{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1720954,"song":"The Ocean","artist":"Dar Williams","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11364962-the-ocean-chords-by-dar-williams/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1720954?type=chord","rating":4.75925,"votes":29,"content":"*****DO NOT ADD STRUMMING PATTERNS TO MY TABS*****\r\n\r\n\r\nDar Williams - The Ocean\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]  \r\nWhen I went to your town on the wide open shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh, I must confess, I was drawn, I was drawn to the ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]              \r\nI thought it spoke to me, it said, [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Look at us, we're not churches, not schools, [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNot skating ponds, swimming pools,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd we have lost people, haven't we though?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, that's what the ocean can know of a body[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nAnd that's when I came back to town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis town is a song about you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou don't know how lucky you are[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou don't know how much I adore you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nYou are the welcoming back from the ocean[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]  \r\nI went back to the ocean today[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith my books and my papers, I went to the rocks by the ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]       \r\nBut the weather changed quickly[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh, the ocean said, \"What are you trying to find, [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI don't care, I'm not kind, I have bludgeoned your sailors, [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI've spat out their keepsakes\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, it's ashes to ashes, but always the ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nBut the ocean can't come to this town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis town is a song about you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou don't know how lucky you are[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou don't know how much I adore you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]     \r\nYou are the welcoming back from the ocean[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]INTERLUDE: [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n           La la lee la la, le la la le la la la (3x)  la[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nAnd the ones that can know you so well[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAre the ones that can swallow you whole[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI have a good and I have an evil[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI thought the ocean, the ocean thought nothing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou are the welcoming back from the ocean[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI didn't go back today[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI wanted to show you that I was more land than water[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI went to pick flowers[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]  \r\nI brought them to you, look at me, look at them[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith their salt up the stem, but you frowned [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen I smiled and I tried to arrange them[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou said, \"Let me tell you the song of this town\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nYou said, \"Everything closes at five.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAfter that, well, you just got the bars.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"You don't know how precious you are[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWalking around with your little shoes dangling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]      \r\nI am the one who lives with the ocean.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"It's where we came from, you know.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"And sometimes I just want to go back.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAfter a day, we'll drink 'til we're drowning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWalk to the ocean, wade in with our work-boots[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWade in our work-boots, try to finish the job.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"You don't know how precious you are[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI am the one who lives with the ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou don't know how, I am the one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou don't know how, I am the one\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE:    (## repeat about 15x - fade to end ##)\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]       \r\n           La la lee la la, le la la le la la la [/tab]","plain_text":"*****DO NOT ADD STRUMMING PATTERNS TO MY TABS*****\n\n\nDar Williams - The Ocean\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n\nINTRO: F  Dm7 Dm  G  C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE:    (## repeat about 15x - fade to end ##)","chords":["F","Dm7","Dm","G","C","Am","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}