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Drowned Tab

by Tim Minchin


Capo on the second fret

Intro: 

                                 
Your love is like finger nails on a chalkboard
                                   
Your love is like throwing myself overboard
                
A breakdown on a motorway
               
A heart attack on Christmas day

Like scaling a cliff then falling off

Like trying not to cough

                                          
And I didn’t see this one coming, now I’m in too deep
                                     
I didn’t see this one coming, now I’m in too deep
                               
I think I’ll just keep swimming down, down, down
                              
There’s no point in trying to turn back now

           
I’m drowned
           
I’m drowned

                             
Your love is like sand inside a bathing suit
                             
Your love is a symphony with the sound on mute
                 
A letter to the wrong address
               
Or red wine on a wedding dress

Like broken bones in my playing hand

Like trying to swallow sand


                                          
And I didn’t see this one coming, now I’m in too deep
                                     
I didn’t see this one coming, now I’m in too deep
                               
I think I’ll just keep swimming down, down, down
                              
There’s no point in trying to reach dry ground

           
I’m drowned
           
I’m drowned

                                              
Your love is like one last breath of salty air
                                  
Your love is like a map that leads to nowhere
                    
A wine glass on a concrete floor
             
The overuse of metaphor

The straight ahead in a sideways glance

Like the misstep in a dance


                                          
And I didn’t see this one coming, now I’m in too deep
                                     
I didn’t see this one coming, now I’m in too deep
                               
I think I’ll just keep swimming down
                         
There’s no point in turning 'round

           
I’m drowned
           
I’m drowned