Standard (EADGBE)

She says today is gonna be the last one

I know there's never gonna be an easy way out

She's rolling round the town with a fast gun

And I know I can't be there to catch her when she falls

 Well half way down is half way out of here

 We're either halfway drowned or half way 'round the pier

 When you're that far gone

 Whooooo, Whoooooooo

Verse 1

 I walked the steps to her apartment with the window by the shore

 And saw her curled on the tile through a crack in the door

 I've been searching for the words I don't know how to say

 I've been searching for the words to make it go away

 I spent all of last night and the night before that

 With my feet in the sand and the wind on my back

 Watching a ship sail out to a blue wide sea

 There must be more than this with a kiss we can't see

Chorus

 Well half way down is half way out of here

 We're eihter half-way drowned or half way round the pier

I can't break her, I can't break her fall

She's lying in the back room, crying on the bathroom floor

 Singing I can't take it, I can't take any more

Just one reason, one to believe in

 That's not that far gone, whooooo

 Not that far gone, whooooo

Verse2

(repeat B, E progression)

I held the back of her head and laid her in the bed

And watched the sheets raise and fall to the rhythm of her breath

Turn the lock on the handle and slipped down the stairs

To the cover of the night with diamonds in the air

I'll say a prayer in my breath and take a left at the water

To the rhythm of my feet a sister and a daughter

To the rhythm of the sea with the breeze in the autumn

As it blows through the trees my hands into the water

Repeat Chorus

I can't break her, I can't break her fall

She's lying in the back room, crying on the bathroom floor

And I can't take it, I can't take anymore

She says today is gonna be the last time

And I know there's never gonna be an easy way out