Anybody have good acoustic guitar chords for Sink or Swim by Tyrone Wells.?

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websites, or personal chords to the song are perfect.
one website i don’t like is Ultimate guitar, so not that website.
and any other sons you have from him would be perfect. thanks! =)

It’s in the key of D. The intro goes between D and G twice. The chords are played with a little lick. If you play D as a barre with your first finger on fret 2 (across strings 1 – 2 & 3) your second finger is on the second string fret 3. That’s a normal open D, but played with 2 fingers. That frees up your ring finger to do the lick on the 4th string. If you slide the D lick up 5 frets, it becomes an alternate way of playing G.

e—2-2-2-2-2-2-2– then slide up-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
B–3-3-3-3-3-3-3– then slide up-8-8-8-8-8-8-8
G–2-2-2-2-2-2-2– then slide up-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
D–4-4-4-2-4-2-4– then slide up-9-9-9-9-7-7-7
A–
E–
This pattern repeats through the verse, whenever there’s D and G.

Inrto: D-G-D-G
[VERSE1]
[D] Caught in the middle of a [G] crossfire
[D] Lost my balance on a [G] high wire
[Bm] Trying to figure out [G] what to [D] do

[VERSE 2]
[D] Pushed to the edge of my [G] reason
[D] Everywhere around me it’s [G] treason
[Bm] I don’t want to [G] do that to you [D] [G]

[CHORUS]
Kamikaze [Bm] airplanes in the [G] sky
Are we going [D] down or will we [A] fly?
This could be a [Bm] shipwreck on the [G] shore
Or we could sail [D] away forever [A] more [G]
This time [A] it’s sink or swim, [D] [G] sink or [D] swim [G]

[VERSE 3]
[D] Hearing the song in your [G] laughter
[D] A melody I chase [G] after
[Bm] No one else has [G] done this to me [D] [G]

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[CHORUS]
Kamikaze [Bm] airplanes in the [G] sky
Are we going [D] down or will we [A] fly?
This could be a [Bm] shipwreck on the [G] shore
Or we could sail [D] away forever [A] more [G]
This time [A] it’s sink or swim [Bm]

[BRIDGE]
[Bm]Take a deep [G] breath
[Bm] No more [G] time left
[Bm] This is what I [G] thought I wanted
[Bm] Why am I [G] afraid? [A]

[CHORUS]
Kamikaze [Bm] airplanes in the [G] sky
Are we going [D] down or will we [A] fly?
This could be a [Bm] shipwreck on the [G] shore
Or we could sail [D] away forever [A] more [G]

[CHORUS]
Kamikaze [Bm] airplanes in the [G] sky
Are we going [D] down or will we [A] fly?
This could be a [Bm] shipwreck on the [G] shore
Or we could sail [D] away forever [A] more [G]
This time [A] it’s sink or swim, [D] [G] sink or [D] swim [G] [D]

Sorry to insert the chords into the lines…Y!A text editor is terrible for chords. If you try to put them OVER the lines, they don’t stay in the correct position. I hope this helps.


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TommyMc July 13, 2010 at 4:47 pm

It’s in the key of D. The intro goes between D and G twice. The chords are played with a little lick. If you play D as a barre with your first finger on fret 2 (across strings 1 – 2 & 3) your second finger is on the second string fret 3. That’s a normal open D, but played with 2 fingers. That frees up your ring finger to do the lick on the 4th string. If you slide the D lick up 5 frets, it becomes an alternate way of playing G.

e—2-2-2-2-2-2-2– then slide up-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
B–3-3-3-3-3-3-3– then slide up-8-8-8-8-8-8-8
G–2-2-2-2-2-2-2– then slide up-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
D–4-4-4-2-4-2-4– then slide up-9-9-9-9-7-7-7
A–
E–
This pattern repeats through the verse, whenever there’s D and G.

Inrto: D-G-D-G
[VERSE1]
[D] Caught in the middle of a [G] crossfire
[D] Lost my balance on a [G] high wire
[Bm] Trying to figure out [G] what to [D] do

[VERSE 2]
[D] Pushed to the edge of my [G] reason
[D] Everywhere around me it’s [G] treason
[Bm] I don’t want to [G] do that to you [D] [G]

[CHORUS]
Kamikaze [Bm] airplanes in the [G] sky
Are we going [D] down or will we [A] fly?
This could be a [Bm] shipwreck on the [G] shore
Or we could sail [D] away forever [A] more [G]
This time [A] it’s sink or swim, [D] [G] sink or [D] swim [G]

[VERSE 3]
[D] Hearing the song in your [G] laughter
[D] A melody I chase [G] after
[Bm] No one else has [G] done this to me [D] [G]

[CHORUS]
Kamikaze [Bm] airplanes in the [G] sky
Are we going [D] down or will we [A] fly?
This could be a [Bm] shipwreck on the [G] shore
Or we could sail [D] away forever [A] more [G]
This time [A] it’s sink or swim [Bm]

[BRIDGE]
[Bm]Take a deep [G] breath
[Bm] No more [G] time left
[Bm] This is what I [G] thought I wanted
[Bm] Why am I [G] afraid? [A]

[CHORUS]
Kamikaze [Bm] airplanes in the [G] sky
Are we going [D] down or will we [A] fly?
This could be a [Bm] shipwreck on the [G] shore
Or we could sail [D] away forever [A] more [G]

[CHORUS]
Kamikaze [Bm] airplanes in the [G] sky
Are we going [D] down or will we [A] fly?
This could be a [Bm] shipwreck on the [G] shore
Or we could sail [D] away forever [A] more [G]
This time [A] it’s sink or swim, [D] [G] sink or [D] swim [G] [D]

Sorry to insert the chords into the lines…Y!A text editor is terrible for chords. If you try to put them OVER the lines, they don’t stay in the correct position. I hope this helps.
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