Tom: Em
G Em
Somewhere at the bottom of the ocean
C D
I am floating past the algae,
Gm G F#
The whale bones, so pretty,
D
But my body
D G
Still didn't make the grade,
D G
Still didn't make the grade.
[Verse 2]
G Em
Somewhere in the basement I once had
C D
A good idea but I can't find it.
G A#
My mind is drawing blanks
A# D
To fill the page,
D G
But I still won't make the grade,
C G
Still won't make the grade.
[Chorus 1]
A C Em D
I'm regaining patience
F Em B7 G
In the better half of man,
A C B
And the stories we'll remember
G
Are from a different hand.
Em E
[Verse 3]
G Em
Somewhere at the bottom of my brain
C D
I just don't care and I don't want to.
G A#
But I do, anyway...
A# D
Anyway, I
D G
Still won't make the grade,
D G
Still won't make the grade.
[Chorus 2]
A C Em D
I'm regaining patience
F Em B7 G
In the better half of man,
A C B
And the stories we'll remember
G
Are from a different hand.
[Verse 4]
G Em
Somewhere at the bottom of the ocean
C D
I am floating past the algae,
Gm G F#
The whale bones, so pretty,
D
But my body
D G
Still won't make the grade...
D G
Still won't make the grade...
D G
Still won't make the grade...
