Beneath Water Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays357

Beneath Water by Mike Mains And The Branches is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D, C, Bm and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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  			------------verse 1------------ 

Em    
So scratch away the sand stuck in your ears 
D 
Water all the crops with showers of tears 
Em 
Tell all those baby's mothers they don't need no fear 
D 
'Cause God's got their hearts in his hands 
Em 
And we'll ask all of the painters if they dressed in white 
D 
To walk around the streets, in the dead of the night 
Em 
Dance like guests at a wedding underneath the lights 
D 
Look at the buildings and say "I touched that" 



----------Pre-Chorus---------- 

C                         D    Bm 
Oh we always wanna brag... 
C                         D    Bm 
Oh we always wanna brag... 



 

Em 
So just hold me, underneath the water 'till the  
D 
Old me, dies and slips out of this 
Em 
Body, Rip him out of my body 
C    D 
And make me new again 



------------verse 2------------ 

Em 
Well maybe I'm the writer that will spark that flame 
D 
That makes the world believe in the right kind of faith 
Em 
But perhaps, I need to get these feet off stage 
D 
And find a smaller pair of shoes to fill 
Em 
What I know is that my father's only son said 
D 
"There'll be time for sleep when the work is done" 
Em 
Keep your pedal to the floor until the race is won 
D 
What if the race is not a race at all 
C                       D    Bm 
Don't you crash into a tree? 
C                       D    Bm 
Don't you crash into a tree... 



 

Em 
So just hold me, underneath the water 'till the  
D 
Old me, dies and slips out of this 
Bm                        
Body, Rip him out of my body 
C    D 
And make me new again (2x)



------------Bridge------------ 

Em 
He spoke his words to me like well driven nails 
D 
They sank like wind to rain to my rusty sails 
Bm 
The sailor's hands took flight and hung in the sky 
C                         D 
Below a celebration that land's in sight 
Em 
My heart puffs with pride, as I'm defined  
D 
In the center of the room filled with all your eyes 
Bm 
Leading me to believe that I'm so fresh and revised 
C                                    D 
But God I'm nothing if I don't have you... 

Em           
I'm nothing (I AM) 
D 
I'm nothing (I'M NOT A THING) 
Bm            C         D 
I'm nothing (I AM!) 
Em  
I met my brother in a hallway 
D 
Said he loved Jesus and I said "I think I do too" 
Bm 
I met my brother in a hallway 
C                      D 
I met my brother in a hallway 

 

G 
And said hold me, underneath the water 'till the  
D 
Old me, dies and slips out of this 
Em                       
Body, Rip him out of my body 
C     D 
And make me new again (x2)  
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante