Learning to breathe
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F
1. Just right before the end of time,
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C - F
we
stood together, you and I.
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C
There was no place to go, no
time to add.
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so we
brace ourselves for the impact.
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C
Am
C
Oh, when the waves crushing, so cruel to your skin
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G
and you're lost, shaking off the
weight.
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C Am C
When the sea breaks through, try to swallow you,
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C
you wake up, learn to breathe
again.
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2. We cried for every fading light,
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- F
all
the good days flashed before our eyes,
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C
It's so hard to leave
something behind.
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when
your heart still wants to hold so tight.
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Oh, when the waves crushing, so cruel to your skin
F C G
and you're lost, shaking off the
weight.
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C
When it all breaks you, and you hallow through.
F G C
you wake up, learn to breathe
again.
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+ last CHORUS (2x) ...
(orig. = capo 1st) (Stanfour)