The Ocean Breathes Salty Uke tab by Modest Mouse

4 Chords used in the song: C, G, Am, F

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Artist: Modest Mouse

Album: unknown

Difficulty:

(Beginner)

Key: C, AmChords

C  G  Am  F
C  G  Am  F
C  G  Am  F
C  G  Am  F



Verse 1:
     C           G               Am          F
Your body may be gone, I'm gonna carry you in
            C            G        Am        F
In my head, in my heart, in my soul
    C               G               Am            F
And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both live again
             C                 G                       Am      F
Well I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, don't think so



Chorus:
     C                 G
Well that is that and this is this
     Am                            F
You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get
        C           G         Am            F
You get away from me, you get away from me
C                              G
Collected my belongings and I left the jail
   Am                                 F
Well thanks for the time, I needed to think a spell
         C           G          Am           F
I had to think awhile, I had to think awhile



C  G  Am  F
C  G  Am  F



Verse 2:
    C                G               Am          F
The ocean breathes salty, won't you carry it in?
              C              G           Am          F
In your head, in your mouth, in your soul
     C              G               Am          F
And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both grow old
              C                G              Am          F
Well I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I hope so



Chorus



Bridge:
      C                G
Well that is that and this is this
          Am                            F
Will you tell me what you saw and I'll tell you what you missed
         C      G       Am              F
when the ocean met the sky. (You missed, you missed)
                C                   G                  Am              F
You missed when time and life shook hands and said goodbye. (You missed)
         C            G            Am          F
When the earth folded in on itself. (You missed)
               C                   G                 Am              F
And said "Good luck, for your sake I hope heaven and hell (You missed, you missed)
              C          G                    Am             F
are really there, but I wouldn't hold my breath." (You missed, you missed)
            C        G                      Am           F
You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death? (You missed, you missed)
            C        G                      Am
You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death? 



C  G  Am  F
C  G  Am  F



Verse 3:
    C                G               Am          F
The ocean breathes salty, won't you carry it in?
              C              G          Am          F
In your head, in your mouth, in your soul
     C              G                 Am           F
The more we move ahead the more we're stuck in rewind
             C                   G                 Am      F
Well I don't mind, I don't mind, how the hell could I mind? 



     C                 G
Well that is that and this is this
     Am                            F
You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get
        C           G         Am            F
You get away from me, you get away from me 



      C                G
Well that is that and this is this
          Am                            F
Will you tell me what you saw and I'll tell you what you missed
         C      G       Am              F
when the ocean met the sky. (You missed, you missed)
           C                      G                 Am
You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste the afterlife?