The Flood

Intro : C C turn the lights out , in the light house , i saw you coming , Am felt the ship wreck saw the wreckage , i heard you yelling , F just a mess when i saw your reflection in the sand , C wondering where you were washed up , or i ran to the water , mmmmm , F i can put my hands down in it , C but i won’t bring nothing up , Am G ( strum once ) sitting on the shore all day , waiting on the tide to come C Am but you can’t hold on to water G it fills you up but never stays F it’s only good to wash away today C Am and your loving me like water G your slippin’ through my fingers such F a natural disaster love C Am bringing on the flood , the flood G F love me like a flood , a flood bring it on C stay tonight out , by the beach house , it’s all so quiet Am lit a candle candle , by the window , so you might find it F hope you know you’ll always have a place to call your home C still , i can’t help but think , i could have saved you from drowning , ohhh , oh , F i can put my hands down in it , yeah , C but i won’t bring nothing up , Am sitting on the shore all day G just waiting on the tide to come , C Am but you can’t hold on to water G it fills you up but never stays F it’s only good to wash away today C Am and your loving me like water G your slippin’ through my fingers such F a natural disaster love C Am bringing on the flood , the flood G F love me like a flood , a flood bring it on F Am i knew the waves were icy , when i felt them all retreating , F went to take a dive in the deep end , G woah , what was i thinking? C Am but you can’t hold on to water G it fills you up but never stays F it’s only good to wash away today C Am and your loving me like water G your slippin’ through my fingers such F a natural disaster love C Am bringing on the flood , the flood G F love me like a flood , a flood bring it on Outro : C , Am , G , F ohohohoh ohohohoh rising and falling in my dreams , rising and the falling of my tears that fill the ocean , ( the ocean , the ocean ) my tears that fill the ocean ohohohohoh