| Intro: Am, G, C (x2) |
| Verses: |
| Am | G | C | |
| Showers pounding out a n | ew beat, I trade my | old shoes for new feet, |
| Am | G | C | |
| I grab a new seat. | I don't like the one I g | ot, the | fabric's wearing through |
| Am | |
| and it's wearing me o | ut. |
| G | C | |
| You're wearing me do | wn. |
| Am, G, C |
| Am | G | C | |
| Watching old | baseball games, and low | budget telethons, |
| Am | G | C | |
| ain't like | watching you | yourself when | you yourself is on. |
| Am | G | C | |
| got time to | wander to | waste and to whine. |
| Am | G | C | |
| but when it | comes to you it | seems like I just | can't find the time. |
| Am, G, C |
| Pre Chours: |
| Am | G | C | |
| So | watch your | head and then watch the | ground. |
| Am | G | C | |
| It's a silly t | ime to learn to s | wim when you start to d | rown. |
| Am G C(strum 7 counts) |
| It's a silly time to learn to swim on the way down. |
| Chorus: |
| C low C Am G C |
| If I gave you my number would it still be the same? |
| Clow C Am G C |
| If I, if I saved you from drowning promise me you'll never go away. |
| Clow G C(into verse strumming) |
| Oh, promise me you'll always stay. |
| Am, G, C |
| Verses: |
| Am | G | C | |
| Closed down the last | local zoo, I'm gonna | win the endless war |
| Am | G | |
| over | who kills the last | koala bear, |
| C Am, G, C |
| and who in death will love him more and I. |
| Pre Chours: |
| Am | G | |
| He grabs me | by the hand. |
| C | |
| Drags me to the shore and says, |
| Am | G | |
| maybe you don't | love me |
| C | |
| but you'll | grow to love me even more. |
| Am | G | C | Am | G | C | |
| And | I, | I, | I, well I'm not su | rpris | ed. |
| Chorus: |
| C low C Am G C |
| If I gave you my number would it still be the same? |
| Clow C Am G C |
| If I, if I saved you from drowning promise me you'll never go away. |
| Clow G C(Strum) |
| Oh, promise me you'll always stay. |