Drowning (Backstreet Boys)

Intro (Key: B)
B(add9).... F#(add9)
G#m(add9)...E..
F#sus4..F#..
 
Verse 1 (Key: A)
A                      E
 Don't pretend you're sorry
                  F#m
I know you're not
                      D
You know you got the power
    E              A
To make me weak inside

 A                  E
Girl you leave me breathless
              F#m
But it's okay 
                       D
Cause you are my survival
D5-E5-Bdim/F          
            Now hear me say
 
     Pre-Chorus
     Bm7        A/C#
      I can't imagine
      D                     D-A/C#
     Life without your love
     Bm7        A/C#
      And even forever 
            D               Esus4..E
     Don't seem like long enough
 
     Chorus (Key: B)
     B                                      F#
      'Cause everytime I breathe I take you in
                          G#m
     And my heart beats again
      G#m-F#/A#-B       E
     Ba__by     I can't help it
                   F#              B  
     You keep me drowning in your love
     B                          F#
      Everytime I try to rise above
                        G#m
     I'm swept away by love
      G#m-F#/A#-B            E
     Ba__by     I can't help it
                   F#              B  (Bsus2-B)
     You keep me drowning in your love
 
Verse 2
A              E
 Maybe I'm a drifter
          F#m
May be not
                         D
'Cause I have known the safety
             E            A
Of flowing freely in your arms
         A            E
I don't need another lifeline
                F#m
It's not for me
                      D
'Cause only you can save me
D5-E5- Bdim/F              
             Oh can't you see
 
     Pre-Chorus
     Chorus #2 [end with]
                   F#              G
     You keep me drowning in your love
 
Bridge
           G
Go on and pull me under
 B
Cover me with dreams, yeah
G
 Love me mouth to mouth now
      F#
You know I can't resist
           G#sus4
You're the air that I breathe
 
     Chorus #3 (Key:C# or Db)
     C#                              G#
      Everytime I breathe I take you in
                          A#m
     And my heart beats again
      A#m-G#/C-C#           F#
     Ba__by    I can't help it
                   G#              C#
     You keep me drowning in your love
                   C#          G#
     Everytime I try to rise above
                        A#m
     I'm swept away by love
      A#m-G#/C-C#           F#
     Ba__by    I can't help it
                  G#              
      You keep me drowning in your 
      C#-D#m-D#/F-F#-G#....A#m
     Looooooooooooooooooooooove
    
      A#m-G#/C-C#           F#
     Ba__by    I can't help it
      G#         C#
     Got me drowning 
              G#               A#m
     Got me drowning (in your love)
       A#m-G#/C-C#           F#
      Ba__by    I can't help it
               G#              C#
     Keep me drowning in your love 
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