• Song:

    In Shallow Seas We Sail

  • Artist:

    Emery

  • Album:

    10 Years

This is one of my favorite songs and it wasn't on here so I went ahead and transcribed 
A really interesting fact worth noting is that this song is in standard tuning while most 
their other songs are a half-step down.

Tabbed by: David Myers
Email: david.d.myers(at)gmail.com

Feedback is welcome!

Chords Used:
   F5  G#5 C#5 A#5 G5  C5  D#5 E5  F#5
e|-X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X--|
B|-X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X--|
G|-X---X---6---3---X---5---8---9---X--|
D|-3---6---6---3---5---5---8---9---4--|
A|-3---6---4---1---5---3---6---7---4--|
E|-1---4---X---X---3---X---X---X---2--|

Verse 1:
F5                G#5                                     C#5             A#5
I got eyes in the back of my head and I, see where you're going with this I'm not surprised
F5                G#5                               C#5                          A#5
You take me for a fool, maybe you're right If I was wiser I would not have let myself 
here tonight


Chorus:
C#5
You sold yourself, you'll never learn
(You sold yourself...)
A#5                    F5     G#5
Here I am watching the summer fading out
                  (The summer we shared fade away with the winter)
C#5                             A#5
Your hands were warm on my face. Now they're cold, pushing away
(Your hands were warm now...)
F5     G#5
Slowly now
(F5                           G#5               A#5)
(Colder than ice and they are slowly pushing me away)
           G5
Pushing me away


Verse 2:
F5           G#5                          C#5
I knew it (I knew it) right from the start
              A#5                  F5
I've got this big, big hole in my heart
           G#5                   C#5
I wanted (I wanted) to put you in
             A#5                          C#5 C5
But for some reason you just wouldn't fit        You just wouldn't fit


Chrous:
C#5
You sold yourself, You'll never learn
(You sold yourself...)
A#5                    F5     G#5
Here I am watching the summer fading
                  (The summer we shared fade away with the winter)
C#5                              A#5
Your hands were warm on my face. Now they're cold, pushing away
(Your hands were warm now...)
F5     G#5 A#5
Slowly now Pushing me away
(F5                           G#5               A#5
(Colder than ice and they are slowly pushing me away)
C#5                         D#5  E5
pushing me away, pushing me away

G#5                          D#5   E5
Lust can give a man so many regrets
G#5               F#5           F5
Just this once is what we tell ourselves
            A#5 C5
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
F5          A#5 C5
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

F5                            A#5
Ships don't sink if they have wind in their sails
C#5                            F5   D#5 C#5
But if the wind fails is there hope for me (I guess your love, was only as safe..)
C5             A#5              C5
I thought your love was safe as promise you made(..as the promise you made...)

C#5                               A#5
Now I am drowning in your shallow sea; I swim
(you are the storm, the wind and the waves, you break me in two and toss me away)
F5                          D#5 C#5
You are the waves that toss me in.
(I fell apart when I fell for you)

C#5                                  A#5
How can I float above the water that fills my lungs?
(you are the water filing my lungs, killing me softly without a word)
           F5             D#5 C#5
Killing me softly without a   word.
(Without a word)

Outro:
C#5 A#5 F5
C#5 A#5 F5
D#5 C#5
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