Capo on 3rd Fret
[Verse 1]
Em G C
You worship the sun and you’re aching for change
D Em
But you keep starving your heart
Em
You used to have sisters
G
You don’t anymore
C D
You worship the sun…
N.C G C D
But you keep feeding the dark
[Verse 2]
Em
And I'm out in the yard
D C D
With my son and daughter
Em G C
And the sky is all black and I think we should start running…..
G
Running from the water
Em
And everybody’s yelling
Em
Yelling that they’re coming
C
But I don’t see a single soul
Em
They’re all so busy yelling
Em
Not one of them is hearing
C
The hissing from the bottom of the boat
[Pre Chorus]
D
I got some feelings up my sleeve
D
I got a compass in my arm
C
I got a needle in my heart
Em
It’s gonna tell us where we are
[Chorus]
C
South by south west
D Em
Two miles from town
G C
I can’t get out
D Em
I can’t look down
Em
If you can hear
C
If you’re around
C
I’m over here
C
I’m over here
Am Em C
I’m watching everyone I love
D Em G C D
Drowning in the sound
[Verse 3]
Em
You worship the sun
C
But the moons in the way
D
So get your armaments out
Em
She’s always looking for trouble
Em
She’s gonna get what’s been coming to her
C D
She’s switching the tide and we can’t have that shit around
Em
The television they’re blaring out the warning
Em
That our natural state is drowning
C
That our natural state is burning
[Pre Chorus]
C
And you’re trying to help
D
And you’re clicking for change
D
And you’re calling it out
C
And you’re adding your name
C
And you’re marching for peace
D
But you’re lynching the bitch
D
That got up in your face
C
How else they gonna to take you seriously?
[Chorus]
Em G
South by south west
C D
Two miles from town
Em
I can’t get out
C D Em
I can’t look down
Em
If you can hear
G
If you’re around
C
I’m over here
C
I’m over here
C
I’m watching
Am C D
Everyone I love
N.C Em G C D
Drowning in the sound
[Instrumental]
Em G C
[Verse 4]
Am
And your body is a temple
Am
But the temple is a prison
C
And the prison’s overcrowded
C
And they know about the flooding
A
And the body politic is getting sicker by the minute
C
And the media’s not fake
D
It’s just very
N.C
Inconvenient
[Instrumental]
Em G C D X2
[Bridge]
Em
Do you ever feel that this should be officially the end?
Em
And that you should be the one to do the ending but you can’t?
Em
And do you ever feel that everyone is slowly letting go
Em
Do you ever feel that…incredibly alone?
[Verse 5]
Em
And they’re saying not to panic
Em
And it’s like a broken record
C
Not like anybody know what that is
Em
And they’re saying that they’ll manage
Em
It's the hottest one on record
C
And they’re saying that it’s just the way it is
D
And now I can taste it coming
D
I can taste it with my tongue
C
And my children are so heavy
Em
But I pick them up and run
D
And I know I’ll have to swim soon
D
When the water gets too high
C
I’ll keep on holding them above me
C
I'll keep on holding them and crying
[Chorus]
Em G
South by south west
C D
Two miles from town
Em
I can’t get out
C D Em
I can’t look down
Em
If you can hear
G
If you’re around
C
I’m over here
C
I’m over here
C
I’m watching
Am C
Everyone I love
A C
Everyone I love
A Em C D
Everyone I love
N.C Em G C D
Drowning in the sound
[Instrumental]
Em D C D
[Outro]
Em C
You worship the sun and you’re aching for change
D Em
But you keep starving your heart
Em
You used to have sisters
C
You don’t anymore
D
You worship the sun…
N.C
But you keep feeding the dark