Intro 
A C D D 
A C D D7 


 
[Verso 1]

A           C         D    D 
Its not the money you make 
A            C     D      D7 
It’s not the promises you always break 
A           C        D                            D7           A C D D 
Its not the light of reason that you’ve got turned way down low 


[Verso 2]

A           C         D 
Its not the wife you cheated on 
A           C         D           D7 
Its not the mistress you chose to lay you’re love upon 
A           C         D                            A C D D 
Its certainly not the children that you hardly know 


 
[Pré-Refrão]

                   G              E7 
It’s the fact that you can’t even feel 



[Refrão]

             A       C  D 
The ship is sinking, oh yeah 
             A       C  D 
The ship is sinking, oh yeah 
            G 
The ship is thinking 
                    E7 
Were all gonna be drinking the saltwater 
                      A C D  D   A C D D 
drinking the saltwater 


[Verso 3]


A           C         D           D 
Its not the wars you make 
A           C         D           D7 
Its not the peace you fake 
A           C         D                    D              A C D  D 
It’s not the eye you close at the back you always see the turn 



[Verso 4]

A      C         D           D 
Hey it ain’t the crime 
A            C         D           D 
It ain’t the getaway, get away, getaway 
A           C         D                 D7           A C D D 
It’s not the number of bridges that you violently burn 



[Pré-Refrão]

                   G              E7 
It’s the fact that you can’t even feel 



[Refrão]

             A       C  D 
The ship is sinking, oh yeah 
             A       C  D 
The ship is sinking, oh yeah 
            G 
The ship is sinking 
                    E7                   A C D D 
Were all gonna be drinking the saltwater 
                      A C D D 
drinking the saltwater 


Bridge 
A F Bm D x2 


[Verso 5]


A            C     D      D7 
It’s not the government 
A            C        D      D 
It’s not the evil we represent 
A            C      D                   D7                      A C D D 
It’s not the way we shake our heads and say “What more can we do?” 


[Verso 6]


A            C       D      D 
It’s not the hope we killed 
A            C       D      D7 
It ain’t the holes we filled 
A               C      D                               D                                        A C D D 
It certainly ain’t the trees or the leaves that pretty soon we are gonna have to stick on with glue 



[Pré-Refrão]

                   G              E7 
It’s the fact that we can’t even feel 



[Refrão]

             A       C  D 
The ship is sinking, oh yeah 
             A       C  D 
The ship is sinking, oh yeah 
            G 
The ship is thinking 
                    E7                  A C D D 
Were all gonna be drinking the saltwater 
                      A C D D 
drinking the saltwater 
                      A C D D 
drinking the saltwater 
                      A C D D 
drinking the saltwater 


Outro 
              D C E A 
The ship is sinking