The Drowning Man

the drowning man words by : r . smith music by : the cure published by : fiction records , 1981 tabbed by : graph_sas tuning : normal Intro : Dm , Em , A# riff 1 : [ Dm , Em , A# ] Dm Em she stands twelve feet above the flood A# she stares alone across the water Dm Em the loneliness grows and slowly A# fills her frozen body sliding downwards riff 2 : [ G , F# , A# ] G F# one by one her senses die A# the memories fade and leave her eyes G F# still seeing worlds that never were A# repeat riff 1 : [ Dm , Em , A# ] x2 and one by one the bright birds leave her . . . repeat riff 2 : [ G , F# , A# ] x 2 Dm Em starting at the violent sound A# she tries to turn but final noiseless Dm Em slips and strikes her soft dark head A# the water bows receives her G F# A# and drowns her at its ease G F# A# drowns her at its ease Dm Em i would have left the world all bleeding A# could i only help you love Dm Em A# the fleeting shapes so many years ago so young and beautiful and brave G F# everything was true A# it couldn’t be a story G F# i wish it was all true A# i wish it couldn’t be a story Dm the words all left me Em lifeless hoping A# breathing like the drowning man Dm Em oh fushia you leave me A# G , F# , A# breathing like the drowning man A# G , F# , A# breathing like the drowning man repeat riff 1 , and 2 two times alternately to the end . . .