BASTILLE /// THE CURRENTS
By Hanna M | instagram @wildworldpilots
NOTE: The rhythm changes from 4/4 to 3/4 in the pre-choruses
** Capo on 2nd fret**
[INTRO]
C Em D
C Em
[VERSE 1]
C
Roll up another cigarette
Em D
Using the minute that it takes
C Em D
To think about the power of your words
C
We're living in the currents you create
Em D
We're sinking in the pool of your mistakes
C Em
So stub it out, your podium awaits
[PRE-CHORUS]
C D G
Oh my God, my God
C D Em G
I can't quite believe my ears
[CHORUS]
G C
I'm swimming to the surface
D G
I'm coming up for air
G/F# Em C
Cause you're making me feel nervous
D G G/F#
I need to clear my head
Em C
I can't believe my ears
Am Em D
I don't wanna believe my ears
G C
I'm swimming to the surface
D G
I'm coming up for air
[VERSE 2]
C
How can you think you're serious?
Em D
Do you even know what year it is?
C Em D
I can't believe the scary points you make
C
Still living in the currents you create
Em D
Still sinking in the pool of your mistakes
C Em D
Won't you stop firing up the crazies?
[PRE-CHORUS]
C D G
Oh my God, my God
C D Em G
I can't quite believe my ears
[CHORUS]
G C
I'm swimming to the surface
D G
I'm coming up for air
G/F# Em C
Cause you're making me feel nervous
D G G/F#
I need to clear my head
Em C
I can't believe my ears
Am Em D
I don't wanna believe my ears
G C
I'm swimming to the surface
D G
I'm coming up for air
[BRIDGE]
G C
(When anybody preaches this unity tries to pit one of us against the other,)
G C
(you know that person seeks to rob us of our freedom and destroy our very lives)
G
Oh, I need a breath, I need a breath
C
Fill my lungs, let me fill my lungs
G
Oh, I need a breath, I need a breath
C
Fill my lungs, let me fill my lungs
G
Oh, I need a breath, I need a breath
C
Fill my lungs, let me fill my lungs
G
Oh, I need a breath, I need a breath
C
Fill my lungs, let me fill my lungs
[CHORUS]
G C
I'm swimming to the surface
D G
I'm coming up for air
G/F# Em C
Cause you're making me feel nervous
D G G/F#
I need to clear my head
Em C
I can't believe my ears
Am Em D
I don't wanna believe my ears
G C
I'm swimming to the surface
D G
I'm coming up for air