Drowning
Recorded by The Red Clay Strays
Album: Single (2024)

(Capo on 3)

(Intro.)
|(Am) /(G)  / |(F) / / / |(Am) /(G)  / |(F) / / / |

(Verse 1)
(Am) (G) This life feels like a (F)battle
(Am) (G) One that I can't (F) win
(Am) It's (G)like I'm swimmin' against the (F)current
(Am) (G)Like I'm runnin' against the wind (F)
(Am) It's (G)like I'm going over-(F)board
(Am) With an (G)anchor 'round my (F)waist
I lie a-(Am)wake at night (Am) with tears in my eyes, my (F)heart beatin' out of my chest
There's no (Am)light at the end of (G)this tunnel I'm in, I'm (F)callin' for an SOS

(Chorus)
Somebody help me I'm, (Am) (G)drown-(F)in'
I can't tread much longer I'm, (Am) (G)fightin'
(F) To keep my head above water
(Am)Throw me a line, (G)show me a sign
(F)Everything'll be alright
'Cause I feel like I'm, (Am) (G)drownin' (F)
Somebody help me out

(Solo)
|(Am) /(G)  / |(F) / / / |(Am) /(G)  / |(F) / / / |
 
(Verse 2)
(Am) I (G)try to see th�u world's true (F) colors
(Am) (G)But they're all just shad�us of (F)gray
(Am) (G)And it's only getting (Am)duller
(Am) (G) Every passing day (F)
(Am) (G)And the more I fake a smile (F)
(Am) (G) The more I'm bound to break (F)
I've never (Am)felt so alone (G) in a crowd full of folks
I'm (F)tryin' just to hide the pain
It's just a (Am)matter of time (G) 'til I can't see the light
And I (F)hit rock bottom again

(Chorus)
Somebody help me I'm, (Am) (G)drown-(F)in'
I can't tread much longer I'm, (Am) (G)fightin' (F)
To keep my head above water, (Am)throw me a line, (G)show me a sign
(F)Everything'll be alright
'Cause I feel like I'm, (Am) (G)drown-(F)in�f, somebody help me out
 
(Bridge)
(Dm) But it goes to show, (G) there ain't always a boat
(C) To (B/G)lend a helpin' (Am)hand
(Dm) But if I can find just (G)one way to stay afloat
(C) I'll find (B/G) my way back to (Am)shore again

(Guitar Solo)
|(Em) / / / |(Am) / (G) / |(Em) / / / |(Am) / (G) / |(D) - - -

(Out-Chorus)
Somebody help me I'm, (Am) (G)drown-(F)in'
I can't tread much longer I'm, (Am) (G)fight-(F)in'
To keep my head above water
(Am)Throw me a line, (G)show me a sign
(F)Everything'll be alright
'Cause I feel like I'm, (Am) (G)drown-(F)in'
Lord, I'm (Am) (G)drown-(F)in'
Lord, I'm (Am) (G)drown-(F)in�f, somebody help me out - - - (Dm) - - - - -