Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean Cifras

Words & Music by Paul Simon & Brian Eno
BPM: 96
 
[Chorus]
 
C
Once upon a time there was an ocean
 
But now it's a mountain range
G                               C
Something unstoppable set into motion
  G
Nothing is different, but everything's changed
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
G
It's a dead end job, and you gets tired of sitting
 
And it's like a nicotine habit you're always thinking about quitting
 
I think about quitting every day of the week
 
When I look out my window it's brown and it's bleak
 
Out of here
 
How am I going to get out of here?
 
I'm thinking out of here
 
When am I going to get out of here?
 
And when will I cash in my lottery ticket
 
And bury my past with my burdens and strife?
 
I want to shake every limb in the garden of Eden
 
And make every love the love of my life
 
I figure that
 
[Chorus]
 
C
Once upon a time there was an ocean
 
But now it's a mountain range
G                               C
Something unstoppable set into motion
  G
Nothing is different, but everything's changed
 
[Verse 2]
 
G
Found a room in the heart of the city, down by the bridge
 
Hot plate and TV and beer in the fridge
 
But I'm easy, I'm open, that's my gift
 
I can flow with the traffic, I can drift with the drift
 
Home again?
 
No, never going home again
 
Think about home again?
 
I never think about home
 
[First Bridge]
 
                 C
But then comes a letter from home
 
The handwriting is fragile and strange
G                              C
Something unstoppable set into motion
    G                                      C
And nothing is different, but everything's changed
 
[Second Bridge]
 
    G
The light through the stained glass was cobalt and red
 
And the frayed cuffs and collars were mended by halos of golden thread
                     C
And the choir sang, "Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean"
                                            G
And all the old hymns and family names came fluttering down as leaves of emotion
 
 
[Outro]
                                          C         G
As nothing is different, but everything's changed
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