Verse 1:
          D                                       Gbm
You said, "I'm drowning, drowning, why aren't you helping me?"
         A                                    D
I said, "I'm drowning, drowning too, can't you see?"
        D                                      Gbm
I said, "Why can't you just take my hand and float with me?"
          A                               D
You said, "'Cause you're not worth it, really"

Chorus:
    Gbm                                              A                          
It's never gonna work, never gonna work, never gonna work, never gonna work for
     D
us two, for us two
              Gbm                                                    A
And you want me to stick around, me to stick around, me to stick around, me to
stick around
         D
Tell me how?

And if I do you know that we will both just
Gbm    A      D
Drown, drown, drown, drown
Gbm    A      D
Drown, drown, drown, drown

Interlude: D

Verse 2:
           D                                                Gbm
You said, "You don't hold me, don't hold me, don't hold me no more"
       A                                         D
I said, "'Cause I love you less than I did before"
          D                                                   Gbm
You said, "You've become so annoying, you've become such a bore"
          A
I said, "Then why don't you just pack your bags
                        D
And walk right out the door"

Chorus:
    Gbm                                              A                          
It's never gonna work, never gonna work, never gonna work, never gonna work for
     D
us two, for us two
              Gbm                                                    A
And you want me to stick around, me to stick around, me to stick around, tell me how?
         D
Tell me how?

And if I do you know that we will both just
Gbm    A      D
Drown, drown, drown, drown
Gbm    A      D
Drown, drown, drown, drown

Interlude: D

Bridge:
   Gbm
We hate each other when the tide is low
              A
But when the tide is high
                              D
The love comes rushing, the love comes rushing, the love comes rushing back in

Full flow
   Gbm
We hate each other when the tide is low
              A
But when the tide is high
                              D
The love comes rushing, the love comes rushing, the love comes rushing back in

Full flow, back in full flow

Chorus:
    Gbm                                              A                          
It's never gonna work, never gonna work, never gonna work, never gonna work for
     D
us two, for us two
              Gbm                                                    A
And you want me to stick around, me to stick around, me to stick around, me to
stick around
         D
Tell me how?

And if I do you know that we will both just
Gbm    A      D
Drown, drown, drown, drown
Gbm    A      D
Drown, drown, drown
D                    Gbm
We will both just drown
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