Old 97's – Drowning In The Days (Guitar)

D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
Key
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Chords

Am6: 2-0-2-2-1-0
(It's played as a walk up to C)
[Intro]
C               G               Esus           Em
Da do dn da da, da do dn da da, da do dn da da da

C               G               Esus           Em
Da do dn da da, da do dn da da, da do dn da da da
[Verse]
C                 G                   Am        Am6
I've been reading books when no one's lookin'

C                          G             Am       Am6
I've been listenin' to the sirens in the night

C               G                 Am            Am6
Robert says I'm goin' straight to hell, yeah

C          G                 Am       Am6
If I hang around here I just might

        C                 G
And I'd like to take some medicine

    Am
And like to drink some wine

    C               G                Am
I'd like to wake up numb like all my friends

          C               G
There's a road to where I came from

        Am
It gets longer all the time

          C                 G
There's a road to where I'm goin'

         Am
It never ends

F
And my moon, it always sways

Fm
And my guitar always plays and plays
[Chorus]
G               C        G      Am
Drowning in the days, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

F               C        G      Am
Drowning in the days, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

F               C        G      Am
Drowning in the days, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

F               C        G      Am        F
Drowning in the days, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh
[Instrumental] C G Esus Em [Verse]
C                 G              Am           Am6
I've been writing fairy tales on postcards

C                G           Am      Am6
Writing down the story of my life

C             G               Am         Am6
Carrie says I make everything so hard

C               G                Am       Am6
Carrie says I'm difficult; she's right

        C                 G
And I'd like to take some medicine

    Am
I'd like to take you home

    C                G            Am
I'd like to get that woman off my mind

       C               G
Well I like your pouty lips

            Am
I like your pert little bones

        C                 G           Am
But I'm sleeping with the porcelain tonight

F
And my cloud, it always rains

Fm
Ken's feedback always fades
[Chorus]
G               C        G      Am
Drowning in the days, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

F               C        G      Am
Drowning in the days, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

F               C        G      Am
Drowning in the days, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

F               C        G      Am
Drowning in the days, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

F               C        G      Am
Drowning in the days, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

F               C        G      Am        F
Drowning in the days, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh
[Outro]
C               G               Esus           Em
Da do dn da da, da do dn da da, da do dn da da da