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 then, that's when I saw your reflection in the sand C Wondering where you were washed up, oh, I ran to the water F I can put my hands down in it C But I won't bring nothing up F Sitting on the shore all day G (strum once) Waiting on the tide to come C G But you can't hold on to water D7 It fills you up but never stays F It's only good to wash away today C G And you're loving me like water D7 You're slippin' through my fingers' touch F A natural disaster, love C G Bringing on the flood, the flood D7 F Love me like a flood, a flood, bring it on C Stayed the night out by the beach house, it's all so quiet Am Lit a 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 F I can put my hands down in it, yeah C But I won't bring nothing up F Sitting on the shore all day G Just waiting on the tide to come C G But you can't hold on to water D7 It fills you up but never stays F It's only good to wash away today C G And you're loving me like water D7 You're slippin' through my fingers' touch F A natural disaster, love C G Bringing on the flood, the flood D7 F Love me like a flood, a flood, bring it on F I knew the waves were rising Am When I felt them all retreating F Went to take a dive in the deep end G Oh, what was I thinking? C (strum once) G (strum once) But you can't hold on to water D7 (strum once) It fills you up but never stays F (strum once) It's only good to wash away today C (strum once) G (strum once) And you're loving me like water D7 (strum quietly) You're slippin' through my fingers' touch F (strum quietly) A natural disaster, love C G Bringing on the flood, the flood D7 F Love me like a flood, a flood, bring it on C ohh ohh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh, ohh ohh G ohh ohh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh D7 F Rising and the falling of my tears C G Rising and the falling of my tears that fill the ocean D7 The ocean, the ocean F (strum slowly) C (strum once) My tears that fill the ocean, the ocean