Floating On The Forth Chords

  			

 

Intro: (this intro melody is played thru the entire song 
        with some variations, listen with CD) 
e|-3-----------------3----------------3-| 
B|---3--0-1-3-0-1--3----3-0-1-3-0-1-3---| then,  


e|-3----------7-3----------------------3--| 
B|---3--0-1-3-----3--0-1-3-0-1-3-0-1-3----| 


verse 1 Chords: 
G                                 D 
  So you just stepped out of the front of my house 
          C                    G 
and I'll never see you again. 
                        D                    C 
I closed my eyes for a second and when they opened 
                   G 
You weren't there. 
                             D 
And the door shut shut I was vacuum packed,  
        C                  G 
Shrink-wrapped out of air 
                                 D 
And the spine collapsed and the eyes rolled back 
     C 
To stare at my starving brain, 


G                     C          G          D 
   And fully clothed,   I float away (I'll float away) 
G 
Down the Forth 
C                                                      G 
Into the sea, I think I'll save suicide for another day. 

verse 2: Use verse 1 chords 
And I picture this corpse on the M8 hearse 
And I half run away to sleep on a rolled up coat 
Against the window  with the strobe of the sun 
And the life I've led 
Am I ready to leap is there peace beneath 
The roar of the Forth road bridge? 
On the Northern side there's a Fife of mine 
and a boat in the port for me, 

Final Chorus: 
G            C               G           D 
  And fully clothed, I float away (I'll float away) 
G                C  (play this C on thru the next 5 lines) 
Down the Forth, into the sea  
I'll steer myself through drunken waves 
These manic gulls scream it's okay 
Take your life give it a shake 
Gather up all your loose change 
                                           G C G C   
I think I'll save suicide for another year.