Diplomat Swimming With Dolphins
My first tab! I was looking for chords and couldn't find them anywhere so I tried
playing a few and they seemed to work! This is completely by ear so it's probably not 100%
correct, but it sounds right when I play it. Enjoy!
No Capo, standard tuning (EADGBe).
Intro:
G D Am C D (x2)
Verse 1:
[G]Live to work, work to live
[D]No time left to spend or give
[Am]Walking like a [Am7]bureaucrat
[C]Talking like a [D]diplomat
Verse 2:
[G]Always look into their eyes
[D]Firm handshakes, quick replies
[Am]Push the product, [Am7]sell the crop
[C]Climb that ladder [D]to the top
Verse 3:
[G]But what if it's not meant for me?
[D]I can't stand the symmetry
[Am]My head is stuck [Am7]inside the clouds
[C]But I can see [Csus2]clearly now
Chorus:
[G]I'm trying to find the [D]means to living more [Am]passionat[Am7]ely
[C]Cause I'm not who [Csus2]I wanna [G]be
Buried in rou[D]tines, I don't care what [Am]happens to [Am7]me
[C]I just [Csus2]gotta get [G]free
[G] [D] [Am] [C] [D]
Verse 4:
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[G]I am no proprietor
[D]Tell that that to my dear father
[Am]Taught me everything [Am7]he knew
[C]About nothing that I [D]wanna do
Verse 5:
[G]Earned awards, honors, degrees
[D]I couldn't find myself in these
[Am]So I took my car keys [Am7]and ID's
[C]And threw them in the oc[D]ean
Bridge:
[Em]Now, all of the [D]world is laying [Am7]right be[D]fore my [C]eyes
[Am] [D7] [G] [D]
[Am7]I wo[C]nde[G]r why the hell it took so long for me to recognize
(recognieieiiize)
[D] [C] [Em] [Am7] [G] [D] [Csus2]
[Am7] [C] [D]
[G]I'm trying to find the [D]means to living more [C]passionately
[Am]Cause I'm not who [Am7]I wanna [G]be
Buried in rou[D]tines, I don't care what [C]happens to m[Am7]e
Chorus:
I said [G]I'm trying to find the [D]means to living more [Am]passionat[Am7]ely
[C]Cause I'm not who [Csus2]I wanna [G]be
Buried in rou[D]tines, I don't care what [Am]happens to [Am7]me
[C]I just [Csus2]gotta get [G]free
[G] [D] [Am] [C]
I just [Csus2]gotta get [G]free
G D Am C D (Repeat and fade)
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