"The Drowning" by Christian Death
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transcribed by Brenn Combs (brenn@iglou.com)


Intro: 
G / slide/ G#
G / slide/ G#

G
Up for three days
G                     G#
Up for three days
G#
Down under ground for six more
G                                             G#
Incisions cannot penetrate my feet
G#                                                   G
tripping, gliding, falling numbly
G                                                     G#
hands held together with unwanted skin
G#                                                 G
ripping, hiding, calling dumbly
       G#
Oh..oh..oh..

G 
You, in houses of mud
F              Eb
You, in gutters sleep - love
G                                                   F   
You, born to slaughter - swathed gloves
         Eb                               D
You dressing daughters and sons.
F                          Eb              G
Like you - I am broken and fragile
       F                 Eb                               D
Like you - I am tasting my heart for the first
time
        Eb
Like you I am feeding on slumber
        D                                                      Eb
Like you - I've left my eyes far behind me
Eb                                        D
Down for the count and still drowning
              Eb
and still drowning




D
Sleep, the eighth day
D#
Sleep, the eight day
D                                          D#
Clawed my way back to the first
G                                                 G#
No gentle fingers collapse on my eyes
G#
Weeping, prying, struggling blindly
G                                            G#
There's no sanity standing me back on my
feet


G
I'm in an empty room
F                  Eb
I'm burning books for you
G
I'm lost in bed with you
F                      Eb                              D
Breaking these mirrors to end all I've seen


F                       Eb              G
Like you - I am broken and fragile
F                         Eb                              D
Like you - I am tasting my heart for the first
time
Eb
Like you I am feeding on slumber
         D                                                    Eb
Like you - I've left my eyes far behind me
                                             D
Down for the count and still drowning
                 Eb              D
and still drowning 
                  Eb             D(hit once and fade).
and still drowning