Hell and High Water Rainer Maria
Key: F#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
[F#]F#/[-]Bb - [244322]x143xx
B - x24442
[G#m]E - [-] [466444]022100
Intro: B-- x4
Verse 1:
[F#] I've seen the girl
who'll pick [F#/Bb]up where
I leave off she's
a[B]lready smoothing her
hands for the pictures
[F#] I've seen her [F#/Bb]sorting
through my [B]memories
what's sweet? what's
bitter? she wants
what I can't give her
Interlude:
F#--G#m-F#--G#m--F#--B-- x2
Verse 2:
[F#] I've seen the girl
who'll chew [F#/Bb]up what
I bite off she's
de[B]vising a better
mouth just to kiss
you[F#] any minute I'll
[F#/Bb]have to surrender
to her [B]wishes what
to take and what to
set free? I wonder
if she'll miss me
Verse 3:
[F#] I've seen the girl
who'll be [F#/Bb]brave when
I run off she's been
[B]picking her fights
like she knows how
to win them[F#] and
I've seen her [F#/Bb]sorting
through my [B]memories
what's sweet? what's
bitter? she wants
what I can't give her
Chorus 1:
[F#]Every time I try to
get [G#m]out [F#]of her [G#m]way
the [F#]day is [B]full of
kids [F#]giving you the
finger[G#m] [F#] and s[G#m]peeders
gonna [F#]kill you on
your [B]tiny street
she wants to [F#]beat
through all the
hell and [G#m]high [F#]water
[G#m]threa[F#]tening what
[B]she believes that's
when I [F#]know I should
just drop everything[G#m]
[F#]and let her [G#m]sing
[F#]she's a better
[B]version of me
Verse 4:
[F#] I've seen the girl
who'll re[F#/Bb]member what
I lost she has [B]never
forgotten a name or
a punchline[F#] she is
the one that [F#/Bb]I have
chosen[B] I'm lost but
she's found a better
way to get around
Verse 5:
[F#] I've seen the girl
who'll pick [F#/Bb]up where
I leave off she's
a[B]lready smoothing her
hands for the pictures
[F#] I've seen her [F#/Bb]sorting
through my [B]memories
what's sweet? what's
bitter? she wants
what I can't give
her I'm lost but
she's found I'm
better way I
get around
Chorus 2:
[F#]Every time I try to
get [G#m]out [F#]of her [G#m]way
the [F#]day is [B]full of
kids [F#]giving you the
finger[G#m] [F#] and s[G#m]peeders
gonna [F#]kill you on
your [B]tiny street
she wants to [F#]beat
through all the
hell and [G#m]high [F#]water
[G#m]threa[F#]tening what
[B]she believes that's
when I [F#]know I should
just drop everything[G#m]
[F#]and let her [G#m]sing
[F#]she's a better
[B]version of [B]me[B] [B]
Outro:
[B] I tell [B]myself
I tell my[B]self
you're not a [F#]fool
[B] I tell [B]myself
I tell my[B]self
F# E B F#(hold)
you're not a fool
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