August Greenwood - In The Black (Ukulele)

[Verse]
F C Cmaj7
All of my friends with their lives slowly falling to pieces
F C Cmaj7
So I bite my tongue and I realize I don’t know what peace is
F C Cmaj7
And the birds on the garden gate are singing but I cannot hear them
F C Cmaj7
And I stay within bedroom walls patiently waiting to be near them

[Chorus]
F C
Oh, I’ve fallen down a well
Cmaj7 F
With a ladder made of vines
C
And I can’t move either leg
Cmaj7 F
But all my friends can climb out fine
Fm
So I’ll watch them climb

[Verse]
F C Cmaj7
Picking apart every word that you say so I get it (I get it)
F C Cmaj7
Trying to bargain with demons that I know I’ll regrеt it (regret it)
F C Cmaj7
My blood splatterеd on the trees, from miles away I can feel you
F C Cmaj7
It took all my energy to finally discover the real you

[Chorus]
F C
Oh, I’m tired of falling down a well
Cmaj7 F
With a ladder made of vines
C
And I can’t move either leg
Cmaj7 F
But all my friends can climb out fine
Fm
So I’ll watch them climb

[Bridge]
F Fm C C7
And I notice you so desperately waiting for me to come back
F Fm C C7
In the darkest parts of my memories, I’m there with you in the black
F Fm
When did I get so old?
C C7
When did my hands start to crack from the pressure
F Fm
To make myself palatable?
C D
I’m just getting by with the hope
F
That I’ll escape from the well
Fm
Taking my time from the center of hell
C D
I’ll watch myself climb and as I see the light of a fire that stands all alone
F Fm C
I’ll see the world has been waiting for me to come home

C Cmaj7

[Verse]
F C Cmaj7
Scrubbing the skin where you touched me until I’m exhausted
F C Cmaj7
I still feel the weight of your words in the air like I’m haunted
F C Cmaj7
I stare out at the trees and wonder where I’d be if I gave in
F C Cmaj7
Would I ever leave or would I still be in your haven
F
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