[Intro]
| A | C#m | E | B |
| A | C#m | E | B | B |
[Strophe]
                A            C#m 
Every breaking wave on the shore
           E                        B 
tells the next one there’ll be one more.
                    A            C#m 
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             C#m 
Like every falling leaf on the breeze,
 E                         B      B 
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            B 
knows that we’re in love with defeat.
                     A                 C#m 
Are we ready to be swept off our feet?
           E     B               A     C#m  E  B 
And stop chasing every breaking wave..
[Strophe]
               A             C#m 
Every sailor knows that the sea
        E              B 
is a friend made enemy.
                       A                 C#m 
And every shipwrecked soul knows what it is
    E                  B 
to live without intimacy.
                       A               C#m 
I thought I heard the captain’s voice,
              E                 B 
it’s hard to listen while you preach.
                   A            C#m 
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            B 
knows that we’re in love with defeat.
                     A                 C#m 
Are we ready to be swept off our feet?
           E     B               F#m     A  E  B 
And stop chasing every breaking wave..
[Interlude]
     F#m                                 A 
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.
 F#m                              A                     E 
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            B 
knows that we’re in love with defeat..
                     A                 C#m 
Are we ready to be swept off our feet?
           E     B               A     C#m   E   B F#m  
And stop chasing every breaking wave..
[Outro]
 | A | C#m | E | B F#m | End on A |