Am                G
How long can we stay 'float?
(How long, how long?)
F   Am                    G               (Em)
You wanna swim, you gotta learn to let go

              F           Am                G
'Cause if you hold me any longer, yeah, you know

                       Am
We'll sink like a stone
[Bridge]
                               G
Now nothing I can say is gonna change the way it was

G                            C
The tide can't wash away the memory of us

Am                                G
And while the search and rescue's circling above

    F
I'd give you the last breath of air from my lungs

F   Am                G      (Em)
How long can we tread water?

F   Am                G
How long can we stay afloat?
[Outro]
F   Am                    G               (Em)
You wanna swim, you gotta learn to let go

              F           Am                G
'Cause if you hold me any longer, yeah, you know

              F           Am                G
'Cause if you hold me any longer, yeah, you know

                       F Am G
We'll sink like a stone

                       F Am G
We'll sink like a stone