Can't Swim

Winter Of Cicada

Can't Swim


Tom: E

  E
I made some plans

And wrote them down

For both of us
        A
They're in a book

Beneath my bed

With a photo on the front
    E
The pages read

Of things we'd see

The ones you wanted most
    A
I'd take you to the places that

I always said we'd go


[Pre-Chorus]
Fm
   And how can I be sure it gets better?
Fm
   I've written every word, every letter


[Chorus]
C#m                   E
   I just want to be wherever you are
                  A
Sure I can be whatever you want
                      E
I know it's harder to give than to get

You get what you give

And that's it
Fm                    A                    E
   I just want to be,   I just want to be


[Verse 2]
  E
A kid I was

A teenager

A foolish one
    A
The polo shirt

I'd always wear

You begged me to rip up
    E
You pierced my nose

I shaved your head

You came to all my shows
    A
And everyone would always say

"Don't ever let her go"


[Pre-Chorus]
Fm
   And how can I be sure it gets better?
Fm
   I've written every word, every letter


[Chorus]
C#m                       E
   I just want to be wherever you are
                  A
Sure I can be whatever you want
                      E
I know it's harder to give than to get

You get what you give

And that's it


[Bridge]
C#m
   You just need me
    E
But I wasn't there
               A
I know I never treated you fair

And how much longer
E
Will I regret

Taking the bet

That you'd quit?
Fm
   I just want to be
   A
So rip me apart

And put me right back

How you want
Fm
   You just needed me
A                     E
   You just needed me


[Outro]
                 C#m
So how can I maintain?
              A
You occupy my brain

But still I wait for you
                        E
It's the best that I can do
                    C#m
So dress me head to toe
                   A
Prepare me for the cold
                   A
The longest winter yet
                E   C#m   A   A
Forever in regret

                E   C#m   A   A
Forever in regret
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