Saves The Day This Is Not An Exit chords

This Is Not An Exit by Saves The Day

Saves The Day
This Is Not The Exit
Stay Who you Are
2001
Submitted by: [email protected]

Key: C

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Am -  x02210
C -   x32010
F -   133211
G -   320003
Em -  022000
G/B - x2x003


@ means C-D-E pluck
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B|-------
G|-------
D|---0-2-
A|-3-----
E|-------


Verse 1:
@ F  Am
   Tonight will be
@ F    Am
   the night that we 
@ F  Am
   begin to ease 
@ G          F
   the plugs out of the dam 
@ F    Am
   And we will stand 
@ F     Am
   knee deep in the flow 
@ F    Am
   the undertow 
@    G                  F
will grab our heels and won't let go
@ F    Am
   And while we hold 
@ F         Am
   our legs quivering 
@ F          Am
   the water rises now 
@      G             F
to our teeth when we just let go


Chorus:
    C             G/B    Am
and sail belly up to the clouds 
                       F
the rocks scraping our backs 
                          G
To breath in the air will be 
    G(hold)    @       F
the only thing that we have


Verse 2:
Am            @      F     @
  and all the wasted nights 
          @       F  Am
and empty moments in our lives 
         @   G      F
flushed away as we sway with the rhythm 
@ F Am
    of the waves 
@ F Am
    bobbing us up 
@ F        Am                 @
    Crests fall to troughs we feel
    G     F
our gills open up


(Repeat Chorus 1 except last line)


    G                  Am
the only thing that we have


Bridge:
           Em        F
and if the hook sets in
           G      Am
the bottom of our lungs, 
             Em
we'll rip it out and 
F                  G        F(hold)
lick the blood off with our tongues


Interlude: F--Am @ F Am


Verse 3:

The despair 
@ F    Am
   can ravage you
@ F Am               @     G
    if you turn your head around
        F
to look down the path 
@ F       Am
   that's led you here 
@ F       Am
    cause what can you change? 
@ F          Am
    You're a vessel now 
@        G        F
floating down the waterways 
@ F         Am
    You can take your rudder 
@ F     Am
    and aim your ship 
@ F      Am           @
    just don't bother with 
    G           F
the things left in your wake
 

(Repeat Chorus 1 except last line)


    G                  C
the only thing that we have


Chorus 2:
                   G/B     Am
and your love will be warm nights 
                    F
with pockets of moonlight 
                        G
spotlighting you as you drift
                  C
the actor in this play


Chorus 3:
              G/B        Am
And you walk across the stage
                       F
take a bow, hear the applause
                   G
and as the curtain falls
                     C
just know you did it all 


Chorus 4:
              G/B      Am
the best that you knew how
                               F
and you can hear them cheering now
                                 G
So let a smile out and show your teeth 
                            C(hold)-Am(hold)-F(hold)
cause you know you lived it well


Outro: G(hold)-C(hold)
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B|-3-3-3-3---3-1-
G|-0-----------0-
D|-0-----------2-
A|-2-----------3-
E|-3-------------