Every breaking wave
F - Am - C - G
(2x)
F
Am
1. Every breaking wave on the shore
C G
tells
the next one there’ll be one more.
F
Am
And every gambler knows that
to lose
C G
is
what you’re really there for.
F - Am
Summer I was fearless,
C G
now I
speak into an answer phone.
F
Am
Like every falling leaf on the
breeze
C G
winter
wouldn’t leave it alone - alone.
F - Am C G
If you go,
if you go your way and I go mine.
F - Am C G
Are we so, are we so
helpless against the tide ?
F Am
Baby, every dog on the street
C G
knows that we’re in love with
defeat.
F Am
Are we ready to be swept off our feet
C
G F
and stop chasing every breaking
wave ?
+ F - Am - C - G
F Am
2. Every sailor knows that the sea
C
G
is a
friend made enemy.
F Am
And every shipwrecked soul
knows what it is
C
G
to
live without intimacy.
F
- Am
I thought I heard the
captain’s voice
C
G
it’s
hard to listen while you preach.
F
Am
Like every broken wave on the
shore
C G
this
is as far as I could reach.
+ CHORUS + F - Am - C - G
F
+ The sea knows where
are the rocks,
Am
and
drowning is no sin,
C
you
know where my heart is,
G
the
same place that yours has been.
F
We know that we fear to win
and
Am
C G
so we
end before we begin, before we begin.
+ F - Am - C - G + CHORUS
+ F - Am - C - G (2x) ….
(orig. = capo 4th) (U2)