|Em G |C  D  |Em  G |C  D |

[Verse 1]
Em              G              C
You worship the sun and you’re aching for change
D                          Em
But you keep starving your heart
                 G
You used to have sisters
          C
You don’t anymore
                 D
You worship the sun
N.C                          Em G C D
But you keep feeding the dark

[Verse 2]
Em
And I'm out in the yard
G               C       D
With my son and daughter
Em                 G                                 C
And the sky is all black and I think we should start running…..
N.C.
Running from the water
Em
And everybody’s yelling
G
Yelling that they’re coming
    C       N.C.
But I don’t see a single soul
        Em
They’re all so busy yelling
    G
Not one of them is hearing
    C                         N.C.
The hissing from the bottom of the boat

[Pre Chorus]
           D
I got some feelings up my sleeve
D
I got a compass in my arm
        C
I got a needle in my heart
                                
It’s gonna tell us where we are

[Chorus]
Em    G        C
South by south west
D             Em
Two miles from town
  G         C
I can’t get out
  D          Em
I can’t look down
Em
If you can hear
G          
If you’re around
C
I’m over here
C
I’m over here
             Am        C
I’m watching everyone I  love
D               Em    G C  D
Drowning in the sound

[Verse 3]
Em              G
You worship the sun
                     C
But the moons in the way
D
So get your armaments out
Em
She’s always looking for trouble
G                                  C
She’s gonna get what’s been coming to her
                         D                                       
She’s switching the tide and we can’t have that shit around
Em                     G
The television they’re blaring out the warning
         C
That our natural state is drowning
C
That our natural state is burning

[Pre Chorus]
           D
And you’re trying to help
              
And you’re clicking for change
           C
And you’re calling it out

And you’re adding your name
           D
And you’re marching for peace

But you’re lynching the bitch
         C
That got up in your face
                                            Em
How else they gonna to take you seriously?

[Chorus]
Em    G        C
South by south west
D             Em
Two miles from town
  G         C
I can’t get out
  D          Em
I can’t look down
Em
If you can hear
   G
If you’re around
C
I’m over here
C
I’m over here I'm watching
Am         C   D
Everyone I love
N.C             Em    G C D
Drowning in the sound

[Instrumental]
Em  G C D  x3

[Verse 4]
         Am
And your body is a temple
Am
But the temple is a prison
        C
And the prison’s overcrowded
C
And the inmates know it's flooding
        Am
And the body politic is getting sicker by the minute
        C
And the media’s not fake
          D
It’s just very
N.C          
Inconvenient

[Instrumental]
Em G C D 

[Bridge]
       Em                            G
Do you ever feel that this should be officially the end?
             N.C.
And that you should be the one to do the ending but you can’t?
Em                                 G
Ever feel that everyone is slowly letting go
       N.C.
Do you ever feel that incredibly alone?

[Verse 5]
            Em
And they’re saying not to panic
G
And it’s like a broken record
         C                      D
Not like anybody know what that is
            Em
And they’re saying that they’ll manage
                        G
It's the hottest one on record
            N.C.                                 
And they’re saying that it’s just the way it is
[Pre Chorus]
D
And now I can taste it coming
D
I can taste it with my tongue
       C
And my children are so heavy
C                       
But I pick them up and run
      D                  
And I know I’ll have to swim soon
D
When the water gets too high
             C
I’ll keep on holding them above me
C
I'll keep on holding them and crying

[Chorus]
Em    G        C
South by south west
    D          Em
Two miles from town
  G         C
I can’t get out
  D          Em
I can’t look down
Em
If you can hear
          G
If you’re around
C
I’m over here
C
I’m over here
C
I’m watching
Am         C
Everyone I love
Am          C
Everyone I love
Am                C   D
Everyone I love
N.C             Em    G C D
Drowning in the sound

[Instrumental]
Em     G  C    D

[Outro]
Em              G                          C
You worship the sun and you’re aching for change
D             
But you keep starving your heart
Em               G 
You used to have sisters
          C
You don’t anymore
                D
You worship the sun
N.C
But you keep feeding the dark