Ben Howard – Ocean Song (Guitar Tab)

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Been here staring, staring at the rain to long now
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Winter coal burning at my toes
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Seems like everything, everything I do is going wrong somehow
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Feeling blue everywhere that I go
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And I'm trying, trying yeah to remember her grace
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Trying, trying oh to recapture her words so pure
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All the lines on her face
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Honey what what the hell are we doing this for? What the hell are we doing this for at all?
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[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
Found a letter under a stone
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Oh, told of giants, kings, oh palaces and gold, palaces and gold
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Somewhere, somewhere over the horizon
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I swear, I swear I'm going out there to find them                   To find them
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[Chorus]
Oh I'm going to the ocean no, no ,no
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Answer some of these questions that have been dragging me down all this time
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Over mountains, mountains of black and white, white
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Til I know, know what I've found here
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Til I know, know what I've found here
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[Post-Chorus]
Darling won't you wait for me? Darling won't you be there standing there at the shore?
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Cause I'll be coming home, coming home soon
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Coming home, darling I'll be coming home to you
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[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
Been here trying, trying to clear my head
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Oh dreaming of words, words my father always said to me
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Said "don't, don't be afraid of the dark sometimes
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In your hours of hurt, son thats when you'll find
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How strong a heart can be
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How beautiful the summer breeze
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How carefree is a sea bird as it flies
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How much you really need"
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[Chorus]
Oh I'm going to the ocean no, no ,no
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Answer some of these questions that have been dragging me down all this time
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Over mountains, mountains of black and white, white
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Til I know, know what I've found here
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Til I know, know what I've found here
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[Post-Chorus]
Oh darling won't you wait for me? Darling won't you be there standing there at the shore?
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Cause I'll be coming home, coming home soon
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Coming home, darling I'll be coming home to you
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Cause I'll be coming home, coming home soon
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Coming home, darling I'll be coming home to you
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[Outro]
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