This song should be played a Half-step down from standard tuning.
Strumming patterns for verses and end:
The F#m chord can be strummed like this in verses 1 and the first half of 2
to fit closer to the original version.
Eb|--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--2--2--2--2--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--|
Bb|--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--3--3--3--3--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--|
Gb|--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--2--2--2--2--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--| (4 Strums of D) (4 Strums of E)
Db|--4--4--x--x--4--4--x--x--4--4--x--x--0--0--0--0--4--4--x--x--4--4--x--x--|
Ab|--0--0--x--x--0--0--x--x--0--0--x--x--x--x--x--x--0--0--x--x--0--0--x--x--|
Eb|--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--x--x--x--x--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--|
The other chords should be played unmuted to the beat.
The F#m at the beginning of Verse 2 should be played with an extra beat.
Eb|--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--|
Bb|--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--|
Gb|--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--|
Db|--4--4--x--x--4--4--x--x--4--4--x--x--4--4--x--x--|
Ab|--0--0--x--x--0--0--x--x--0--0--x--x--0--0--x--x--|
Eb|--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--|
Then play the first half as stated at the top and the second half palm muted (pm).
Also, this line should be strummed up and down with no pause in the beat until you reach the A on the next line.
A E F#m D
Today I offer all myself to this I'm living for my dying wish,
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Verse 1:
F#m D F#m D E
Break through the undertow, your hands I can't seem to find,
F#m D F#m D E
Pollution burns my tongue, cough words I can't speak so I
F#m D F#m D E
Stop my struggling, then I float to the surface,
F#m D F#m D
Fill my lungs with air, then let it out
Chorus:
E A E F#m D
I give it all, now there's a reason why I sing,
A E F#m D
So give it all, and it's these reasons that belong to me
Verse 2:
F#m
F#m D F#m D E
Rock bottoms where we live, and still we dig these trenches,
F#m D F#m D E
To bury ourselves in them, backs breaking under tension
F#m (pm) D F#m (pm) D E
For far too long these voices, muffled by distances,
F#m (pm) D F#m (pm) D
It's time to come to our senses, up from the dirt
Chorus:
E A E F#m D
We give it all, now there's a reason why I sing,
A E F#m D
So give it all, and it's these reasons that belong to me
Bridge:
E
A E F#m D (E) A
Breathe (breathe), the air we give (give), the life we live (live), our pulses racing distances,
E F#m D E
(breathe) so wet my tongue (give), break into song (live), through seas of competition
A (pm) E (pm) F#m (pm)
So please believe your eyes, a sacrifice,
D (pm) A (pm)
Is not what we had in our minds,
E (pm) D (pm)
I'm coming home tonight, home tonight
Chorus:
A E F#m D
We give it all, now there's a reason why I sing,
A E F#m D
So give it all, and it's these reasons that belong to me
A E F#m D
Today I offer all myself to this I'm living for my dying wish,
A E F#m D A
I give it all, now there's a reason, there's a reason, to give it all