{"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":1509852,"song":"God Of Ocean Tides","artist":"Counting Crows","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1509852-god-of-ocean-tides-chords-by-counting-crows/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1509852?type=chord","rating":4.95981,"votes":47,"content":"Dan fingerpicks this song. I have tabbed out the intro because it gives a pretty good \r\nrepresentation of the pattern and variations he uses throughout the song. The bass is \r\nplayed by alternating the thumb between the lowest and second lowest string every 1/4 \r\nnote. When he does the walkdown during the verses (\"And I buy all my days\"), he seems to \r\nonly hit the bass note of each chord so I have notated it as such.\r\n\r\nIn the \"chorus\", for lack of a better term, the D-G-D-G parts (\"All night long\"), he \r\nstrums the chords.\r\n\r\nNow on to the bridge. It gets sort of difficult here because the second guitar starts \r\nplaying a big part and there is also more occasional strumming. At \"colored lights\", a very \r\ndistinctive picking pattern appears and I have written it out there. The chord names \r\nrepresent those picking patterns until the end of the bridge, at which point you can return \r\nto normal chord forms. You can barre the first two forms but make sure not to hit that D \r\nstring. Sorry if it is confusing, but I promise I could have made it much worse.\r\n\r\nI hope my tab does this beautiful song justice.\r\n\r\n*Lyrics adapted from LyricsMania.com\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|----------------|-------0-------|---------------|-----------------|\r\nB|--1---------0---|-3---------3---|-----------0---|-----------------|\r\nG|--------0-------|---------------|-------0-------|-------0---------|\r\nD|------2-------2-|-----2-------2-|-----2-------2-|-----2-----2---2-|\r\nA|--3-------3-----|-3-------3-----|-3-------3-----|-3-------3---3---|\r\nE|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nClose the door on a short night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nLift the lid on the daylight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n6:09 West Tennessee time[/tab]\r\n      C   /B  /A  G\r\nAnd I buy all my  days\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAt the same place where the girl sells her nights[/tab]\r\n     C      /B  /A  G\r\nTo a God of ocean   tides.\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll night long,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWriting poems to California[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMelodies of failure[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the people I have thrown[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA - way, meanwhile, somewhere west of Carolina[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn a congregation of strangers[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWe are digging holes to China[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen we pray to our reflections[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the water when it rises.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI said headlights pin the highway down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nJesus spins the world around[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I’ll spend all my tomorrows coming down[/tab]\r\n    C   /B  /A  G\r\nGoodbye all my  days.\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI know I said I never loved you[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]    /B     /A     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I might just try again tonight.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D/B[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTruck stops and river gods[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGas stations of the Cross[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nFollowing a ghost,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFollowing a ghost,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI pray the water wash away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nThe memories and the cost.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nCarry me south, to the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/E[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nAlong with your memories of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe are born in the water[/tab]\r\n           G  /A   /B  Cadd9\r\nAnd I will re-turn to  Thee.\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Csus2[/ch]\r\ne|----3-------3-----|----3-------3-----|----3-------3-----|----3-------3-----|\r\nB|--------3-------3-|--------3-------3-|--------3-------3-|--------3-------3-|\r\nG|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|\r\nD|------5-------5---|------5-------5---|------5-------5---|------5-------5---|\r\nA|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|\r\nE|------------------|------------------|------------=-----|------------=-----|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G5/D[/ch]\r\ne|----3-------3-----|----3-------3-----|----3-------3-----|----3-------3-----|\r\nB|--------3-------3-|--------3-------3-|--------3-------3-|--------3-------3-|\r\nG|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|\r\nD|------5-------5---|------5-------5---|------5-------5---|------5-------5---|\r\nA|--5-------5-------|--5-------5-------|--5-------5-------|--5-------5-------|\r\nE|------------------|------------------|------------=-----|------------=-----|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G(2)[/ch]\r\ne|----7-------7-----|----7-------7-----|----7-------7-----|----7-------7-----|\r\nB|--------8-------8-|--------8-------8-|--------8-------8-|--------8-------8-|\r\nG|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|\r\nD|------9-------9---|------9-------9---|------9-------9---|------9-------9---|\r\nA|--10-----10-------|--10------10------|--10-----10-------|--10------10------|\r\nE|------------------|------------------|------------=-----|------------=-----|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Csus2[/ch]\r\nColored lights[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G5/D[/ch]\r\nAnd birthday cakes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Csus2[/ch]\r\nCandle wax[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G(2)[/ch]\r\nOn paper plates.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Csus2[/ch]\r\nBreathe the water[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G(2)[/ch]\r\nHush-a-bye, hush-a-bye.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Csus2[/ch]\r\nYou can see through water[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G(2)[/ch]\r\nAll the way up to the sky.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nGods of water, gods of rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nCover up the sun again[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe are crossing at the Mississippi line[/tab]\r\n      C     /B  /A  G\r\nAnd I tried all my  days\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo love you just the way you hoped I might,[/tab]\r\n        C       /B   /A G\r\nBut I’m leaving here to-night.\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can’t remember yesterday[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]      /B  /A  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI tried, if I said I could[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI lied.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\nEm7 Em7(2)\r\n\r\n[ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] (Strummed end riff)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chords]\r\n\r\nVerse/Chorus\r\n[ch]C[/ch]            X32010\r\n[ch]G[/ch]            320033\r\n[ch]D[/ch]            XX0232\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]           022000\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]           X02210\r\n[ch]A7[/ch]           X02020\r\n\r\nBridge\r\n[ch]D/B[/ch]          X2023X\r\n[ch]Cmaj7[/ch]        X32000\r\n[ch]Cadd9[/ch]        X32030\r\n[ch]D/E[/ch]          0X0232\r\n[ch]Csus2[/ch]        X35X33\r\n[tab][ch]G5/D[/ch]         X55X33\r\nG(2)         X(10)9X87[/tab]\r\n\r\nOutro\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]          020000\r\nEm7(2)       020003[/tab]","plain_text":"Dan fingerpicks this song. I have tabbed out the intro because it gives a pretty good \nrepresentation of the pattern and variations he uses throughout the song. The bass is \nplayed by alternating the thumb between the lowest and second lowest string every 1/4 \nnote. When he does the walkdown during the verses (\"And I buy all my days\"), he seems to \nonly hit the bass note of each chord so I have notated it as such.\n\nIn the \"chorus\", for lack of a better term, the D-G-D-G parts (\"All night long\"), he \nstrums the chords.\n\nNow on to the bridge. It gets sort of difficult here because the second guitar starts \nplaying a big part and there is also more occasional strumming. At \"colored lights\", a very \ndistinctive picking pattern appears and I have written it out there. The chord names \nrepresent those picking patterns until the end of the bridge, at which point you can return \nto normal chord forms. You can barre the first two forms but make sure not to hit that D \nstring. Sorry if it is confusing, but I promise I could have made it much worse.\n\nI hope my tab does this beautiful song justice.\n\n*Lyrics adapted from LyricsMania.com\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n      C   /B  /A  G\nAnd I buy all my  days\n\n     C      /B  /A  G\nTo a God of ocean   tides.\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n    C   /B  /A  G\nGoodbye all my  days.\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n           G  /A   /B  Cadd9\nAnd I will re-turn to  Thee.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n      C     /B  /A  G\nAnd I tried all my  days\n\n        C       /B   /A G\nBut I’m leaving here to-night.\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nEm7 Em7(2)\n\nCmaj7 C Cmaj7 Cadd9 (Strummed end riff)\n\n\n[Chords]\n\nVerse/Chorus\nC            X32010\nG            320033\nD            XX0232\nEm           022000\nAm           X02210\nA7           X02020\n\nBridge\nD/B          X2023X\nCmaj7        X32000\nCadd9        X32030\nD/E          0X0232\nCsus2        X35X33\n\n\nOutro","chords":["D","G","C","B","A","E","Em","Am","A7","D/B","Cmaj7","Cadd9","D/E","Csus2","G5/D","G(2)","Em7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"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]},"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}