Tuning: standard Am C Em X-all strings muted e|------------0---------------0----------------3--------x-------------------| B|--------1---1----------1----1-----------0----0--------x-------------------| G|-------2--------------0----------------0--------------x-------------------| D|-----------2--------------2----------------2----------x-------------------| A|------0------------3----------------2-----------------x-------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------x-------------------| Am x4 C Momma woke up at 3 a.m. with her pillow soaked in sweat Em In her mind an image was burned that she will not forget C She still recounts with worry and fear this vision to everyone She was made to watch in helpless horror X X Am as the water filled the lungs of her first born son Am C Em C Am *whistles* C Years have past the boy is grown It's time to be a man Em I was ready to step outside the gate and proceed with my plan C I was weighed down by my optimism and all the hope I could bring So when the waves rushed in they pressed me tight X X X And I began to sink X C I'm just a handful of cells ----| in an ocean full of stars |from here on Am |is strummed How am I supposed to find my place |not plucked In a world that's so bizarre? on the last few C words of a verse, Countries are invading each other place pinky on For reasons I can't explain str1 fret3 for Am Am str2 fret3 for C There's plastic in the oceans And corrosive acid in the rain C Advertisements, gun control, Heart disease, foreign oil Am Medical bills, mosquito nets Democracy, cigarettes C Right, wrong, Am They're harder to tell apart Than I ever could have thought Em I tried to rise above but people and their problems hold me down C I nod in understanding Em C Gm So this is how I drown