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*****DO NOT ADD STRUMMING PATTERNS TO MY TABS*****
Dar Williams - The Ocean
CAPO: 2nd Fret
INTRO:   F   Dm7    Dm    G  C  
When I Fwent to your town on the Dmwide open shore
Oh, I must conGfess, I was drawn, I was Cdrawn to the Focean
I Cthought it spoke Dmto me, it said, 
"Look at Gus, we're not Amchurches, not Fschools, 
Not Gskating ponds, Amswimming pools,F  
And we have lost people, Dmhaven't we though?"
Oh, Gthat's what the ocean can Cknow of a body
And Fthat's when I came back to Gtown
This town is a song about Emyou
FYou don't know Ghow Amlucky you Fare
GYou don't know Amhow Fmuch I aGdore you
AmYou are the Fwelcoming Gback from the DmoceanG  C  
I went back to the Dmocean today
With my Gbooks and my papers, I Cwent to the rocks by the Focean
But the Cweather changed Dmquickly
Oh, the Gocean said, "What are you Amtrying to Ffind, 
I don't Gcare, I'm not kAmind, I have Fbludgeoned your sailors, 
I've Dmspat out their keepsakes"
Oh, it's Gashes to ashes, but Calways the ocean
But the Focean can't come to this Gtown
This town is a song about Emyou
FYou don't know Ghow Amlucky you Fare
GYou don't know Amhow Fmuch I aGdore you
AmYou are the Fwelcoming Gback from the DmoceanG  C  
INTERLUDE:                    F          G               Am      F    Dm    G  C  
           La la lee la la, le la la le la la la (3x)  la
And the Fones that can know you so Gwell
Are the ones that can swallow you Emwhole
FI have a Ggood and AmI have an Fevil
GI thought the Amocean, the Focean thought Gnothing
AmYou are the Fwelcoming Gback from the DmoceanG  C  F  
I didn't Amgo back toDmday
I Gwanted to show you that CI was more land than Fwater
I Amwent to pick Dmflowers
I Gbrought them to you, look at Amme, look at Fthem
With their Gsalt up the Amstem, but you Ffrowned 
When I smiled and I Dmtried to arrange them
You Gsaid, "Let me tell you the Csong of this town"
You said, "FEverything closes at Gfive.
After that, well, you just got the Embars."
"FYou don't know Ghow Amprecious you Fare
GWalking aAmround with your Flittle shoes Gdangling
AmI am the Fone who Glives with the Dmocean.
"It's where we Gcame from, you know."
"And sometimes I just want to go Emback.
FAfter a Gday, we'll Amdrink 'til we're Fdrowning
GWalk to the Amocean, wade Fin with our Gwork-boots
AmWade in our Fwork-boots, try to Gfinish the Cjob."
"FYou don't know Ghow Amprecious you Fare
GI am the Amone who Flives with the Gocean
AmYou don't know Fhow, I am the Amone
FYou don't know Ghow, AmI am the Dmone"
INTERLUDE:    (## repeat about 15x - fade to end ##)
           FLa la lee la la, le Gla la le Amla la la 

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The Ocean

by Dar Williams

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm7

*****DO NOT ADD STRUMMING PATTERNS TO MY TABS*****

Dar Williams - The Ocean

CAPO: 2nd Fret

F Dm7 Dm G C

INTRO:

F Dm

When I went to your town on the wide open shore

G C F

Oh, I must confess, I was drawn, I was drawn to the ocean

C Dm

I thought it spoke to me, it said,

G Am F

"Look at us, we're not churches, not schools,

G Am F

Not skating ponds, swimming pools,

And we have lost people, haven't we though?"

G C

Oh, that's what the ocean can know of a body

F G

And that's when I came back to town

This town is a song about you

F G Am F

You don't know how lucky you are

G Am F G

You don't know how much I adore you

Am F G Dm G C

You are the welcoming back from the ocean

I went back to the ocean today

G C F

With my books and my papers, I went to the rocks by the ocean

C Dm

But the weather changed quickly

G Am F

Oh, the ocean said, "What are you trying to find,

G Am F

I don't care, I'm not kind, I have bludgeoned your sailors,

I've spat out their keepsakes"

G C

Oh, it's ashes to ashes, but always the ocean

F G

But the ocean can't come to this town

This town is a song about you

F G Am F

You don't know how lucky you are

G Am F G

You don't know how much I adore you

Am F G Dm G C

You are the welcoming back from the ocean

F G Am F Dm G C

INTERLUDE:

La la lee la la, le la la le la la la (3x) la

F G

And the ones that can know you so well

Are the ones that can swallow you whole

F G Am F

I have a good and I have an evil

G Am F G

I thought the ocean, the ocean thought nothing

Am F G Dm G C F

You are the welcoming back from the ocean

Am Dm

I didn't go back today

G C F

I wanted to show you that I was more land than water

Am Dm

I went to pick flowers

G Am F

I brought them to you, look at me, look at them

G Am F

With their salt up the stem, but you frowned

When I smiled and I tried to arrange them

G C

You said, "Let me tell you the song of this town"

F G

You said, "Everything closes at five.

After that, well, you just got the bars."

F G Am F

"You don't know how precious you are

G Am F G

Walking around with your little shoes dangling

Am F G Dm

I am the one who lives with the ocean.

"It's where we came from, you know."

"And sometimes I just want to go back.

F G Am F

After a day, we'll drink 'til we're drowning

G Am F G

Walk to the ocean, wade in with our work-boots

Am F G C

Wade in our work-boots, try to finish the job."

F G Am F

"You don't know how precious you are

G Am F G

I am the one who lives with the ocean

Am F Am

You don't know how, I am the one

F G Am Dm

You don't know how, I am the one"

INTERLUDE: (## repeat about 15x - fade to end ##)

F G Am

La la lee la la, le la la le la la la

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