Tom: Fm
Ab Cm Db Dbm
Ooh, ooh
[Verse 1]
Ab Eb
Comparison's a game that always ends in tears
Fm
Or heavy hearts or wasted years
Eb
Whatever kills me first
Ab
And all the best parts of all the best things
Eb C
Is all I'd ever want to be
Fm Db Eb
Oh, mirrors and the skyscrapers they build
[Pre-Chorus]
Gm Ab Bb Ab Eb
Towering men to weigh my worth against
Bb
While I try to
Cm Eb7
[Chorus]
Ab Eb
Hold my breath underwater
Db Eb
Like the great oceanographers
Ab Eb
Hold my breath underwater
Db Dbm
And pray it's not a wasted effort
Fm Cm
Db Ab Fm
[Verse 2]
Ab Eb
And I envy you the things that scare you half to death
Fm
A job with no excitement left
Eb
Whatever kills you first
Ab (Fm)
And I'll bet your broken heart you saw it
Eb C
Coming for you just as I did
Fm Db Eb
Conversations and the doubts they build
[Chorus]
Ab Eb
Hold my breath underwater
Db Eb
Like the great oceanographers
Ab Eb
Hold my breath underwater
Db Dbm
And pray it's not a wasted effort
[Bridge]
Gm Fm
The chorus where I scream the title half a dozen times
Gm
I'm tired of this, I'm tired of this
Fm
I'm tiring of this
Cm
I'm tired of this, I'm tired of this
Db
I'm tiring of this
Eb C Ab
I'm sick of holding
[Chrous]
Ab Eb
My breath underwater
Db Eb
Like the great oceanographers
Ab Eb
Hold my breath underwater
Db Eb C
And pray it's not a wasted effort
Ab Eb
Hold my breath underwater
Db Eb
Like the great oceanographers
[Outro]
Fm Eb Ab Edim Fm Gm Ab F (Fm?) Bbm F
The ending where we try to work out where to stop
