Sink Or Swim Chords

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Sink Or Swim by Alan Cox is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Fm. It uses the chords Fm, Db, Eb, Ab, Csus and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Fm
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16
Speed
  			verse 1 
Fm 
      I see the dark clouds coming 
Db 
      I see the battles raging 
Fm              Eb                 Fm 
      I see the war that won’t let up 
Fm 
      I feel the danger’s coming 
Db 
      Like lightning on the horizon 
Fm               Eb                  Fm 
      I feel the current getting stronger 

Chorus 
Db     Ab     Eb        Fm 
All I know is that I’m waiting 
Db      Ab         Eb       Fm 
For the end of the war I’m waging 
Db    Ab      Eb   Fm         Db   Ab 
Everything is drowning around me 
 	     Fm            Eb       Fm 
And now it’s sink or swim, sink or swim 

verse 2 
Fm                                 Db 
      I know that I’m not done in     I know that it’s not over yet 
Fm 
      I know that all I need is to keep on 
Fm                                 Db 
      It’s like a stream of water     Turned into a roaring river 
Fm 
      I won’t be bought, I won’t be sold by you 

Chorus 
Db     Ab     Eb        Fm 
All I know is that I’m waiting 
Db      Ab         Eb       Fm 
For the end of the war I’m waging 
Db    Ab      Eb   Fm         Db   Ab 
Everything is drowning around me 
 	     Fm            Eb       Fm 
And now it’s sink or swim, sink or swim 

Bridge 
Db   Fm   Eb 
Sink or swim 
Db   Fm   Eb 
Sink or swim 
Db   Fm   Eb 
Sink or swim 
               Db 
I’m done treading water, I’m going further 
           Csus                          C              Fm 
You’re taking me out of the water the water 

Chorus 
Db     Ab     Eb        Fm 
All I know is that I’m waiting 
Db      Ab         Eb       Fm 
For the end of the war I’m waging 
Db    Ab      Eb   Fm         Db   Ab 
Everything is drowning around me 
 	     Fm            Eb       Fm 
And now it’s sink or swim, sink or swim 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante