Iwan Rheon

Sink

Iwan Rheon


Tom: C

E|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|--11--11|--11--11|--11--11|--11--11|
G|--00--00|--00--00|--22--22|--00--00|
D|----2---|-----0--|----2---|----0---|
A|3-------| 2-------|0-------|2-------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|
  T DUT DU T DUT DU T DUT DU T DUT DU

i.e. strings 4 and 5 are plucked with the thumb while the high strings are brushed with the index finger


Chorus:

E|--------|--------|--22--22|--22--22|--------|--------|--3--333|--444444|
B|--11--11|--11--11|--33--33|--33--33|--11--11|--11--11|--0--000|--000000|
G|--22--22|--22--22|----2---|----2---|--00--00|--00--00|--0--000|--000000|
D|----2---|----2---| 0-------|0-------|----2---|----2---|--0--000|--000000|
A|0-------| 0-------|--------|--------|3-------|3-------|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| 3-------|4-------|
  T DUT DU T DUT DU T DUT DU T DUT DU T DUT DU T DUT DU T D UDU  T DUDUDU  

The strumming in the last two bars isn't strict, but follows this basic pattern.


Bridge: ("You try not to sink...")

E|1-------| 1-------|1-------|1-------|--00--00|--------|
B|1-------| 0-------|1-------|0-------|--11--11|--11--11|
G|2-------| 0-------|2-------|0-------|----2---|--22--22|
D|3-------| 0-------|3-------|0-------|--------|2-------|
A|3-------| 2-------|3-------|2-------|0-------|----0---|
E|1-------| 3-------|1-------|3-------|--------|--------|
  D D  UDU D D  UDU D D  UDU D D  UDU T DUT DU T DUT DU

E|1-------| 1-------|4-------|6-------|--00--00|--00--00|--00--00|0-------|
B|1-------| 0-------|4-------|6-------|--11--11|--11--11|--11--11|1-------|
G|2-------| 0-------|3-------|7-------|--00--00|--00--00|--00--00|0-------|
D|3-------| 0-------|6-------|8-------|----2---|----2---|2---2---|2-------|
A|3-------| 2-------|6-------|8-------|3-------|3-------|3---3---|3-------|
E|1-------| 3-------|4-------|6-------|--------|--------|--------|x-------|
  D D  UDU D D  UDU D D  UDU D DU UDU T DUT DU T DUT DU T DUT DU D DU UDU


Instrumental(ish)

E|0-------| 0-------|0-------|0-------|0-------|0-------|0-------|0-------|
B|1-------| 1-------|1-------|1-------|1-------|1-------|1-------|1-------|
G|0-------| 0-------|2-------|0-------|0-------|0-------|2-------|0-------|
D|2-------| 0-------|2-------|0-------|2-------|0-------|2-------|0-------|
A|3-------| 2-------|0-------|2-------|3-------|2-------|0-------|2-------|
E|x-------| x-------|x-------|x-------|x-------|x-------|x-------|x-------|
  D DU UDU D DU UDU D D  UDU D D  UDU D D  UDU D D  UDU D D  UDU D DUDUDU


Final Chorus: 

E|0-------| 0-------|2-------|2-------|0-------|0-------|3-------|4-------|
B|1-------| 1-------|3-------|3-------|1-------|1-------|0-------|0-------|
G|2-------| 2-------|2-------|2-------|0-------|0-------|0-------|0-------|
D|2-------| 2-------|0-------|0-------|2-------|2-------|0-------|0-------|
A|0-------| 0-------|x-------|x-------|3-------|3-------|2-------|3-------|
E|x-------| x-------|x-------|x-------|x-------|x-------|3-------|4-------|
  D D  UDU D D  UDU D D  UDU D D  UDU D D  UDU D D  UDU D D  UDU D D  UDU


Song breakdown:

Verse x12
Chorus x2
Verse x6
Chorus x2
Bridge
Instrumental
Final Chorus x2
Bridge (start softening off on the last 4 bars, end on C)



CHORDS/LYRICS

C/B:           G#*          G7
E|0-------| |4-------|   |1-------|
B|1-------| |0-------|   |0-------|
G|0-------| |0-------|   |0-------|
D|0-------| |0-------|   |0-------|
A|2-------| |3-------|   |2-------|
E|x-------| |4-------|   |3-------|

C  C/B  Am  C/B  x2

C             C/B                 Am       C/B
You were, you were, you were on my side
C                  C/B                    Am     C/B
In the war, in the war, in the war in your mind
C                    C/B                  Am     C/B
And you try, and you try, and you try to be free
C                        C/B                            Am    C/B
That's something, that's something, that's something to be

C  C/B  Am  C/B  x2

C             C/B                 Am       C/B
You look, you look, you look to the west
C                          C/B                  Am      C/B
Cause they say, cause they say, they say it's the best
C                      C/B                   Am      C/B
Well it's fading, it's fading, it's fading for me
C                  C/B                          Am      C/B
But I guess, but I guess that's the price to be free

Am          D           C      G       G#*
You want it all, oh, to fall around you
Am          D  C         G         G#*
You want it all to fall around you

C  C/B  Am  C/B  x2

C                          C/B                      Am      C/B         
Now you're looking, you're looking, you're looking at me
C                C/B               Am       C/B
And I try, and I try, and I try to believe
C               C/B                   Am       C/B
How I wonder, I wonder and crave what you see
C                        C/B                            Am      C/B
That's something, that's something, that's something to be.

Am          D           C      G       G#*
You want it all, oh, to fall around you
Am          D  C         G         G#*
You want it all to fall around you

        F          G7        F          G7        Am
Oh, you try not to sink, you try not to sink with me
        F          G7              G#             A#       C
oh, you try not to sink, cause you can't face the brink of nothing

Of nothing...

C  C/B  Am  C/B  x2

Am          D           C      G       G#*
You want it all, oh, to fall around you
Am          D  C         G         G#*
You want it all to fall around you

        F          G7        F          G7        Am
Oh, you try not to sink, you try not to sink with me
        F          G7              G#             A#       C
oh, you try not to sink, cause you can't face the brink of nothing

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