Dawes – Roll Tide (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
   C                              G
I'm sad about the messages you're sending

    C                              Em
I'm sad about the shit we're doing wrong

    Am                          G         F
I'm sad about the never-ending love we're in

    C                   G             F
We keep pissing on the fire, but it keeps burning so strong

       Am                G                 F
Can we both just say "I love you," and get it on?
[Verse 2]
      C                         G
Your boy from Birmingham seems nice enough to me

      C                             Em
But unqualified for you, and your heavy vibe

            Am                                  G             F
He doesn't know the troubled story that he's written himself into

C                             G               F
He doesn't know he's just a place for you to hide

            Am                 G
You oughta tell him "Best of luck, man

     D7
Roll tide"
[Chorus 1]
      C       F 
Roll tide

             G         C              F
It can't be easier to swim, when the water's high

      C       F
Roll tide

      G                C             F
When what we want the most has us terrified

     Am      D7
Roll tide

       F                C            G
If we don't want to let go, then we have to fight

      C        F
Roll tide 

      C        F
Roll tide
[Verse 3]
      C                    G
I'm asking now for reconciliation

     C                             Em
I'm asking now for what we have to say

     Am                           G             F
I'm asking now for both of us to do a little changing

         C              G               F
I wanna dance with you forever, in this quantum cabaret

        Am            G              F
If we just allow ourselves, it'll be okay
[Verse 4]
   C                                      G
I close my eyes sometimes, now, when I'm driving

   C                                      Em 
To feel the lack of distance between our sides

   Am                                 G          F
To see the orange and purple glow of our two flames

   C              G              F
To take my weary self out for a ride

    Am                G
To tell myself, "Hang in, man

      D7
Roll tide"
[Chorus 2]
      C       F 
Roll tide

             G         C              F
It can't be easier to swim, when the water's high

      C       F
Roll tide

      G                C             F
When what we want the most has us terrified

     Am      D7
Roll tide

       F                C            G
If we don't want to let go, then we have to fight

       F            C           G
And if we can't let go, then we have to try

      C        F
Roll tide 

      C        F
Roll tide