4 Chords used in the song: D, Em, C, G
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[Intro:] D - Em - C
[Verse 1:]
D Em C
There's a place off Ocean Avenue
Where I used to sit and talk with you
D Em C
We were both 16 And it felt so right
Sleeping all day, staying up all
D Em C D Em C
Night, Staying up all night
[Verse 2:]
D Em C
There's a place on the corner of Cherry Street
We would walk on the beach in our bare feet
D Em C
We were both 18 And it felt so right
Sleeping all day, staying up all
D Em C D Em C
Night, Staying up all night
[Chorus 1:]
D Em C
If I could find you now Things would get better
D Em C
We would leave this town And run forever
D Em C
Let your waves crash down on me and take me away, yeah
[Interlude:] D - Em - C
[Verse 3:]
D Em C
Theres a piece of you that's here with me
Its everywhere I go It's everything I see
D Em C
When I sleep I dream and it gets me by
I can make believe that you're here
D Em C D Em C
tonight, That you're here tonight
[Chorus 2:]
D Em C
If I could find you now Things would get better
D Em C
We would leave this town And run forever
D Em C
I know somewhere, somehow We'll be together
D Em C
Let your waves crash down on me and take me away, yeah
[Interlude:] G - G - Em - D - C
[Bridge:]
G
I remember that look in your eyes
Em
When I told you this was good bye
D
You were begging me not tonight
C
Not here Not now
G
When looking up at the same night sky
Em
And keep pretending the sun will not rise
D
We'll be together for one more night
C
Somewhere somehow
[Chorus 2:]
D Em C
If I could find you now Things would get better
D Em C
We would leave this town And run forever
D Em C
I know somewhere, somehow We'll be together
D Em C
Let your waves crash down on me and take me away, yeah
[Outro:] D - Em - C
C - D - Em - G
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08 Sep 2017
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About this song: Ocean Avenue
"Ocean Avenue" was Yellowcard's breakthrough single. This song is the second single from Ocean Avenue and the third track. It is known for bringing them into the mainstream, as it received numerous spins on MTV and increasing radio airplay. Ocean Avenue is a street in Neptune Beach, which is one of the beach suburbs of Jacksonville, the band's stomping grounds, which they left behind when they moved to LA.While the song was not officially released until September 2004 Read more on Last.fm.