Backstroke

Backstroke from Baby Teeth (2018) - Dizzy
Song Length: 5:19
Key: F
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Capo: None

[CHORDS]:
Dm7  x x 0 2 1 1
C    x 3 2 0 1 0
F    1 3 3 2 1 1
Bb   x 1 3 3 3 1

Intro

Dm7

Verse 1

Dm7
Elegantly
C
Kelly from town's got a crush on you
Dm7
Over coffee
C
I pick your brain all afternoon
Bb
Pick up your cold feet
C
She will never love you like I do

Chorus

Dm7
I'll swim backstroke to keep from drowning
C                                                   F
Nose to the sky, carve your name in the baby blue
Bb
(And I'll fall asleep to the sounds of the late noon)
Dm7
I'll swim backstroke to keep from drowning
C                                                   F
Nose to the sky, carve your name in the baby blue
Bb
(And I'll fall asleep to the sounds of the late noon)
Dm7
Wading, wading, wading
Dm7
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting
Dm7
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting
Dm7
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting

Verse 2

Dm7
Elegantly
C
I stand poised waiting for the end
Dm7
It's staring straight back at me
C
Tiny little terrors won't get out of my head
Bb
     Legs keeping me afloat
                        C
Even in the deepest pits of a shallow love
I know that you're leaving
Bb
   Keep me in undertow
Oh how you deceive me
C
   This feeling in my bones
I know that you're leaving

Chorus

Dm7
I'll swim backstroke to keep from drowning
C                                                   F
Nose to the sky, carve your name in the baby blue
Bb
(And I'll fall asleep to the sounds of the late noon)
Dm7
I'll swim backstroke to keep from drowning
C                                                   F
Nose to the sky, carve your name in the baby blue
Bb
(And I'll fall asleep to the sounds of the late noon)

Instrumental

Dm7  C  F  Bb  x2

Bridge

Dm7
All of the strangers
And all of the foes
          C
Come and stand by the water
Where so many froze
        F
And I can't feel my body, I feel all their eyes
      Bb
But I won't turn to look
Keep my nose to the sky
      Dm7
And it's awfully silent
                           C
The quiet will ring in my ears underneath
As I'm starting to sink
    F
And as I see the bottom it's all I can do
        Bb
To keep waiting and waiting, waiting for you
       Dm7
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
       C
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
       F
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
       Bb
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
       Dm7
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
       C
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
       F
I keep waiting, waiting, waiting for you
           Bb
But you're weighing me, weighing me, weighing me further