Finger Eleven – Suffocate (Guitar)

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[Intro] A# C# D#m A# C# D#m A# [Verse 1]
C# D#m  A#
Talk to me

A#       C#       D#m
Can you listen to me now

A#  C#       D#m
Do you understand

A#       C# D#m
Can you identify?

A#  C#              D#   A# C#            D#m
But it's as if you seem to make a small effort

A#       C#          D#m
But you bend you're bending my mind

A#   C#  D#m       A#           A#  B    C#  Dm
And you try, and you try, I can see you try and
[Pre-chorus]
D#m    B
Suffocate

    D#m     B
And smother me

D#m        B          A#   Dm
Covered so I can't breathe
[Chorus]
D#m       F#
(We) When we collapse

C#            A#     Dm
(Fall) Our weakened hands

D#m            F#        C#    A#  Dm
(Down) Fall together at once abandoned

D#m          F#
(We)They'll force you down

C#           A#      Dm
(Fall) and strap you in

D#m    F#      C#        A#    Dm
(Down) now we agree and understand
[Verse 2]
A#  C#     D#m
    Speak slowly

A#           C#      D#m
   You gotta get it all out now

A# C#        D#m
   What are you saying?
N.C. Just remember we will always be here
A#           C#            D#m
Just in case you have been waiting

A#      C#    D#m    A#          C#       D#m
Waiting  to show us something or give us some sign

A#    A# B      C#  Dm
   As if you're gonna
[Pre-chorus]
D#m    B     D#m   B
Suffocate or smothering

 D#m       B             A#  Dm
Covered so you can't breathe
[Chorus]
D#m       F#
(We) When we collapse

C#            A#     Dm
(Fall) Our weakened hands

D#m            F#        C#    A#  Dm
(Down) Fall together at once abandoned

D#m          F#
(We)They'll force you down

C#           A#      Dm
(Fall) and strap you in

D#m    F#      C#        A#    Dm
(Down) now we agree and understand
[Bridge]
B
Gently lure your submission

G#m
All the while suspicion

D#m
Grows

C#
Oh

B
So be sick of listening

   G#m
To senile old and staggering

A#
Naive youth

A#   B  C  C# Dm
Pick us up when
[Chorus]
D#m       F#
(We) When we collapse

C#            A#     Dm
(Fall) Our weakened hands

D#m            F#        C#    A#  Dm
(Down) Fall together at once abandoned

D#m          F#
(We)They'll force you down

C#           A#      Dm
(Fall) and strap you in

D#m    F#      C#        A#    Dm
(Down) now we agree and understand

D#m       F#
(We) When we collapse

C#            A#     Dm
(Fall) Our weakened hands

D#m            F#        C#    A#  Dm
(Down) Fall together at once abandoned

D#m          F#
(We)They'll force you down

C#           A#      Dm
(Fall) and strap you in

D#m    F#      C#        A#    Dm
(Down) now we agree and understa-

D#m    F#      C#        A#    Dm
-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand

D#m    F#         C#      A#   Dm    D#m
        Now we agree and understand