• Song:

    Words In The Water

  • Artist:

    Thrice

  • Album:

    Anthology

Thrice
Words In The Water
Major Minor
2011
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: B

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Abm     466444
F# (244322@1)    244322
E (022100@1)     022100
C#m     x46654
B/D#    x698xx
Ebm     x68876
B (x2444x@1)     x24442
F#/Bb   x143xx

Intro: B   x4

Abm F# E   x4

Verse 1:
Abm (133111@4)      F# (244322@1)          E (022100@1)  Standing  knee deep in cold water
              Abm (133111@4)     F#swiftly (244322@1)moving   somehow  I 
                  Eknew (022100@1)I'd lost something

Interlude: Abm F# E   x2

Verse 2:
Abm (133111@4)    F# (244322@1)          E (022100@1)  Wading  waist deep I saw a book there in 
         Abm (133111@4)     F# (244322@1)                Ethe (022100@1)river   waiting  for me to find it there
Abm (133111@4)     F# (244322@1)        E (022100@1)  I tried  to read it neck deep treading water
Abm (133111@4)          F# (244322@1)                  E (022100@1)  but the tide  it pulled me out to sea

Chorus 1: 
          EThen (022100@1)with water in my eyes the words 
                         Abmbegan (133111@4)to rise from their place
          EThey (022100@1)were beautiful and dread
                                   AbmI (133111@4)reached for them and fed on each phrase
          C#mThey (x13321@4)were honey on my lips but 
              B/D# (x2544x@1)      Ethen (022100@1)a bitter twist in my side
              C#mI (x13321@4)knew they'd lay me in my grave 
                         B/D#(hold)  E"Is (022100@1)there no one who can save me?" I cried

Post Chorus: Abm F# E   x2

Verse 3:
Abm (133111@4)     B (x2444x@1)  Sinking down deep 
       Ebmthrough (xx4342@1)  cold water
C#m (x13321@4)           Abm (133111@4)  heavy silence   shadows 
F# (244322@1)        Ebm (xx4342@1)  F# (244322@1) E (022100@1)  stirring in the gloom
Abm (133111@4)         F# (244322@1)  What things  that lay 
 Ebm (xx4342@1)  E (022100@1)       C#msleeping (x13321@4)down deep   in 
            Abmthe (133111@4)darkness   woke then 
F# (244322@1)         Ebm (xx4342@1)   F# (244322@1) E (022100@1) to find me in that tomb?

Chorus 2:
          EThen (022100@1)with water in my eyes the words 
                         Abmbegan (133111@4)to rise from their place
          EThey (022100@1)were beautiful and dread
                                   AbmI (133111@4)reached for them and fed on each phrase
          C#mThey (x13321@4)were honey on my lips but 
              B/D# (x2544x@1)      Ethen (022100@1)a bitter twist in my side
              C#mI (x13321@4)knew they'd lay me in my grave 
                         B/D#(hold)  E (022100@1)  F#"Is (244322@1)there no one who can save me?" I cried

Bridge:
           BAnd (x2444x@1)when I lost all hope to look
        F#/Bb
someone took that heavy 
             Ebook (022100@1)from my hands all 
    Bits (x2444x@1)weight they set aside after 
Ebm (xx4342@1)         F# (244322@1)       Ethey (022100@1)had satisfied its demands
       AbmI (133111@4)felt white and black reverse
        F# (244322@1)      B (x2444x@1)           Eand (022100@1)the lifting a curse from my heart
          AbmThen (133111@4)like one receiving sight
    F# (244322@1)             Ebm (xx4342@1)        E (022100@1) F#I (244322@1)beheld a brilliant light in the dark

Outro: Abm  F# B E   x3, Abm  F# Ebm E(hold)
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