Sahara Cifras

[Intro]
D* Gm* Bb* Gm
A Cm
D* Gm* Bb* Gm
A Cm
D*
 
[Verse 1]
                 Gm*
My head's on the ground again
    Bb*
I'm bleeding on the sand,
            A*     C*    D*
But I don't feel a thing
               Gm*
I start with a count to ten
     Bb*
As I pull myself up slowly
      A*      C*  D
And I take it in
 
[Pre-Chorus]
             Gm             Bb          A        D
Lost in this desert and I'm looking for freedom
        Gm         Bb           A    C   D*
A small oasis or a moment of breathing
           Gm*            Bb*          A*   C*   D*
I'm still alive but I can hear my body screaming
         Gm*              Bb*         A*  C*   D
A broken core despite its pieces interweaving
 
[Chorus]
      Gm            Bb      Gm
Scorch the sun, I'm burnin'
     A              Eb
Freezing nights, I'm learnin'
   D              Gm   Bb
To fill my cup of emptiness
     Gm              A      Eb     D
With tired limbs and bloody fists
  Gm           Bb      Gm
On my own I'll make it
     A               Eb
Blood and bone, I'll take it
   D                       Gm
By fighting the coldness inside
               Bb
I'm leaving it all to the side
    Gm                     A
I'm learning to swallow my pride
 
[Post-Chorus]
    Eb      D Gm Bb A
I'm burnin'
    C       D Gm Bb A
I'm burnin'
    C
I'm burnin'
 
[Verse 2]
N.C.
Surrounded by mirages, nonexistent entourages
N.C.
Nowhere to roam, there's nothing left to call home, I'm thinking
N.C.
I've found it, Nirvana, built it from my own lifе's trauma
N.C.                                                          D*
Each day just, gets hotter, learnеd to live without the water
 
[Verse 3]
                 Gm*
My head's on the ground again
  Bb*
A feeling too familiar,
         A*      C*     D*
But this time it stings
                  Gm*
There's no one to call my friend
        Bb*
But the burden's feeling lighter
    A*                 D
Without their things
 
             Gm    Eb
I see on the road ahead,
  Bb
A person walking slowly
      D      C     Cm D
As my vision fades
             Gm
I wake on an empty bed,
Eb    Bb
But I quickly take my leave
      A          C    D
And I refuse the aid
 
           Gm
No one can hurt me
       Bb           A    C  D
If I'm walking all alone
             Gm
They can't desert me
        Bb      A      C  Gm
If I've already turned to stone
 
[Pre-Chorus]
             (Gm)           Bb          A        D
Lost in this desert and I'm looking for freedom
        Gm         Bb           A    C   D*
A small oasis or a moment of breathing
           Gm*            Bb*          A*   C*   D*
I'm still alive but I can hear my body screaming
         Gm*              Bb*         A*  C*   N.C.
A broken core despite its pieces interweaving
 
[Chorus]
N.C.              A
(Heavy Breathing)
      Gm            Bb      Gm
Scorch the sun, I'm burnin'
     C   A           F#m
Freezing nights, I'm learnin'
   D              Gm
To fill my cup of emptiness
     Bb              C      A     D
With tired limbs and bloody fists
      Gm       Bb      Gm
On my own I'll make it
     C    A          F#m
Blood and bone, I'll take it
   D
By fighting the coldness inside
    Gm
I'm leaving it all to the side
    Bb          C          A
I'm learning to swallow my pride
 
[Post-Chorus]
    C      D
I'm burnin'
    A       Gm           Bb
I'm burnin', I'm burnin'
    C          A        D       A
I'm burnin' it all down with me
            Gm           Bb
I'm burnin', I'm burnin'
    C        A       C         D
The only way I'll be set free
 
[Verse 4]
(D)
A body that feels foreign to me
Gm
Dissonance is soaring through me
Bb                       A                  C                  D
Physical pain is nothing to the ache that's roaring through me
                        Gm
I'll do it, I'll do it, anything to get me through it
Bb
How long can I fake through the agony I take
A                               C             D*
At what point will I break as I fall into it?
 
[Verse 5]
            Gm*
I'm sick of asking
        Bb*
if this path will make me
A*      C*            D*
who I'm s'posed to be
              Gm*
In taking the path less traveled
         Bb*
will the difference be
    A*    C*           D*
the one I want to see?
 
                      Gm*
Rip my heart out my chest,
                   Bb*
so I won't be possessed,
                     A*       C*           D*
by the weakness that tries to shut me down
                   Gm*
My movement has slowed,
                    Bb*
but I'll never let go,
                 A*        C*           D*
I'll just lift myself each time around
 
[Bridge]
(D)*
If I had known that it would be this way
           Gm*
I would've never put myself this far into the fray
      Bb*
Cause now I'm seeing everything I am today
          A*                         C*               D*
Is just a product of the existential price I've paid
 
(D)*
Now there's dust in the wind
                  Gm*
And my vision has dimmed,
(Gm)*
the sand has covered my skin
                            Bb*
Is this the end of the end?
                                            A*
I wipe it from my body but it's starting to blend
                        C*                      D*
And now the only option left is just to soak it in
 
         Gm*                    Bb*
If I was whole would I be more?
                      A*         C*       D*
Or does the sum of my parts make me more?
                   Gm*                Bb*
How can I compete against this hold?
                         A*     C*         D*       Gm*
Cause when I turn up the heat I still feel cold...
 
[Break]
             Bb*   A*
I still feel cold
       C*    D*    Gm* Bb* A*
I still feel cold
       C*    D*
I still feel
 
[Verse 6]
                 Gm*
My head's on the ground again
                  Bb*
my body's not the same
            A*      C*    D*
and I can't feel my skin
             Gm*
I wrap up my broken limbs
      Bb*
and I stand up on my feet
              A*           C*   D
but the whole world's spinnin'
 
[Refrain]
             Gm             Bb          A        D
Lost in this desert and I'm looking for freedom
        Gm         Bb           A    C   D*
A small oasis or a moment of breathing
           Gm*            Bb*          A*   C*   D*
I'm still alive but I can hear my body screaming
         Gm*              Bb*         A*  C*   D
A broken core despite its pieces interweaving
 
[Verse 7]
                            Gm                           Bb
I search and pick up the pieces all to my soul, and I go
                          A                 C              D
And try to fill all the gaps to fix all the holes, I don't know
                         Gm                               Bb
How someone like me, can learn to be free, pay their toll
                             A               C            D*
When they were broken down before they had a chance to be whole
 
           Gm*          Bb*              A*      C*           D*
But living life isn't a life if you have nothing left to give
           Gm*          Bb*                            A*      C*           D
And living life isn't a life if you've burned all your reasons left to live
 
[Chorus]
      Gm        Bb
Scorching sun...
     A               C          D
Freezing nights, I'm slipping...
   Gm                  Bb     A        C  D
Losing sight... of my... will to fight
 
  Gm      Bb
On my own...
   A            C        D
All alone, it's ticking
     Gm          Bb  A         C  D*
Counting down, my fading light
 
[Verse 8]
            Gm*            Bm*             A*      C*          D*
I'm sick of picking myself up off of these burning sands below
           Gm*                Bb*        A*   C*       D*
I'm still alive but something died in me ages long ago
                  Gm*                       Bb*                      A*       C*              D*
Now my stomach is sick, and I'm hearing the tick, to the next time I fall and hit the ground
                  Gm*                   Bb*           A*        C*          D*
This time will be quick, no longer equipped to lift myself this time around
 
[Outro]
                   Gm*                    Bb*           A*     C*          D*
I've burned it all down as the flames surround me and I fall onto the sand
                   Gm*                Bb*                A*     C*           D*
Like a shot in the dark I use my last spark for one last deed before the end
 
                 Gm*               Bb*                               A*      C*  D*
My head's on the ground again... I try to lift my head but I'm still sinking in
            Gm*               Bb*                           A*        C*    D*
I lift up a shaky hand, and I say the only word I should've said back then
N.C.
"Help"
 
 
 
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