Song: Sinking and Swimming on Long Island Artist: Bayside Album: Killing Time Tabbed By: Geoff Devlin ([email protected]) This is my first attempt at this. This is just the rhythm guitar part. Tuning: Drop-D (DADGBe) Intro x 4 e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|----4-7-5-----4h5----4h5--------------------------| D|--0---------44------55----------------------------| Verse 1 D D This place is dragging me down Bm F#m G A E A hamster wheel, I thought I'd be done by now\ D D Now that all my allies are gone Bm F#m G A E E I realize advancing could hold you back Chorus B D F#m G A A# B My good intentions just keep sliding by the wayside G D F#m G A C# D But its high tide and they get washed away with time B G B G Until everything's gone, until everything's gone Repeat Intro x2 Verse 2 D D I was flying along the Long Island sound Bm F#m G A E But fine's polite I'd rather things more profound D D I've become a rock these days and I swim like one Bm F#m G A E E Alone again, barely surviving the tidal wave B D F#m G A A# B My good intentions just keep sliding by the wayside G D F#m G A C# D But its high tide and they get washed away with time B G B G Until everything's gone, until everything's gone F#m G A I swear, damn it all to hell, damn it all to hell D F#m B A I think I finally found the way to go to heaven D F#m B A Without dying, so I'm on my way E F#m G A The harder you work, the harder you fall E F#m G A You wake up one day with nothing at all Chorus X2 MUTED Chorus B D F#m G A A# B My good intentions just keep sliding by the wayside G D F#m G A C# D But its high tide and they get washed away with time B G B G Until everything's gone, until everything's gone B G B G Until everything's gone, until everything's gone F#m G I swear, damn it all to hell
