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Standing By The Sea

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[Verse]
There was C5no one all aGroundG#  
There was C5no one there but GmeG#  
I was C5staring out a GwindowG#  
I was C5standing by the GseaG#  
The C5waves kept on reGpeatingG#  
Each one C5crashing to the GshoreG#  
And my C5footprints nowhere GleadinG#g
As they diC5sappeared once GmoreG#  
Your sC5enses they are bomGbardedG#  
By the C5roaring that you GhearG#  
In a C5shell    you can hear the GoceanG#  
When you C5put it up   up to your GearG#  
[Refrain]
There was C5no one all aGroundG#  
There was C5no one there but GmeG#  
I was C5staring out a GwindowG#  
I was C5standing by the GseaG#  

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Standing By The Sea

by Hüsker Dü

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[Verse]

C5 G G#

There was no one all around

C5 G G#

There was no one there but me

C5 G G#

I was staring out a window

C5 G G#

I was standing by the sea

C5 G G#

The waves kept on repeating

C5 G G#

Each one crashing to the shore

C5 G G#

And my footprints nowhere leading

C5 G G#

As they disappeared once more

C5 G G#

Your senses they are bombarded

C5 G G#

By the roaring that you hear

C5 G G#

In a shell you can hear the ocean

C5 G G#

When you put it up up to your ear

[Refrain]

C5 G G#

There was no one all around

C5 G G#

There was no one there but me

C5 G G#

I was staring out a window

C5 G G#

I was standing by the sea

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