[Intro]
| A | C#m | E | B |
| A | C#m | E | B | B |
[Strophe]
                A            C#m 
Every breaking wave on the shore
           E                      
tells the next one there’ll be one
  B 
 more.
tells the next one there’ll be one more.
                    A          
And every gambler knows that to
  C#m 
 lose
And every gambler knows that to lose
     E                       B 
is what you’re really there for.
              A            C#m 
Summer I was fearlessness,
        E                    B 
now I speak into an answer phone.
                  A           
Like every falling leaf on the
  C#m 
 breeze,
Like every falling leaf on the breeze,
 E                         B   
winter wouldn’t leave it alone,
   B 
 alone.
winter wouldn’t leave it alone, alone.
[Refrain]
           A   C#m 
If you go?
           E                 B 
If you go your way and I go mine.
           A  C#m 
Are we so?
           E                    B 
Are we so helpless against the tide?
            A                C#m 
Baby every dog on the street
                     E       
knows that we’re in love with
     B 
 defeat.
knows that we’re in love with defeat.
                     A          
Are we ready to be swept off our
       C#m 
 feet?
Are we ready to be swept off our feet?
           E     B             
And stop chasing every breaking
  A     C#m  E  B 
 wave..
And stop chasing every breaking wave..
[Strophe]
               A             C#m 
Every sailor knows that the sea
        E              B 
is a friend made enemy.
                       A             
And every shipwrecked soul knows what
    C#m 
 it is
And every shipwrecked soul knows what it is
    E                  B 
to live without intimacy.
                       A       
I thought I heard the captain’s
        C#m 
 voice,
I thought I heard the captain’s voice,
              E              
it’s hard to listen while you
   B 
 preach.
it’s hard to listen while you preach.
                   A            C#m 
Like every broken wave on the shore,
 
Like every broken wave on the shore, 
  E                       B       B 
this is as far as I could reach..
[Refrain]
          A   C#m 
If you go?
          A   C#m 
If you go?
           A  C#m 
Are we so?
           E                    B 
Are we so helpless against the tide?
            A                C#m 
Baby every dog on the street
                     E       
knows that we’re in love with
     B 
 defeat.
knows that we’re in love with defeat.
                     A          
Are we ready to be swept off our
       C#m 
 feet?
Are we ready to be swept off our feet?
           E     B             
And stop chasing every breaking
  F#m     A  E  B 
 wave..
And stop chasing every breaking wave..
[Interlude]
     F#m                          
The sea knows where are the rocks,
       A 
 and drowning is no sin.
The sea knows where are the rocks, and drowning is no sin.
  E                              B 
You know where my heart is, the same
 place that yours has been.
You know where my heart is, the same place that yours has been.
 F#m                              A
We know that we fear to win, and so
                     E 
 we end before we begin,
We know that we fear to win, and so we end before we begin,
             B 
before we begin..
[Instrumentale]
| A | C#m | E | B |
[Refrain]
          A   C#m 
If you go?
           E                 B 
If you go your way and I go mine.
           A  C#m 
Are we so?
           E                    B 
Are we so helpless against the tide?
            A                C#m 
Baby every dog on the street
                     E       
knows that we’re in love with
     B 
 defeat..
knows that we’re in love with defeat..
                     A          
Are we ready to be swept off our
       C#m 
 feet?
Are we ready to be swept off our feet?
           E     B             
And stop chasing every breaking
  A     C#m   E   B F#m  
 wave..
And stop chasing every breaking wave..
[Outro]
 | A | C#m | E | B F#m | End on A |