Bilgewater Chords by Brown Bird

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[D] I'm going to wind up working [C] in the thick of [D] it.
Sunshine through the rain and snow.
[A] There's an oily brand builds [C] water [C#m] baptism [D] waiting below.
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[G] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] That's just the way we slam against the topside sound.
Don't let the ever-rolling ocean [Am] go and get you.
[D] Don't let it shake you steady, dread [A]-cutting hand.
Keep stealing ribbons from the steel and [C] giving hell to [C#m] every [D] ally you can.
In spite of [Dm] all, to live without, [A] to fight it [G] out, [D] I'll embrace [Am] it all.
[D] In spite [Dm] of all, to live without, [E] to [D] fight [Am] it [G] out, [E] I'll [D] embrace [Am] it all.
_ [D] When every day is like a war between the will to go [G] [A] on
and the wish [G] that [D] the world spiraled into the sun,
[Am] turn your [G] head toward the storm that's surely coming [A] along. _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [C] If [D] the sun was always shining and our glow'd always light,
we'd be [G]
shaking like a leaf with every God-given night.
[A] We'd break under the weight of any pressure that was [D] ever applied.
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We'd be ready when the straw bars call.
You've got an ever-loving owner [C] pit we're going in [D] on.
Don't [Gm] let his [D] condescension get you down.
Just [A] have the strength to know you're wrong,
and [C] when you're right, the [C#m] strength to stand [D] your ground.
In spite of [Dm] all, _ to live without, [D] to [Am] fight it out, _ _ _ _ [D] in spite of [Dm] all,
to live without, to fight it [Em] out, I'll [D] [Am] embrace it all.
[D] In [Dm] spite of all, _ when it's like a war, [E] you [Am] find no strength from the usual [D] source.
In spite of all, there's [Dm] no peace, there's no [E] rest,
in spite of all, [Em] before the clues [D] we only [Am] put to the test.
[D] In spite of all, when every [Am] day is like a [Dm] war between the will to go [Am] on
and the wish [D] that the world was spiraled [Gm] into the [D] sun,
turn your [Am] head [F] toward the storm [G] that's surely [A] coming along.
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] If the sun was always shining and our Lord always light,
[G] we'd be shaking like a leaf with every God-given [A] night.
We'd break under the weight of any pain that [G] ever [Dm] came in this life.
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