Treading Water mgk (Machine Gun Kelly)

Treading Water

mgk (Machine Gun Kelly)

SoloSage

113
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 12/8
Key: Gm
Capo:
Fret 3
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
Em7 D/F# Cadd9 Em7 D/F# Cadd9
                             And,
Em7            D/F#   Cadd9
oh, what a life    to live

[Chorus]
            Em7       D/F#           Cadd9
When you're dying for someone to give
   Em7                D/F# Cadd9
To give you their love
        Em7           D/F# Cadd9
To give you their love

[Verse 1]
Em7             D/F#
   Light awake, stargazing,
Cadd9                          Em7               D/F#
     I won't sleep 'til morning   Echoes of your words
       Cadd9
saying,
                           Em7              D/F#        Cadd9
"Don't write a song for me"   Everything is wrong in me,
                            Em7            D/F#          Cadd9
raised under wings of demons   And even if God's with me,
                         Em7                D/F#         Cadd9
without you I have no reason This'll be the last time you
hear me say sorry
Em7               D/F#         Cadd9
   That'll be the last tear you     waste on me crying
Em7 D/F#       Cadd9     Em7          D/F#
I   broke this home, and just like my father,
     Cadd9
I'll die  all alonе

[Chorus]
     Em7            D/F#   Cadd9
And, oh, what a life    to live 
            Em7       D/F#           Cadd9
When you're dying for someone to give
   Em7                D/F# Cadd9
To give you their love
        Em7           D/F# Cadd9
To give you their love

[Verse 2]
Em7                   D/F#       Cadd9
   I'm lookin' at the kids' faces
                               Em7        D/F#
Sittin' in the driveway while I   pack up suitcases
Cadd9
I    just ruined their holiday,
    Em7        D/F#      Cadd9
and lies don't die, they grow
    Em7            D/F#         Cadd9
And everything you try to hide eventually shows
    Em7              D/F#
The beast killed the beauty;
    Cadd9
the last petal fell from the rose
    Em7          D/F#
And I  loved you truly,
       Cadd9
that's why  it's hard to let it go
Em7 D/F#       Cadd9          Em7            D/F#
I   broke this home, but I'll change for our daughter,
   Cadd9
so she's not alone

[Chorus]
Em7            D/F#       Cadd9
Oh, what a life    to live
            Em7       D/F#           Cadd9
When you're dying for someone to give
   Em7            D/F# Cadd9
To give you their love
   Em7           D/F#    Cadd9
To give you their    love
     Em7            D/F#       Cadd9
And, oh, what a life    to live
            Em7       D/F#           Cadd9
When you're dying for someone to give
   Em7            D/F# Cadd9
To give you their love
   Em7           D/F#    Cadd9
To give you their    love
Ohohoh

[Solo]
                                      | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |
| Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |

[Verse 3]
Em7                D/F#
   I wrote this in Room Three,
        Cadd9
spending     Christmas in rehabilitation
      Em7
I got no phone,
D/F#                 Cadd9
just a cell that I'm trapped in while my home's vacant
       Em7              D/F#
I'm an inpatient, but I lost patience
       Cadd9
I just broke somethin', but I'm fixated
       Em7                   D/F#
On the gossip that I know is happenin'
               Cadd9
While I'm just being left out of the conversatcion
       Em7             D/F#
It's a complicated relationship,
                Cadd9
that's nobody's business
But I'm in this business, face it,
          Em7                D/F#
I've been hiding from the ideation
                Cadd9
That the public has  been ruinin' my reputation
        Em7
And it's   crazy,
       D/F#              Cadd9
seeing quotations from a source that somebody curated
           Em7                D/F#
'Cause for me, y'all can feel pure hatred,
         Cadd9
but just keep our baby out this situation
      Em7             D/F#
It's a   long road to redemption,
     Cadd9
and a     shorter one to damnation
       Em7                  D/F#
I know which one is my destination
                Cadd9
But the journey doesn't come without the frustrations
        Em7                      D/F#
Like it doesn't come without the temptations
    Cadd9
And failure can lead to an elevation
           Em7                        D/F#
'Cause sometimes you gotta see what's waiting on the other
Cadd9
side
And know your soul's worth savin'

[Outro]
     Em7            D/F#   Cadd9
And, oh, what a life    to live 
            Em7       D/F#           Cadd9
When you're dying for someone to give
   Em7                D/F# Cadd9
To give you their love
        Em7           D/F# Cadd9
To give you their love

Bars

[Intro]
| Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |

And,
oh, what a life    to live

[Chorus]
                                                | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |
| Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |

When you're dying for someone to give
To give you their love
To give you their love

[Verse 1]
                                      | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |
| Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |
| Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |

Light awake, stargazing,
I won't sleep 'til morning   Echoes of your words
saying,
"Don't write a song for me"   Everything is wrong in me,
raised under wings of demons   And even if God's with me,
without you I have no reason This'll be the last time you
hear me say sorry
That'll be the last tear you     waste on me crying
I   broke this home, and just like my father,
I'll die  all alonе

[Chorus]
                                      | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |
| Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |

And, oh, what a life    to live
When you're dying for someone to give
To give you their love
To give you their love

[Verse 2]
                                      | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |
| Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |
| Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |

I'm lookin' at the kids' faces
Sittin' in the driveway while I   pack up suitcases
I    just ruined their holiday,
and lies don't die, they grow
And everything you try to hide eventually shows
The beast killed the beauty;
the last petal fell from the rose
And I  loved you truly,
that's why  it's hard to let it go
I   broke this home, but I'll change for our daughter,
so she's not alone

[Chorus]
                                      | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |
| Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |
| Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |

Oh, what a life    to live
When you're dying for someone to give
To give you their love
To give you their    love
And, oh, what a life    to live
When you're dying for someone to give
To give you their love
To give you their    love
Ohohoh

[Solo]
                                      | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |
| Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |

[Verse 3]
                                      | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |
| Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |
| Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |
| Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |

I wrote this in Room Three,
spending     Christmas in rehabilitation
I got no phone,
just a cell that I'm trapped in while my home's vacant
I'm an inpatient, but I lost patience
I just broke somethin', but I'm fixated
On the gossip that I know is happenin'
While I'm just being left out of the conversatcion
It's a complicated relationship,
that's nobody's business
But I'm in this business, face it,
I've been hiding from the ideation
That the public has  been ruinin' my reputation
And it's   crazy,
seeing quotations from a source that somebody curated
'Cause for me, y'all can feel pure hatred,
but just keep our baby out this situation
It's a   long road to redemption,
and a     shorter one to damnation
I know which one is my destination
But the journey doesn't come without the frustrations
Like it doesn't come without the temptations
And failure can lead to an elevation
'Cause sometimes you gotta see what's waiting on the other
side
And know your soul's worth savin'

[Outro]
                                      | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |
| Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - | Em7 D/F# Cadd9 - |

And, oh, what a life    to live
When you're dying for someone to give
To give you their love
To give you their love

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