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The Downstream - OCS
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Chord tab:
            G= 320033
            D= XX0232
           Am= X02210
            C= 332010
Verse 1:
   GLay down your Dhead,
   AmAnd look to your Cwindow.
   GWhere did you Dgo?
   AmWell it's not where you're Cgoing.
   GAnd how do you Dsee
   AmWhen the light isn't Cshining?
   GWhere you could Dbe,
   AmIf you worked out the Ctiming.
Chorus:
CHow does it feel when,
The world comes back sorry and Gtrue___D____Am_
AmHow______C__ do you do the Dthings you do to Amyou?
Verse 2:
If I were a king,
And you were a lady.
What would I sing,
To say what I'm saying?
Would you believe,
The verse is left open.
A hole in my sleeve,
Brown an' all broken.
   [chorus]
Verse 3:
Sell me a river,
And I'll skate away,
To the downstream,
Where I did play.
So easy minded_____.
Like the hill on the skyline,
I tripped and landed,
And got lost on the sidelines.
   [chorus - repeat last line]

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The Downstream

by Ocean Colour Scene

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The Downstream - OCS

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Chord tab:

= 320033

= XX0232

= X02210

= 332010

Verse 1:

G D

Lay down your head,

Am C

And look to your window.

G D

Where did you go?

Am C

Well it's not where you're going.

G D

And how do you see

Am C

When the light isn't shining?

G D

Where you could be,

Am C

If you worked out the timing.

Chorus:

How does it feel when,

G D Am

The world comes back sorry and true________

Am C D Am

How________ do you do the things you do to you?

Verse 2:

If I were a king,

And you were a lady.

What would I sing,

To say what I'm saying?

Would you believe,

The verse is left open.

A hole in my sleeve,

Brown an' all broken.

[chorus]

Verse 3:

Sell me a river,

And I'll skate away,

To the downstream,

Where I did play.

So easy minded_____.

Like the hill on the skyline,

I tripped and landed,

And got lost on the sidelines.

[chorus - repeat last line]

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