Waterdeep - Sink or Swim

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"Sink or Swim" by Lori Chaffer (Waterdeep)
From the album "Sink or Swim"
Copyright 1997 Hey Ruth Music
transcribed by 

Chords:
   C (intro)     -  [X32010] 
   C (verse)     -  [X35553]
   F*            -  [X33211]
   F             -  [133211]
   Bb            -  [113331]
   G             -  [320033]
   G4            -  [355433] +
   E             -  [022100]
   Am            -  [X02210]
   D             -  [XX0232]

+(Note: this is not the correct name for this chord, but it'll do for
this song.)
*(Extra Note: Always be listening for a hammering on and off "pattern"
with this chord: F*) 
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Intro riff:
  C (strum once, then hammer on and then quickly pull off on the 2nd
fret on the fourth string)    
  F
  Bb
  F* (hammer on and pull off a couple times on the 2nd fret on the third string)
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[Intro riff (without words) 2x]

(Intro)
-riff-
   Will you hold my hand?
-riff- 
   Do I have to stand 
-riff-   
   in this world all alone
-riff- 
   where it's icy cold

G                                              
   and all the people chime in
G                                                      
   "You've got to sink or swim"?

(pre-verse)
C      F  Bb  F

(Verse 1)
C                F  Bb  F
   Where there's rain there's drought,
C             F  Bb  F
   So I'll confess my doubts.
C                F  Bb  F
   Where there's threshing of the fields
C              F  Bb  F
   something's bound to yield.

(Chorus 1)
G4            
   And all the people cry out,
F               
   they feel they're about to drown
E               Am
   on the ocean floor
         D                  F*  E  G
   but I know there's more

C     F  Bb  F (2x)

(Verse 2)
C    F  Bb  F
   I know You understand 
C            F  Bb  F     
   what it's like to me man
C              F  Bb  F
   Sometimes I forget You're near
C              F  Bb  F 
   Sometimes I forget you hear

(Chorus 2)
G4
   The way the raindrops fall,
F
   the sound of the wind as it calls,
E                     Am
   and every breath I breathe
       D                  F*
   and song I don't sing.

(Intro riff  4x)

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