A Knife In The Ocean chords by Foals

Chords with lyrics

This is just the main body of this great track by foals. Sounds good on acoustic guitar

[Intro]
B minorBm (It sounds nice to arpeggio this during the intro)
When I come to walk the line
The fire may come, but we'll be just fine
When I go to walk the line
The fire, it will come but we'll be just fine

B minorBm E MajorE B minorBm
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm

[Verse 1]

B minorBm
Mouth of the ocean, be well spoken
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Watch your P's and Q's
B minorBm
Now that we're older, the future is colder
A augmentedA          D MajorD
But what is there to do?

B minorBm
I'll walk the line, I'll be just fine
A augmentedA           D MajorD
I'll be right back on time
B minorBm
The fire is coming, but we'll outrun it
A augmentedA       D MajorD
We'll never be undone

B minorBm A augmentedA  D MajorD
B minorBm A augmentedA  D MajorD

E MajorE (play the E MajorE short here and at the end of the lines)
[Chorus]
D MajorD        E MajorE       F minorFm      E MajorE
What came of the things we once believed?
D MajorD          E MajorE         F minorFm  E MajorE
Oh, all lost to the depths of a hungry sea
D MajorD          E MajorE       F minorFm     E MajorE
Oh, what came of the things we once believed?
D MajorD          E MajorE         F minorFm    E MajorE
Oh, all lost to the depths of a hungry sea

B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD

B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD

[Verse 2]

B minorBm
And now our parents are long departed
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Who can finish the songs they started?
B minorBm
Bodies are broken, but it's just a token
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Of what is surely to come

B minorBm
Unstitch the suture, please pause the future
A augmentedA          D MajorD
So I can collect my things
B minorBm
The fire is coming, but we'll outrun it
A augmentedA       D MajorD
We'll never be undone

E MajorE (again, just play this short as the chorus kicks in)

[Chorus]
D MajorD        E MajorE       F minorFm      E MajorE
What came of the things we once believed?
D MajorD          E MajorE         F minorFm  E MajorE
Oh, all lost to the depths of a hungry sea
D MajorD          E MajorE       F minorFm     E MajorE
Oh, what came of the things we once believed?
D MajorD          E MajorE         F minorFm    E MajorE
Oh, all lost to the depths of a hungry sea