Intro A C D D A C D D7Verse 1:
A C D D Its not the money you make A C D D7 It’s not the promises you always break A C D D7 A C D D Its not the light of reason that you’ve got turned way down lowVerse 2:
A C D Its not the wife you cheated on A C D D7 Its not the mistress you chose to lay you’re love upon A C D A C D D Its certainly not the children that you hardly knowPre-Chorus
G E7 It’s the fact that you can’t even feelA C D The ship is sinking, oh yeah A C D The ship is sinking, oh yeah G The ship is thinking E7 Were all gonna be drinking the saltwater A C D D A C D D drinking the saltwaterVerse 3:
A C D D Its not the wars you make A C D D7 Its not the peace you fake A C D D A C D D It’s not the eye you close at the back you always see the turnVerse 4:
A C D D Hey it ain’t the crime A C D D It ain’t the getaway, get away, getaway A C D D7 A C D D It’s not the number of bridges that you violently burnPre-Chorus
G E7 It’s the fact that you can’t even feelBridge A F Bm D x2A C D The ship is sinking, oh yeah A C D The ship is sinking, oh yeah G The ship is sinking E7 A C D D Were all gonna be drinking the saltwater A C D D drinking the saltwaterVerse 5:
A C D D7 It’s not the government A C D D It’s not the evil we represent A C D D7 A C D D It’s not the way we shake our heads and say “What more can we do?”Verse 6:
A C D D It’s not the hope we killed A C D D7 It ain’t the holes we filled A C D D A C D D It certainly ain’t the trees or the leaves that pretty soon we are gonna have to stick on with gluePre-Chorus
G E7 It’s the fact that we can’t even feelOutro D C E A The ship is sinkingA C D The ship is sinking, oh yeah A C D The ship is sinking, oh yeah G The ship is thinking E7 A C D D Were all gonna be drinking the saltwater A C D D drinking the saltwater A C D D drinking the saltwater A C D D drinking the saltwater