The Spill Canvas
The Tide
One Fell Swoop
2005
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: A
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
F#m - 244222
E - 022100
D - xx0232
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
E/G# - 476xxx
Intro: F#m--E-D- x2
Intro:
F#mAnd (244222@1)there's three
Ecount (022100@1)them three
DChildren (xx0232@1)playing
F#mon (244222@1)the beach
They were eager to learn
E (022100@1) D--
To be taught and to teach
Verse 1:
F#mThere's (244222@1)Veronica
She's biting her lip
EAs (022100@1)she watches the waves
Dturn (xx0232@1)white at the tip
F#mAnd (244222@1)there's Vada
Radiating with joy,
EAnd (022100@1)luckily she still can't
D (xx0232@1) D--
stand the sight of a boy
F#mAnd (244222@1)lastly there's Dade
His hair dances in the wind
E (022100@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)he's wondering what love is
F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
And why it has to end
Chorus 1:
E (022100@1) F#mAnd (244222@1)he can't understand
D (xx0232@1) AHow (x02220@1)everyone goes on breathing
E/G# (143121@4) Dwhen (xx0232@1)true love ends
His mother whispers quietly
F#mHeaven's (244222@1)not a place that
you go when you die
C#mIt's (x13321@4)that moment in life
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) Dwhen (xx0232@1)you actually feel alive
C#mSo (x13321@4)live for the moment
F#mAnd (244222@1)take this advice
live by every word
C#m (x13321@4) ALove (x02220@1)is just a hoax so forget
E (022100@1) Danything (xx0232@1)that you have heard
C#m (x13321@4) F#m--E-D--D--D--D--
And live for the moment now
Post Chorus:
F#m (244222@1) EAnd (022100@1)there's three count them three
D (xx0232@1) F#mChildren (244222@1)growing on the beach
They were eager to learn
E (022100@1) D--
To be taught and to teach
Verse 2:
F#mThere's (244222@1)Veronica
She's licking her lips
EAs (022100@1)she waits for her real
Dfirst (xx0232@1)passionate kiss
F#mAnd (244222@1)there's Vada
She can't admit her jealousy
E (022100@1) DOf (xx0232@1)her sister Veronica and how
she's so pretty (And how
D--
she's so pretty)
F#mLastly (244222@1)there's Dade
Still sitting on the dock
EHe (022100@1)ponders his life and
Dhe (xx0232@1)skips his rocks
F#mAnd (244222@1)he wonders when his
father will return
E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) But he's not coming back
Chorus 2:
E (022100@1) F#mAnd (244222@1)he can't understand
D (xx0232@1) AHow (x02220@1)everyone goes on breathing
E/G# (143121@4) Dwhen (xx0232@1)true love ends
His mother whispers quietly
F#mHeaven's (244222@1)not a place that
you go when you die
C#mIt's (x13321@4)that moment in life
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) Dwhen (xx0232@1)you actually feel alive
C#mSo (x13321@4)live for the moment
F#mAnd (244222@1)take this advice
live by every word
C#m (x13321@4) ALove (x02220@1)is just a hoax so forget
E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) C#manything (x13321@4)that you have heard
Interlude: F#m--E-D-- x2
forget everything
F#m (244222@1) EAnd (022100@1)there's three count them three
D (xx0232@1) F#mChildren (244222@1)missing on the beach
They were eager to learn
E (022100@1) D--
To be taught and to teach
Verse 3:
F#mBut (244222@1)the sad thing
Is that they never lived
Epassed (022100@1)the age of fifteen
D (xx0232@1) F#mDue (244222@1)to neglect from their mother
Who was bed ridden by
E (022100@1) D--
her ex-lover their father
F#mShe (244222@1)didn't even notice
or pay much attention
EAs (022100@1)the tide came in and swept
Dher (xx0232@1)three into the ocean
F#mNow (244222@1)all her advice
E (022100@1) D--
it seems useless
Chorus 3:
F#mNo, (244222@1)Heaven's not a place that
you go when you die
C#mIt's (x13321@4)that moment in life
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) Dwhen (xx0232@1)you actually feel alive
C#mSo (x13321@4)live for the moment
F#mAnd (244222@1)take this advice
live by every word
C#m (x13321@4) ALove's (x02220@1)completely real so forget
E (022100@1) Danything (xx0232@1)that you have heard
C#m (x13321@4) F#m(hold)
And live for the moment now
