Chords/Intro: C G D Em
C G
Take take it all away
D Em
Save my heart for another day
C G
I’m up late on the telephone
D G *
And I’m all alone with the dial tone
C G
Wait wait til the sun is up
D Em
Drown my dreams in a coffee cup
C G
Palms out, wanna beg for luck
D* G *
But I’m way too proud, never giving up
C G D Em
Oh, something’s gotta happen
C G
Something’s gotta give
D G
And something’s got to break
C G D Em
I know someday it’s gonna happen
C G
Someday it’s gonna give
D G
Can’t always be this way
C G
And if the riptide comes to get me
D Em C
And pulls me under, it won’t upset me, I’ll go down
G D G
(Oh x10)
C G
I’ll throw the white flag of surrender
D Em C
Knock me down, not forever, just for now
G D G
(Oh x10)
C G
Give give everything I’ve got
D Em
Out of reach but I’ll take a shot
C G
Kick rocks in the parking lot
D G *
Feel like giving up, but I’ll never stop
C G
Run run, running like a fool
D Em
Never win if you never lose
C G
Find hope and a little truth
D * G *
Gonna learn new tricks, gotta jump through hoops
C G D Em
Oh, something’s gotta happen
C G
Something’s gotta give
D G
And something’s got to break
C G D Em
I know someday it’s gonna happen
C G
Someday it’s gonna give
D G
Can’t always be this way
C G
And if the riptide comes to get me
D Em C
And pulls me under, it won’t upset me, I’ll go down
G D G
(Oh x10)
C G
I’ll throw the white flag of surrender
D Em C
Knock me down, not forever, just for now
G D G
(Oh x10)
C G
Not forever, just for now
D Em
Not forever, just for now
C G D
Not forever, not forever, not forever
Em
Won’t stay down
C G
Not forever, just for now
D Em
Not forever, just for now
C G D
Not forever, not forever, not forever
Em
Won’t stay down
(pause)
And if the riptide comes to get me
D Em C
And pulls me under, it won’t upset me, I’ll go down
G D G
(Oh x10)
C G
I’ll throw the white flag of surrender
D Em C
Knock me down, not forever, just for now
G D G
(Oh x10)
C G
And if the riptide comes to get me
D Em C
And pulls me under, it won’t upset me, I’ll go down
G D G
(Oh x10)
C G
I’ll throw the white flag of surrender
D Em C
Knock me down, not forever, just for now
G D G
(Oh x10)