Sink or Swim
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"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*)
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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)
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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)