The Ocean chords by Dar Williams

From spostel@cs.oberlin.edu Tue Apr  8 13:08:25 1997

standard tuning, no capo.  Each chord name or dash indicates one dotted
quarter note (one beat, since the song is in 12/8 most of the time).
Frequently on successive A chords, Dar does a hammer-on/pull-off, so
A-Asus4 is more accurate.  Similarly, on successive D chords, she
frequently does D-Dsus2 (pulling off on the high E string).  Finally, the
pattern G - Em - is frequently really G G/F# Em Em (listen for a
descending bass line on the recording to find out exactly when).  This
transcription condenses the acoustic and electric guitar parts, is
faithful primarily to the acoustic part, and is playable on a solo
acoustic.

The Ocean
by Dar Williams
from the album _Mortal City_

intro: G G/F# / Em - / A - / D - / - -

        G             -          Em        -     - -
When ...
   A          -            D            D          G
Oh ..,
     G             Em    -  -  -
I ...
    A             A             Bm             G
It ..
      A              Bm
Not ...
G              -            Em          -      -  -
  And ..
      A             -         D          -
Oh, ..
     G             G            A   -
And ..
      -         -         F#m
This ..
 G              A   Bm       G
You ..
 A              Bm  G       A
You ..
 Bm          G         A            Em    -  A  -  D  -  -  -
You ..


G         -          Em       -  -  -
  I ..
         A            -        D           -           G
With ..
         -               Em     -
But ..
       A              -           Bm        G
Oh ..,
         A             Bm
I ..
       G              -            Em               -        -  -
I've ..,
        A        -         D          -
Oh ..
        G            -            A  -
But ..
      -         -         F#m
This ..
 G              A   Bm       G
You ..
 A              Bm  G       A
You ..
 Bm          G         A            Em    -  A  -  D  -  -  -
You ..

Interlude: G  -  A  Bm  (4x) G  -  Em  -  A  -  D  -

(same chords as last five lines of previous verse)
And ..
Are ..
I ..
I ..
You ...

(same as previous full verse, up to the last line)
I ..
I ..
I ...
I ..
With ..
But ..
You ..
You ...
After ..
You ..are
Walking ..
Bm        G        A             Em     -
I  am ..

              A                -
It's ..
         -            -         F#m
And ...
G        A        Bm               G
After ..
 A          Bm          G            A
Walk ..,
 Bm          G                 -          D
Wade in ....
G               A    Bm         G
You ..
A        Bm       G             A
I am ...
Bm              G  A        Bm
You ...
G               A  Bm        Em   -  A  -  D  -  -  -
You ..

Ending: repeat G  -  A  Bm  to fade

Enjoy,
Steve

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From davel@earlham.edu Fri Apr 18 10:40:25 1997


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version 2

The Ocean
by Dar Williams

from her album _Mortal City_, published by Razor & Tie Entertainment, LLC.

All of the chords here are pretty straightforward.  G/F# is just your
usual G major with an F# in the bass (that's 2nd fret on the low E
string).  Instead of specifying major and minor, I've used capital letters
for major and lower-case for minor.

On the album there's a lot of extra stuff - electic guitar, violin, bass,
drums.  It does OK with just voice and acoustic guitar, though.

I wrote out the rhythm for the intro; for the rest you're on your own.


Intro:
G / G/F# / e / e / A / A / D / A / D / A /

       G            G/F#        e
When ..

   A                    D                         G
Oh I ..

  G/F#                e      A
I ..

          b             G            A              b                G
We're ...
                         e
And ..

    A                         D
Oh, ..

    G                          A                               f#
And ...

G               A  b         G    A              b   G       A
You ..

b           G         A             e          A       D
You ...


G        G/F#        e
  I went ..

        A                     D                        G
With ..

        G/F#            e               A
But the ..

              b         G             A             b
³What ..

     G                              e
I¹ve ...

        A                   D
Oh it¹s ..

        G                        A                               f#
But ....

G              A   b         G    A              b   G       A
You ..

b           G         A             e         A        D
You ...


Interlude: (La la)
G  G/F#  A  b  (4 times)
G  e     A  D

        G                         A                                      f#
And ...

G        A        b         G     A             b          G             A
I ...

b           G                       e         A      D
You ...


G          G/F#      e
  I ..

  A                       D                    G
I ..

  G/F#         e           A
I ..,

        b           G                A           b
Look ...

        G                           e
But ...

    A                          D
You ..

           G                    A                                         f#
You ..

G              A   b            G
You ...

A        b               G            A
walking ..

b        G       A              e
I ..


              A                                                    f#
It's ...

G       A       b                G
After ..

A           b           G           A
walk ..

b           G                            D
Wade ...

G              A   b            G    A        b       G              A
You ...

b              G   A        b     G              A   b        e       A       D
You ...²


Interlude: (La la)
G  G/F#  A  b  (22 times, fading out)


Enjoy,

Dave
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