Bastille – The Currents (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Chords

By Hanna M | instagram @wildworldpilots NOTE: The rhythm changes from 4/4 to 3/4 in the pre-choruses [INTRO] C Em D C Em [VERSE 1]
C
  Roll up another cigarette

Em                  D
  Using the minute that it takes

C                                   Em    D  
  To think about the power of your words

                       C
  We're living in the currents you create

                        Em              D
  We're sinking in the pool of your mistakes

C                               Em    
  So stub it out, your podium awaits
[PRE-CHORUS]
C      D       G
Oh my God, my God

C         D      Em       G
I can't quite believe my ears
[CHORUS]
      G              C
I'm swimming to the surface

     D             G
I'm coming up for air

G/F#          Em             C
Cause you're making me feel nervous

   D                G    G/F#
I need to clear my head

Em         C
I can't believe my ears

Am               Em       D
I don't wanna believe my ears

      G              C
I'm swimming to the surface

     D             G
I'm coming up for air
[VERSE 2]
C
  How can you think you're serious?

Em                       D
  Do you even know what year it is?

C                                       Em   D
  I can't believe the scary points you make

                       C
  Still living in the currents you create

                        Em              D
  Still sinking in the pool of your mistakes

C                                Em  D
  Won't you stop firing up the crazies?
[PRE-CHORUS]
C      D       G
Oh my God, my God

C         D      Em       G
I can't quite believe my ears
[CHORUS]
      G              C
I'm swimming to the surface

     D             G
I'm coming up for air

G/F#          Em             C
Cause you're making me feel nervous

   D                G    G/F#
I need to clear my head

Em         C
I can't believe my ears

Am               Em       D
I don't wanna believe my ears

      G              C
I'm swimming to the surface

     D             G
I'm coming up for air
[BRIDGE]
G                                   C
 (When anybody preaches this unity tries to pit one of us against the other,)

G                                          C                   
 (you know that person seeks to rob us of our freedom and destroy our very lives)

G
Oh, I need a breath, I need a breath

C
Fill my lungs, let me fill my lungs

G
Oh, I need a breath, I need a breath

C
Fill my lungs, let me fill my lungs

G
Oh, I need a breath, I need a breath

C
Fill my lungs, let me fill my lungs

G
Oh, I need a breath, I need a breath

C
Fill my lungs, let me fill my lungs
[CHORUS]
      G              C
I'm swimming to the surface

     D             G
I'm coming up for air

G/F#          Em             C
Cause you're making me feel nervous

   D                G    G/F#
I need to clear my head

Em         C
I can't believe my ears

Am               Em       D
I don't wanna believe my ears

      G              C
I'm swimming to the surface

     D             G
I'm coming up for air