Song: Sinking and Swimming on Long Island
Artist: Bayside
Album: Killing Time
Tabbed By: Geoff Devlin	(guitarhead2000@gmail.com)

This is my first attempt at this. This is just the rhythm guitar part.

Tuning: Drop-D (DADGBe)

Intro x 4
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|----4-7-5-----4h5----4h5--------------------------|
D|--0---------44------55----------------------------|

Verse 1
D (xx0232@1)                       DThis (xx0232@1)place is dragging me down
   Bm (x24432@1)   F#m (244222@1)    G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1) EA (022100@1)hamster wheel, I thought I'd be done by now\
D (xx0232@1)                          DNow (xx0232@1)that all my allies are gone
  Bm (x24432@1)F#m (244222@1)G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1)          EI (022100@1)realize advancing could hold you back

Chorus
B (x2444x@1)  D (xx0232@1)   F#m (244222@1)    G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)    BMy (x2444x@1)good intentions just keep sliding by the wayside
G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)      F#m (244222@1)    G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)    C# (x43121@1)      DBut (xx0232@1)its high tide and they get washed away with time
      B (x2444x@1)          G (320003@1)         B (x2444x@1)          GUntil (320003@1)everything's gone, until everything's gone

Repeat Intro x2

Verse 2
D (xx0232@1)                                    DI (xx0232@1)was flying along the Long Island sound
       Bm (x24432@1)    F#m (244222@1)  G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)     EBut (022100@1)fine's polite I'd rather things more profound
D (xx0232@1)                                                DI've (xx0232@1)become a rock these days and I swim like one
             Bm (x24432@1)        F#m (244222@1)  G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)            EAlone (022100@1)again, barely      surviving       the   tidal wave

B (x2444x@1)  D (xx0232@1)    F#m (244222@1)   G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)    BMy (x2444x@1)good intentions just keep sliding by the wayside
G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)    F#m (244222@1)      G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)    C# (x43121@1)     DBut (xx0232@1)its high tide and they get washed away with time
        B (x2444x@1)        G (320003@1)         B (x2444x@1)          GUntil (320003@1)everything's gone, until everything's gone

F#m (244222@1)                 G (320003@1)           AI (x02220@1)swear, damn it all to hell, damn it all to hell

D (xx0232@1)              F#m (244222@1)      B (x2444x@1)          AI (x02220@1)think I finally found the way to go to heaven
        D (xx0232@1)               F#m (244222@1)        B (x2444x@1)              AWithout (x02220@1)dying,     so I'm on       my way
    E (022100@1)        F#m (244222@1)     G (320003@1)        AThe (x02220@1)harder you work, the harder you fall
    E (022100@1)         F#m (244222@1)    G (320003@1)        AYou (x02220@1)wake up one day with nothing at all

Chorus X2 MUTED

Chorus
B (x2444x@1)  D (xx0232@1)F#m (244222@1)      G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)    BMy (x2444x@1)good intentions just keep sliding by the wayside
G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)      F#m (244222@1)    G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)   C# (x43121@1)     DBut (xx0232@1)its high tide and they get washed away with time
      B (x2444x@1)          G (320003@1)         B (x2444x@1)          GUntil (320003@1)everything's gone, until everything's gone
      B (x2444x@1)          G (320003@1)         B (x2444x@1)          GUntil (320003@1)everything's gone, until everything's gone
  F#m (244222@1)                 G (320003@1)            
I swear, damn it all to hell