Bm  D  A  G  Bm  D  A  G

[Verse]
Bm                              D
The waves sound like cannons tonight
A                       G
Aimin' straight for your heart
Bm                      D
I strike a fuse in the fading light
A                      G
Just as the summer goes dark

[Instrumental]
Bm A G

[Verse]
Bm                      D
And everybody's got a fall back plan
A                         G
A place to be when the lights go down
Bm                               D
Girl you've always been my main event
G                       A
A show stopper in this rip tide town

[Chorus]
D
I know if feels like a long shot baby
A
Two broken hearts in a leap of faith
Bm
A faint heart never won fair lady
G                               A
And loosin' you is more than I can take
D
And I won't sit on the shoreline
A
As love slips through our hands
Bm                      A                 G
And hearts break on the coast of California
                         A
They wash away like footprints in the sand

[Instrumental]
Bm A

[Verse]
Bm                        D
The bright colours of the boardwalk lights
A                  G
Shine on your face
Bm                        D
All of the noise from the carnival rides
A                       G
   Can't drown out the pain
Bm                      D
But call me out on my hard luck baby
A                       G
I need redemption tonight
Bm                          D
Scatter your troubles like stars on the water
A                      G
Let ‘em go with the tides

[Chorus]
D
I know if feels like a long shot baby
A
Two broken hearts in a leap of faith
Bm
A faint heart never won fair lady
G                               A
And loosin' you is more than I can take
D
And I won't sit on the shoreline
A
As love slips through our hands
Bm                      A                 G
And hearts break on the coast of California
                         A
They wash away like footprints in the sand

[Instrumental]
Bm  A  G  D  Bm A G A

[Outro]
D
I know if feels like a long shot baby
A
Two broken hearts in a leap of faith
Bm
A faint heart never won fair lady
G                               A
And loosin' you is more than I can take
D
And I won't sit on the shoreline
A
As love slips through our hands
Bm                      A                 G
And hearts break on the coast of California
                         A
They wash away like footprints in the sand