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This is based on the live performance here: https://youtu.be/RjFViSsW-ko

Open E5sus4 Tuning (this is how he plays it, a standard tuning version is below):
E A E E B e

E5          020000
Asus2add6 (2)02200 or (2)02000
Asus2       x00000
Bsus4     (2)22200

Intro: E5  -  Asus2add6  Asus2

E5                        Asus2add6
Rise up real early shaking
Asus2                E5
Try and steady my hand
Make my way down to the water
Sail a half a mile from land

See where the sharks have been feeding
out on the ocean alone
and I scrutinize the carnage
Asus2                               Bsus4
like it was the goddamn Rosetta Stone

Asus2
When I crack
            E5
that secret code
Asus2                          Bsus4    (Asus2)
It’s sure to lighten my load

E5                             Asus2
Won’t you come out sailing with me
               E5                 Bsus4     E5
Into the warmth of the afternoon

Intro

Scoop up the guts and brains
Drizzle them into a plastic bag
Let them drop onto the deck
See the day drag

And when I get back to the car
it’s like a furnace inside
I head on down the highway
throttle open wide

Back home in the high heat
I spill out all my presents for you
There’s blood all over the floor now
What are we going to do

Won’t you come out sailing with me
Into the warmth
warmth of the afternoon 

Intro

Chords:

E   E/F#  E/A

-0  -0   -0
-0  -0   -0
-1  -1   -1 
-2  -2   -2
-2  -x   -0
-0  -2   -- 

Intro: E-E/F#-E-E/F#-E

E                  E/F#
Rise up real early shaking
E/A                 E
Try and steady my hand
E                   E/F#
Make my way down to the water
E/A                     E
Sail a half a mile from land

E                           E/F#
See where the sharks have been feeding
E/A                 E
out on the ocean alone
E                      E/F#
and I scrutinize the carnage
E/A                      B
like it was the goddamn Rosetta Stone

E/A
When I crack
            E
that secret code
E/A                     B
It’s sure to lighten my load

E                   E/A
Won’t you come out sailing with me
         E              B     E
Into the warmth of the afternoon

E-E/F#-E-E/F#-E/A

Scoop up the guts and brains
Drizzle them into a plastic bag
Let them drop onto the deck
See the day drag

And when I get back to the car
it’s like a furnace inside
I head on down the highway
throttle open wide

Back home in the high heat
I spill out all my presents for you
There’s blood all over the floor now
What are we going to do

Won’t you come out sailing with me
Into the warmth
warmth of the afternoon 

E-E/F#-E-E/F# for a while, then E/A-E