The Drowning Years - The Delgados F#m: x 9 11 11 10 9 C#m: x 4 6 6 5 4 Dm: x 5 7 7 6 5 Am: 5 7 7 5 5 5 Em: 0 2 2 0 0 0 F: 1 3 3 2 1 1 G: 3 5 5 4 3 3 F#m C#m F#m C#m This is the life of a woman with demons F#m C#m F#m C#m The first time we met I was sure she was steaming Dm Dm This is my life, this is my life F#m C#m F#m C#m What a life F#m C#m F#m C#m Life isn’t precious and life isn’t sacred F#m C#m F#m C#m Sometimes release only comes when you meet death Dm Dm A night of reprieve we were wrecked F#m C#m F#m C#m when we slept in the park Dm Dm When we woke in the morning you cried Am Em F G could I squeeze out the dark Am Em F G Destroy the noises that make all the voices Am Em F G Get them out of my head Am Em F G Bring on the screaming and I’ll take your demons Am Em F Em now that I’m already dead [same as verse above] Days of release when she almost felt better Gradually faded and words couldn’t get her Where is the light, where is the light, get the light Fearless and clear all her doubts had been cast off Last night alive is a nightmare I’m part of Dreams are a lie, dreams are a lie So am I If that’s all there is then I might as well get in the fire [same as chorus] Destroy the noises that make all the voices Get them out of my head Bring on the screaming and I’ll take your demons now that I’m already dead Oh how the rights of the righteous kept coming Shining before like the day I stand before them and cried that you’re dying your way F#m C#m F#m C#m F#m C#m F#m I’m still not sure if the right and the wrong side is one -------------------- Tabbed with the KVRX live performance as a reference. Any questions or comments, send to snarkytubey@gmail.com Other Delgados tabs at www.delgados.co.uk message board, username x5459 - Lily