*** tab from www.waterdeep.net *** ---------------------------------- "Sink or Swim" by Lori Chaffer (Waterdeep) From the album "Sink or Swim" Copyright 1997 Hey Ruth Music transcribed by Chords: X32010 C (intro) - X35553 C (verse) - X33211 F* - 133211 F - 113331 Bb - 320033 G - 355433 G4 - + 022100 E - X02210 Am - XX0232 D - +(Note: this is not the correct name for this chord, but it'll do for this song.) *(Extra Note: Always be listening for a hammering on and off "pattern" with this chord: F*) ------------------------------------------------------- Intro riff: C (strum once, then hammer on and then quickly pull off on the 2nd fret on the fourth string) F Bb F* (hammer on and pull off a couple times on the 2nd fret on the third string) ------------------------------------------------------- Intro riff (without words) 2x (Intro) -riff- Will you hold my hand? -riff- Do I have to stand -riff- in this world all alone -riff- where it's icy cold G and all the people chime in G "You've got to sink or swim"? (pre-verse) CFBF (Verse 1) C F Bb F Where there's rain there's drought, C F Bb F So I'll confess my doubts. C F Bb F Where there's threshing of the fields C F Bb F something's bound to yield. (Chorus 1) G4 And all the people cry out, F they feel they're about to drown E Am on the ocean floor D F* E G but I know there's more C F Bb F (2x) (Verse 2) C F Bb F I know You understand C F Bb F what it's like to me man C F Bb F Sometimes I forget You're near C F Bb F Sometimes I forget you hear (Chorus 2) G4 The way the raindrops fall, F the sound of the wind as it calls, E Am and every breath I breathe D F* and song I don't sing. (Intro riff 4x)