D A D A
Water came through the windows, up the stairs
D A D Am
chilling there, like an ocean everywhere
D
don’t want to reach for me, do you?
Am E C
I mean nothing to you, the little things give you away
Am
and now there will be no mistaking
D
the levees are breaking
D C
all you've ever wanted...
Am D
Was someone to truly look up to you
E D Am C D E
and six feet under water, I do...
D A D A
Hope decays, generations disappear
D A D A
Washed away, as a nation simply stares
D
don’t want to reach for me, do you?
Am E C
I mean nothing to you, the little things give you away
Am
but now there will be no mistaking
D
the levees are breaking
D C
all you've ever wanted...
Am D
Was someone to truly look up to you
E D Am C D E
and six feet under water, I do...
D C
all you've ever wanted...
Am D
Was someone to truly look up to you
E D Am C D E
and six feet under water, I do...
D C E G
Oh... Oh...
The little things give you away... the little things give you away
All you've ever wanted was someone to truly look up to you
All you've ever wanted was someone to truly look up