verse 1 D D This place is dragging me down Bm F#m G A E A hamster wheel I thought I'd be done by now D D Now that all my allies are gone Bm F#m G A E E I realize advancing could hold you back B D F#m G A A# B My good intentions just keep sliding by the wayside G D F#m G A C# D But its high tide and they get washed away with time B G B G Until everything's gone until everything's gone verse 2 D D I was flying along the Long Island sound Bm F#m G A E But fine's polite I'd rather things more profound D D I've become a rock these days and I swim like one Bm F#m G A E E Alone again barely surviving the tidal wave B D F#m G A A# B My good intentions just keep sliding by the wayside G D F#m G A C# D But its high tide and they get washed away with time B G B G Until everything's gone until everything's gone F#m G A I swear damn it all to hell damn it all to hell D F#m B A I think I finally found the way to go to heaven D F#m B A Without dying so I'm on my way E F#m G A The harder you work the harder you fall E F#m G A You wake up one day with nothing at all B D F#m G A A# B My good intentions just keep sliding by the wayside G D F#m G A C# D But its high tide and they get washed away with time B G B G Until everything's gone until everything's gone B G B G Until everything's gone until everything's gone F#m G I swear damn it all to hell