The Ocean Chords by Dar Williams

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[D] _ _ _ [G] When I went to your town [Em] on the wide open shore
[A] Oh, I must confess [D] I was drawn, I was [G] drawn to the ocean
I thought [Em] it spoke to me
[A] It said, look at us, [Bm] we're not churches, [G] not [A] schools, not skating [Bm] ponds, swimming [G] pools
And we have lost [Em] people, haven't we though? _
[A] Oh, that's what the [D] ocean could know of a [G] body
And that's when I came [A] back to town
This town is a [F#m] song about you
[G] You [A] don't know [Bm] how lucky [G] you are
[A] You [Bm] don't know [G] how much [A] I adore [Bm] you
You [G] are a [A] welcoming bet [Em] from the ocean
[A] I _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] went back [Em] to the ocean today
With [A] my books and my [D] papers I went to the rocks [G] by the ocean
[D] But the weather [Em] changed quickly
[A] Oh, the ocean said, what [B] are you [G] trying to find?
[A] I don't care, [Bm] I'm not kind, [G] I have blood ginger sailors
[Em] I've spat out their keepsakes
[A] Oh, it's ashes to [D] ashes, but oh, it's the ocean
[G] But the ocean can't come [A] to this town
This town is a song [F#m] about you
[G] You [A] don't know how [Bm] lucky [G] you are
[A] You [Bm] don't know [G] how much [A] I adore [Bm] you
You are a [A] welcoming bet [Em] from the ocean
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[G] _ [E] Can _ [A] _ _
[D] _ [G] the ones that know [A] you so well
Are the ones that can swallow [F#m] you whole
[G] I [A] have a good [Bm] and I [G] have an evil
[A] I [Bm] thought the ocean, [G] the ocean [A] thought nothing
[Bm] You [G] are a [A] welcoming bird [Em] from the ocean
[A] I _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] [F#] didn't go [E] back today
[A] I wanted to show [D] you that I was more land [G] than water
[F#] I went to [Em] pick flowers
[A] I brought them to you, [B] look at me, [G] look at them
With [A] their salt [Bm] of the skin [G] but you frown
When I smiled [E] and I tried to arrange them
[A] You said, let me tell [D] you the song of this town
[G] You said, everything was [A] a good find
After that, well you just [F#] got the bars
[G] You don't [A] know how [Bm] precious [G] you are
[A] Walking [Bm] around with [G] your little [A] shoes standing
[G] I am the one [A] who lives [Em] with the ocean
[A] Where we came from you know sometimes I just wanna [F#] go back
[G] After [A] a day [B] we drink [G] till we're drowning
[A] Walk to [Bm] the ocean, [G] wade in with [A] our work [G] boots
Raid in our work boots, try to finish [D] the job
[G] You don't [A] know how [Bm] precious [G] you are
[A] I [Bm] am the one [G] who lives [A] with the ocean
[B] You don't [G] know how, [A] I [Bm] am the one
[G] You don't [A] know how, [Bm] I [E] am the one
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[G] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] [G] Dadadadadada _
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[A] [Bm] Dadadadadada
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