{"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":1499539,"song":"Oceans Away","artist":"Elton John","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1499539-oceans-away-chords-by-elton-john/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1499539?type=chord","rating":4.7003,"votes":5,"content":"A lovely song from Elton's newest album 'The Diving Board' - I'm a little amazed no one has tabbed it yet to\r\nbe honest with you.\r\n\r\nI've had a go at notating the intro - I'm more of a pianist than a guitarist so I haven't tabbed it, but I\r\nthink my system is pretty easy to work out - listen to the record for the timing. Vertical lines ( | ) are bar\r\nlines.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\nNotes  [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] |\r\nChords      | [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] | [ch]Eb[/ch]      | [ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]         | [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] | [ch]Eb[/ch]      | [ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]      |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Eb[/ch]                [ch]Eb9[/ch]               [ch]Ab[/ch]                [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI hung out with the old folks, in the hope that I'd get wise.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]                   [ch]Cm[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI was trying to bridge the gap, between the great divide.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb[/ch]        [ch]Eb9[/ch]              [ch]Ab[/ch]               [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nHung on every recollection, in the theatre of their eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Gm[/ch]             [ch]Cm[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nPicking up on this and that, in the few that still survive.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nCall em up[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nDust em off[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nLet em shine[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Ab[/ch]              [ch]Eb[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe ones who hold onto the ones, they had to leave behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Eb[/ch]               [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nThose that flew, those that fell,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThe ones that had to stay,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBeneath a little wooden cross[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nOceans away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n\r\nNotes  [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] |\r\nChords      | [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] | [ch]Eb[/ch]      | [ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]         | [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] | [ch]Eb[/ch]      | [ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]      |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Eb[/ch]                 [ch]Eb9[/ch]           [ch]Ab[/ch]                 [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nThey bend like trees in winter, these shuffling old gray lions[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Gm[/ch]                  [ch]Cm[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThough snow white start to gather, like the belt around Orion.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Eb[/ch]             [ch]Eb9[/ch]               [ch]Ab[/ch]         [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nJust a touch of faded lightning, of the powerful design,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Gm[/ch]         [ch]Cm[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nOf the generation gathered, for maybe the last time.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nCall em up[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nDust em off[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nLet em shine[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Ab[/ch]              [ch]Eb[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe ones who hold onto the ones, they had to leave behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Eb[/ch]               [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nThose that flew, those that fell,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThe ones that had to stay,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBeneath a little wooden cross[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nOceans away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb[/ch]                                              [ch]Ab[/ch]                                         [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nOceans away where the green grass sways and the cool wind blows across the shadow of their graves.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb[/ch]                                     [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nshoulder to shoulder, back in the day, sleeping bones to rest in Earth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch] [ch]Fsus4[/ch]  [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nO - ceans away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb[/ch]  [ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nO - ceans away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nCall em up[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nDust em off[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nLet em shine[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Ab[/ch]              [ch]Eb[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe ones who hold onto the ones, they had to leave behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Eb[/ch]               [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nThose that flew, those that fell,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThe ones that had to stay,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBeneath a little wooden cross[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nOceans away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n\r\nNotes  [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  | [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] |\r\nChords      | [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] | [ch]Eb[/ch]      | [ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]         | [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] | [ch]Eb[/ch]      | [ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]      |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n*Single note fading into the distance*[/tab]","plain_text":"A lovely song from Elton's newest album 'The Diving Board' - I'm a little amazed no one has tabbed it yet to\nbe honest with you.\n\nI've had a go at notating the intro - I'm more of a pianist than a guitarist so I haven't tabbed it, but I\nthink my system is pretty easy to work out - listen to the record for the timing. Vertical lines ( | ) are bar\nlines.\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nNotes  Eb G | Bb C  | Bb Eb F | G  F Eb C C  Bb Eb G | Bb C  | Bb Eb F | G  F Eb C C  Bb F |\nChords      | Eb Ab | Eb      | Cm        Bb         | Eb Ab | Eb      | Cm        Bb      |\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\nNotes  Eb G | Bb C  | Bb Eb F | G  F Eb C C  Bb Eb G | Bb C  | Bb Eb F | G  F Eb C C  Bb F |\nChords      | Eb Ab | Eb      | Cm        Bb         | Eb Ab | Eb      | Cm        Bb      |\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\nNotes  Eb G | Bb C  | Bb Eb F | G  F Eb C C  Bb Eb G | Bb C  | Bb Eb F | G  F Eb C C  Bb F |\nChords      | Eb Ab | Eb      | Cm        Bb         | Eb Ab | Eb      | Cm        Bb      |\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["A","Eb","G","Bb","C","F","Ab","Cm","Eb9","Gm","D","Gb","Bbm","Fsus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"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]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}