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Sinking Ship

Balthazar

RockAdvanced for beginners11 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

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Chords & lyrics

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Chords : 
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     C#    G#m   B     F#    Bbm   Fm    Ebm 
e|---4-----4-----2-----2-----6-----8-----6----| 
B|---6-----4-----4-----2-----6-----9-----7----| 
G|---6-----4-----4-----3-----6-----10----8----| 
D|---6-----6-----4-----4-----9-----10----8----| 
A|---4-----6-----2-----4-----9-----8-----6----| 
E|---------4-----------2-----6----------------| 
 
 
 
 
Intro : 
 
C#, G#m, B, F# 
 
 
 
Verse : 
 
      C#                                        G#m 
I can feel it coming up and spreading inside of me 
   B                                         F# 
It warms the blood and it eats away the memory 
        C#                                    G#m 
From my pen you expected the sweet honey to drip 
        B                                          F# 
But the words come out like rats leaving a sinking ship, yeah, look at them run 
 
 
 
Intro : 
 
C#, G#m, B, F# 
 
 
 
Verse : 
 
     C#                                    G#m 
Your famous discretion, how you so proudly call it, 
           B                                               F# 
Well, I'm afraid, honey, that it crumbled down to the powder in your wallet 
     C#                                       G#m 
And all the different shapes and forms which you control 
       B                               F# 
From the whitest and purest to the whore of alcohol, ah, look at her run 
 
 
 
Bridge : 
 
Bbm, Fm, Ebm (x2) 
 
              Bbm           Fm   Ebm 
We'll get to know your sad side again (x4) 
 
 
 
Outro : 
 
C#, G#m, B, F# (x2) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LEAD GUITAR 
 
 
 
 
Intro + verses : 
 
     C#              G#m              B              F# 
e|--------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------3~---| 
D|---3~-------------------------------1~------------------| 
A|-------------------2~-----------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
 
Riff between the verses : 
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    C#                             G#m 
e|-----9--------------9---------------9--------------9---------| 
B|--------7/9------------7/9-9-----------7/9------------7/9-9--| 
G|--6-----------6--6---------------8-----------8--8------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
    B                              F# 
e|-----9--------------9---------------9--------------9--9---9--| 
B|--------7/9------------7/9-9-----7-----7/9---7--7------------| 
G|--6-----------6--6-------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
When Jinte plays the guitar, he plays this riff one octave lower : 
 
    C#                             G#m 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----6--------------6---------------6--------------6---------| 
D|--------4/6------------4/6-6-----------4/6------------4/6-6--| 
A|--4-----------4--4---------------6-----------6--6------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
    B                              F# 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----6--------------6---------------6--------------6--6---6--| 
D|--------4/6------------4/6-6-----4-----4/6---4--4------------| 
A|--4-----------4--4-------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
 
Bridge : 
 
     Bbm       Fm         Ebm 
e|--------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------6/5~-------4/3~----------------| 
A|---4~---------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------| 
 
 
 
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Chord set

C# · G#m · B · F# · Bbm · Fm · Ebm · G · D · A · E

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.