La Dispute – First Reactions After Falling Through The Ice (Guitar)

        F
 I knew it was far too late to

 Am
 Walk out on the lake then

 Em
 Halfway-to-the-middle thawed

 C              Em       F
 I wasn't doing all that great

[F]
 Had I cut my hair short?

Am                        Em
 Had I grown my beard out long?

[Em]
 Had I gone to school or...?

C              Em         Am
 Why do all my plans fall through?

Am
 There's a leak in the basement

[Am]
 Stupid permanent estrangement

[Am]
 Casement windows need glazing

[Am]
 Hinges and arms need be replaced

F
 All the way at the edge

   Am
 I said, "I think that we should head back.

Em
 What if now the ice cracked?

C                  Em
 I think I felt it bend"

F
 We took opposite steps

Am
 Tried to even the stress

Em
 Picked a safe direction but

     C                      Em
 You never know the way the ice thins

Dm
 Half-asleep in dreams where

C
 Ceilings start collapsing

Am
 Free fall through the roof beams

   Dm
 Before you hit the pavement

C
 Floor of the foundation

Am
 Water in the basement

        F
 "Don't panic," I could hear you

 Am
 Saying as I fell through

Em                  C
 Blackness complete down

                 Em           F
 Waiting till my feet touched ground

[F]
 At the bottom, they finally did

Am
 First reaction was, "This is it"

Em                            C
 Next thought was, "Just stay calm,

              Em        Dm
 Kick up, and save your phone"

Dm                             F
 'Cause I wanted to tell you...

Em
 And I thought you should know...

Dm
 Because I thought it might scare you

F
 To see me under the ice

Am
 Make you remember you cared for me

[Am]
 What would you do if I died?

Dm
 Would you fly out for my funeral?

C
 Get too drunk at my wake?

Am
 Would you make a scene, then

[Am]                             F
 Climb in and try to resuscitate me?

F            Am
I was on the ice and

C          Dm
I was underwater

F
 I was getting pulled out

[F]
 I was in my wet clothes

Dm
 Stumble on the walk back

[Dm]                        Am
 Someone stoked the fire at camp

[Am]
 I was by the flames

[Am]
 Trying to get my body warm

Dm
 I was standing naked

[Dm]                               [Dm]
 Checking to see if my phone still worked

[Dm]
 I will cut my hair short

[Dm]
 Trust me

   Am
 I will; I will let my beard go

[Am]
 Trust me

   C
 I will; I will never tempt fate

[C]
 Not once

   G
 I swear, I will never trust ice

[G]           G7      Am
 I will never trust a thing