• Song:

    Boiled Frogs

  • Artist:

    City And Colour

Dallas did an acoustic rendition of Boiled Frogs for LiVE@theVerge

Em9  990700
G6   550000
G6/9 557700
G13  454000
D5   007700
Em   222000
A5   777000

Drop D

Em9Old (022032@1)man sits at his desk
One year from retirement,
G6And (320000@1)he's up for review
Not quite sure what to do
D5Each (xx023x@1)passing year
The workload grows

Em9 (022032@1)               D5 (xx023x@1)        G6/9 (322233@1)          G13 (3x3200@1) EmI'm (022000@1)always wishing, I'm always wishing too late
Em9For (022032@1)things to come my way
D5 (xx023x@1)                  G6/9 (322233@1) G13 (3x3200@1)Em (022000@1) A5It (x022xx@1)always ends up the same
Em9 (022032@1)                D5 (xx023x@1)                 G13 (3x3200@1)  EmI (022000@1)must be missing, I must be missing the point
Em9 (022032@1)                  D5 (xx023x@1)         G6/9 (322233@1)         G13 (3x3200@1) Em (022000@1) A5Your (x022xx@1)signal fades away and all I'm left with is noise


G6 (320000@1)                               Em9So (022032@1)wait up, I'm not sleeping alone again tonight
                    G6 (320000@1)                                 Em9There's (022032@1)so much to dream about, there must be more to my life


Em9Poor (022032@1)little tin man still swinging his axe,
G6 (320000@1)              D5Even (xx023x@1)though his joints are clogged with rust
Em9 (022032@1)                  D5 (xx023x@1)My youth is slipping, my youth is slipping away
Em9 (022032@1)                D5 (xx023x@1)    G6/9Safe (322233@1)in monotony, (so safe), day after day
Em9 (022032@1)                  D5 (xx023x@1)        G6/9 (322233@1)    G13 (3x3200@1) EmMy (022000@1)youth is slipping, my youth is slipping away
Em9 (022032@1)                            D5 (xx023x@1)              G6/9 (322233@1)          G13 (3x3200@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em  A5Cold (x022xx@1)wind blows off the lake, and I know for sure that it's too late


G6 (320000@1)                                     Em9So (022032@1)wait up, I'm not sleeping alone again tonight
                    G6 (320000@1)                                  Em9There's (022032@1)so much to dream about, there must be more to my life


G6 (320000@1)                                     Em9So (022032@1)wait up, I'm not sleeping alone again tonight
                    G6 (320000@1)                                  Em9There's (022032@1)so much to dream about, there must be more to my life
                  G6 (320000@1)                                     Em9Between (022032@1)the light and shallow waves is where I'm going to die
    G6 (320000@1)   A5 (x022xx@1) Em9So, (022032@1)wait up for me   (x3)

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