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A C D D
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[Verse 1]
A C D D
Its not the money you make
A C D D7
It’s not the promises you always break
A C D D7 A C D D
Its not the light of reason that you’ve got turned way down low
[Verse 2]
A C D
Its not the wife you cheated on
A C D D7
Its not the mistress you chose to lay you’re love upon
A C D A C D D
Its certainly not the children that you hardly know
[Pre-chorus]
G E7
It’s the fact that you can’t even feel
[Chorus]
A C D
The ship is sinking, oh yeah
A C D
The ship is sinking, oh yeah
G
The ship is thinking
E7
Were all gonna be drinking the saltwater
A C D D A C D D
drinking the saltwater
[Verse 3]
A C D D
Its not the wars you make
A C D D7
Its not the peace you fake
A C D D A C D D
It’s not the eye you close at the back you always see the turn
[Verse 4]
A C D D
Hey it ain’t the crime
A C D D
It ain’t the getaway, get away, getaway
A C D D7 A C D D
It’s not the number of bridges that you violently burn
[Pre-chorus]
G E7
It’s the fact that you can’t even feel
[Chorus]
A C D
The ship is sinking, oh yeah
A C D
The ship is sinking, oh yeah
G
The ship is sinking
E7 A C D D
Were all gonna be drinking the saltwater
A C D D
drinking the saltwater
[Bridge]
A F Bm D x2
[Verse 5]
A C D D7
It’s not the government
A C D D
It’s not the evil we represent
A C D D7 A C D D
It’s not the way we shake our heads and say “What more can we do?”
[Verse 6]
A C D D
It’s not the hope we killed
A C D D7
It ain’t the holes we filled
A C D D A C D D
It certainly ain’t the trees or the leaves that pretty soon we are gonna have to stick on with glue
[Pre-chorus]
G E7
It’s the fact that we can’t even feel
[Chorus]
A C D
The ship is sinking, oh yeah
A C D
The ship is sinking, oh yeah
G
The ship is thinking
E7 A C D D
Were all gonna be drinking the saltwater
A C D D
drinking the saltwater
A C D D
drinking the saltwater
A C D D
drinking the saltwater
[Outro]
D C E A
The ship is sinking
