Drown Chords

by Front Porch Step
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
Author behmer [a] 169.
4 contributors total, last edit on Aug 30, 2018
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Chords

Am7
A7sus4
Cmaj7
Cadd9
G
D
Dsus4
Em7

Strumming

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Suggested Chord Fingerings:
 
   (Am7)     (A7sus4)     (Cmaj7)     (Cadd9)
e|---0---   e|---0---   e|---0---   e|---0---|
B|---1---   B|---3---   B|---0---   B|---3---|
G|---0---   G|---0---   G|---0---   G|---0---|
D|---2---   D|---2---   D|---2---   D|---2---|
A|---0---   A|---0---   A|---3---   A|---3---|
E|---x---   E|---x---   E|---x---   E|---x---|
 
    (G)        (G*)         (D)       (Dsus4)    (Cadd9*)      (Em7)
e|---3---   e|---3---   e|---2---   e|---3---   e|---3---   e|---3---|
B|---0---   B|---3---   B|---3---   B|---3---   B|---3---   B|---3---|
G|---0---   G|---0---   G|---2---   G|---2---   G|---0---   G|---0---|
D|---0---   D|---0---   D|---0---   D|---0---   D|---2---   D|---2---|
A|---2---   A|---2---   A|---x---   A|---x---   A|---3---   A|---2---|
E|---3---   E|---3---   E|---x---   E|---x---   E|---x---   E|---0---|
 
 
[Intro]
 
Am7 A7sus4 Am7    Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7    G G* G   D Dsus4 D
 
Am7 A7sus4 Am7    Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7    G G* G   D Dsus4
 
 
[Chorus]
 
       Am7          A7sus4       Cmaj7         Cadd9
I'm so tired of the rain falling softly on the ground,
     G                G*       G       D               Dsus4  D
just enough to get my feet wet but not enough to let me drown.
          Am7          A7sus4      Cmaj7       Cadd9
I've been laying in my bed wishing I had never woken,
        G             G*   G        D               Dsus4  D
begging God to rid my head of every word you've ever spoken.
         Am7             A7sus4         Cmaj7             Cadd9
Broke my knuckles on the wall because I thought about the call
          G                 G*     G
where you said you'd always love me,
           D                Dsus4  D
do you not tell the truth at all?
          Am7             A7sus4         Cmaj7            Cadd9
Well if I ever cross your mind make sure you write down the times,
   G               G*     G     D          Dsus4
so I will know the moments I was eating you alive.
 
 
[Verse]
 
      Cadd9*                    Em7               G
Now I lay here waiting with the hope that I might find some sleep.
  D         Dsus4
I need some sleep tonight.
Cadd9*                            Em7                           G
 'Cause I've been waiting on your call but I know it will never come but
          D       Dsus4    Cadd9*
I'm still waiting by the phone.
              Em7                   G
And don't you dare, don't you dare, say you ever loved me
        D                Dsus4
or even tell me that you cared
          Em7                              Cadd9*
cause you knew what you were doing and you know just what you've done.
    G                                  D                 Dsus4
How dare you say you miss me with your spit still on his tongue?
     Em7                      Cadd9*
I am broken, I am beaten, I'm mistreated and I'm torn,
     G                              D                Dsus4
I am cold with no direction but I'm lost without your warmth.
           Em7                                 Cadd9*
I'm trying hard to find some hope that I might get the chance to breathe.
    G                                           D             Dsus4
Get off my mind, give back my heart and get the fuck away from me!
         Em7                           Cadd9*
I know I couldn't give you much, but I know I gave my best,
         G                                D               Dsus4
you were always my princess, and now he's sliding up your dress.
      Em7                        Cadd9*
And I know I gave the world everything I've ever had,
       G                                  D                    Dsus4
Johnny Cash said love would burn, I never thought it hurt this bad.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
       Am7          A7sus4       Cmaj7         Cadd9
I'm so tired of the rain falling softly on the ground,
     G                G*      G       D               Dsus4  D
just enough to get my feet wet but not enough to let me drown.
          Am7          A7sus4      Cmaj7       Cadd9
I've been laying in my bed wishing I had never woken,
        G             G*  G        D               Dsus4  D
begging God to rid my head of every word you've ever spoken.
         Am7             A7sus4         Cmaj7             Cadd9
Broke my knuckles on the wall because I thought about the call
          G                 G*     G
where you said you'd always love me,
           D                Dsus4  D
do you not tell the truth at all?
          Am7             A7sus4         Cmaj7            Cadd9
Well if I ever cross your mind make sure you write down the times,
   G               G*     G     D          Dsus4
so I will know the moments I was eating you alive.
 
 
[Interlude]
 
Am7  A7sus4   Cmaj7  Cadd9   G*    D  Dsus4
 
 
[Bridge]
 
(Strum once per chord)
            Em7
You are the itch that's on my back,
            Cadd9
you are the gum under my shoe,
            G
you are the horrors of my past,
            D
you are the chill that haunts the room,
         Em7
you are creaking on my steps,
        Cadd9
you are cancer, you are plague,
        G
you are regret, you are disease,
            D                  Dsus4      Am7
I wish that you would go away.
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34 comments
pret
The chord pattern used throughout seems to go more like: Am7 Am7sus4 Am7 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 G D Dsus4 D Basically the first two lines go back to the first chord after playing the second. I've also found that the G line works better if you start by playing a normal G (with the b string open) before going to your G and then the original so the pattern of 1st, 2nd, 1st stays constant throughout, though it's not majorly noticeable.
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nik32456
There really isn't a set strumming pattern, you have to make up one that goesbalong with the likeness of the melody in the song.
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Zacky30
Pret is right, but only when he's not singing. In the verse where that pattern is used, there's no switching back to the "1st". And Blainer, I'm pretty sure that's right.
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