Quicksand


http://www.myspace.com/everlysong http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJCAk4Ucy7k&fmt=18 Also available on iTunes as of 09/14/09. Standard tuning, no capo! e|-------2-------3-------3-------0-------3-------2-------| B|-------3-------3-------3-------2-------3-------3-------| G|-------2-------0-------0-------2-------0-------4-------| D|-------0-------0-------2-------2-------2-------4-------| A|-------0-------2-------2-------0-------3-------2-------| E|-------0-------3-------0-------0-------0-------2-------| D G Em A Cadd9 Bm [Intro] D G Em G x2 [Verse 1] D G Em G I'd like to say, I make good use of my time while you've been away. D G Em G D G Em G And it's true, I've been at my piano everyday...thinking of you... D G They talk around, I hear them whisper, Em G its the funniest thing really they, think you're gone forever. D G Em G I know the truth its just, getting hard to believe it... A G A Cadd9 and they all tell me its over, even the stars are alligned and I, [Chorus] D A Em I follow the signs so clearly and still I fall in, G the quicksand's pulling me down. D A Em I follow the signs so clearly and still they catch me, G the quicksand's pulling me down. D G Em G [Verse 2] D I'm not the same, G Em G I can't sleep nights and now I'm calling your name when I do. D G Em G And yet without you they, say I get on better, and better, and better.. A G when they all tell me it's over, A Cadd9 I'll damn the gods until the stars are alligned, and I, [Chorus] D A Em I follow the signs so clearly and still I fall in, G the quicksand's pulling me down. D A Em I follow the signs so clearly and still they catch me, G Bm the quicksand's pulling me down.. Bm G x2 [Bridge] Bm Well look at my life and look at my face, Bm G can't you see my heart bleeding down my sleeve? Bm So you're holding my hand and holding my heart, Bm G but I just want to feel your breath inside me so I, can breathe. Bm Somewhere in the distance I catch a spark, a grace, Bm G and hope for something that makes me feel like I'm alive. Bm It's never too soon, it's never too late, so I start screaming out, I, G A see your face, I see your hand, reaching out, and I yell to you and I say: [Chorus] *guitar break in acoustic version(otherwise same as above)* I follow the signs so clearly and still I fall in the quicksand's pulling me down. D A Em I follow the signs so clearly and still they catch me, G the quicksand's pulling me down D A Em I follow the signs so clearly and still I fall in, G the quicksand's pulling me down D A Em I know you can feel me rising and I'm on fire, G D A Em G keep on pulling me out...out.. D Look at my life and look at my face, A Em G and look where I've come to get to this place with you... D A Being here to sit and lay at your feet and rest in your arms, Em G and listen to your heart beat... D A Em G Ohhhhh, Ohhhhh, Ohhhhh.... x 4 (or as many as you like) [outro] D A Em G A D