Verse (Put your pinky finger down next to your middle finger) e|---------------------------------------------------| B|--------------1-----------------------1------------| G|--------0--------0-----------0-----0-----0-----0---| D|-----2-----2--------2--3-------3-----------3-------| A|--3------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------| You tried your best to bury in the ground A place, a face, a very small town The walls you built are crumbling down Haunted by the shadows all around Pre-Chorus (Pinky down) e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------1-----------------------1--------------------------1-----------------------1-------------| G|--------2--------2-----2---------2-------2------2-----------0--------0-----------0-----0-----0-----0---| D|-----2-----2--------2---------3-----3--------3-----------2-----2--------2--3-------3-----------3-------| A|--0--------------------------------------------------3-------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------1---------------------------------------------------------------------------| And yeah, it was forever ago The scars are more painful than you'll know e|--------------------------------------1------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------1-----------------3--------3-----3--------------1-----------------------1------------| G|--------0--------0-----0-----2-----2--------2-----------2--------2-----2--------2--------2-----2---| D|-----2-----2--------2-----0--------------------------2-----2--------2--------3-----3--------3------| A|--3-----------------------------------------------0------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------1------------------------| The ghosts in your heart are alive, spread the ashes of your father If your angst has survived, then you're only treading water Verse e|---------------------------------------------------| B|--------------1-----------------------1------------| G|--------0--------0-----------0-----0-----0-----0---| D|-----2-----2--------2--3-------3-----------3-------| A|--3------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------| You feel like you can never get it right Sticks and stones have given up the fight Cause words cut sharper than a knife And losses become larger than life Pre-Chorus (Pinky down) e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------1-----------------------1--------------------------1-----------------------1-------------| G|--------2--------2-----2---------2-------2------2-----------0--------0-----------0-----0-----0-----0---| D|-----2-----2--------2---------3-----3--------3-----------2-----2--------2--3-------3-----------3-------| A|--0--------------------------------------------------3-------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------1---------------------------------------------------------------------------| And yeah, it was forever ago The closer sometimes just wont stay closed e|--------------------------------------1------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------1-----------------3--------3-----3--------------1-----------------------1------------| G|--------0--------0-----0-----2-----2--------2-----------2--------2-----2--------2--------2-----2---| D|-----2-----2--------2-----0--------------------------2-----2--------2--------3-----3--------3------| A|--3-----------------------------------------------0------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------1------------------------| The ghosts in your heart are alive, spread the ashes of your father If your angst has survived, then you're only treading water If you're lost in the dark then you're only treading water Release to the wind, spread the ashes of your father Bridge 'cause you're only treading water Release me Let me go Release me Let me go Release me Pre-Chorus (Pinky down) e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------1-----------------------1--------------------------1-----------------------1-------------| G|--------2--------2-----2---------2-------2------2-----------0--------0-----------0-----0-----0-----0---| D|-----2-----2--------2---------3-----3--------3-----------2-----2--------2--3-------3-----------3-------| A|--0--------------------------------------------------3-------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------1---------------------------------------------------------------------------| And yeah, it was forever ago But the past has a deadly undertow e|--------------------------------------1------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------1-----------------3--------3-----3--------------1-----------------------1------------| G|--------0--------0-----0-----2-----2--------2-----------2--------2-----2--------2--------2-----2---| D|-----2-----2--------2-----0--------------------------2-----2--------2--------3-----3--------3------| A|--3-----------------------------------------------0------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------1------------------------| The ghosts in your heart are alive, spread the ashes of your father If your angst has survived, then you're only treading water If you're lost in the dark, then you're only treading water Release to the wind, spread the ashes of your father Bridge 'cause you're only treading water Yeah, you're only treading water (let me go...) You're only treading water (release me...)

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