Intro] 
C# 
 
Verse 1
C# 
  You're underwater but 
you're not drowning 
The river is flooding the 
E           G 
whole city around you 
C# 
  It could be better 
it could be worse 
You've learned to live 
          E          G 
with this midwestern curse 
 
Verse 2
C# 
  And all your friends 
 
don't really know you 
 
Or all the f*cked up 
      E 
scary thoughts that 
          G 
keeps you going 
C# 
  And they don't know 
 
that your homelife 
 
is a joke Does everybody 
           E         G 
have their neck in a yoke? 
 
Refrain 1
G# 
Yes the answer is yes 
But we can fool 
each other sometimes 
F# 
Yeah the answer is yes 
           G# 
But we can help each 
other sometimes 
 
Chorus 1
 C#             G# 
Stop choking on second 
F#           C# 
guesses Stop cleaning 
   G#          F# 
up everybody's messes 
     C#          G# 
Stop drowning in holy 
F#                 C# 
water Get carried away 
with us on the 
G#       F#  C# 
Sangamon River 
 
Chorus 2/Outro
 C#             G# 
Stop choking on second 
F#           C# 
guesses Stop cleaning 
   G#          F# 
up everybody's messes 
     C#          G# 
Stop drowning in holy 
F#                 C# 
water Get carried away 
with us on the 
G#       F#  C# 
Sangamon River 
             C# 
Get carried away 
with us on the 
G#       F#  C# 
Sangamon River 
             C# 
Get carried away 
with us on the 
G#       F#  C# 
Sangamon River