Chords for High Diving

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_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] I need to know what your silence says.
It's like I'm trapped on an island in [D] my head.
Waiting on a hurricane to pass me [F] by.
This literal pattern is like a red current pulling me [D] back in.
Something I can't escape.
A wave that never [F] breaks.
A million different voices.
So many different sounds.
The weight of expectation tries to kick [D] me when I'm down.
I wrote this to remind myself the [C] next time I'm freaking out.
If I [F] just say a minute,
to look around and see [D] a reach.
My limit.
I'm on it in the [F] skylights.
I get it.
It's hard to practice [Bb] what you preach.
When life is [C] a beach.
I'm on it.
[F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ Trying to read your language is like a map where the X's in [D] quicksand.
It's you across your face.
And I start to [F] say.
There's a ringing inside my head.
Like a cannon fire in front [D] of a vent.
This attic I'm drowning in.
Seems like it never [F] ends.
A million different voices.
So many different sounds.
[Dm] The weight of expectation tries to kick [Dm] me when I'm down.
[F] I wrote this to remind myself [C] the next time I'm freaking out.
If [F] I just say a minute,
to look around and [D] see a reach.
My limit.
_ I'm on it in the [F] skylights.
I get it.
It's hard to practice [Bb] what you preach.
When life is [C] a beach.
_ _ [Dm] I'm on it. _ _
So put up.
_ [F] _ _ _
Or shut _ [Dm] up. _ _ _
So put up.
[D] _ _ [F] _ _ _
Or shut up.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
So put up.
_ _ [F] _ _ _
Or shut up.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
So put up.
If I [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] just say a minute.
To look around and [D] see a reach.
My limit.
I'm on it in the [F] skylights.
I get it.
It's hard to practice [Bb] what you preach.
When life is [C] a beach.
I'm on it.
[F] _ _ _ _
It's hard to practice [Bb] what you preach.
When life is a beach.
[C] I'm on it.
[F] _ _ _ _