• Song:

    Ocean Breathes Salty

  • Artist:

    Modest Mouse

  • Album:

    2002-12-22: Seattle, WA...

INTRO
E |-----3--2--3--5--3--------3--2--3----------------|
B |--1--------3--5--3--3--1--------3--1--1--1--0----|
G |-----------------------------------------------0-|
D |--2--------2-----------2--------2--2--0--0--0--2-|
A |--3-----2--3--0--3-----3-----2--3--3-----------2-|
E |-------------------------------------------------|
   (play twice, before you start verse one...)

VERSE ONE
(let each chord ring...)
E|---------| (022100@1)                      E|----3----| (022100@1)B|----1----| (x2444x@1)                      B|----3----| (x2444x@1)G|---------| (320003@1)                      G|---------| (320003@1)D|----2----| (xx0232@1)                      D|---------| (xx0232@1)A|----3----| (x02220@1)                      A|---------| (x02220@1)E|---------| (022100@1)                      E|----3----| (022100@1)
  your body may be gone,           i'm gonna carry you in. 

E|---------| (022100@1)                      E|----1----| (022100@1)
B|----1----| (x2444x@1)                      B|----1----| (x2444x@1)
G|----2----| (320003@1)                      G|---------| (320003@1)
D|----2----| (xx0232@1)                      D|----3----| (xx0232@1)
A|---------| (x02220@1)                      A|----3----| (x02220@1)
E|---------| (022100@1)                      E|---------| (022100@1)
  in my head, in my heart,           in my soul.
 
E|---------| (022100@1)                      E|----3----| (022100@1)B|----1----| (x2444x@1)                      B|----3----| (x2444x@1)G|---------| (320003@1)                      G|---------| (320003@1)D|----2----| (xx0232@1)                      D|---------| (xx0232@1)A|----3----| (x02220@1)                      A|---------| (x02220@1)E|---------| (022100@1)                      E|----3----| (022100@1)
and maybe we'll get lucky and         we'll both live again. 

E|---------| (022100@1)                      E|----1----| (022100@1)
B|----1----| (x2444x@1)                      B|----1----| (x2444x@1)
G|----2----| (320003@1)                      G|---------| (320003@1)
D|----2----| (xx0232@1)                      D|----3----| (xx0232@1)
A|---------| (x02220@1)                      A|----3----| (x02220@1)
E|---------| (022100@1)                      E|---------| (022100@1)
well i don't know. i don't know.      don't think so. 


CHORUS
E |-----------------------|
B |--1-----1-----1-----1--|   
G |-----0-----0-----0-----|     
D |--2-----2-----2-----2--|     
A |--3-----3-----3-----3--|     
E |-----------------------|
  well that is that and this is this.

E |--3-----3-----3-----3--|
B |--3-----3-----3-----3--|   
G |-----0-----0-----0-----|     
D |-----------------------|     
A |-----------------------|     
E |--3-----3-----3-----3--|
  you tell me what you want and i'll tell you what you get.

E |-----------------------|
B |--1-----1-----1-----1--|   
G |-----0-----0-----0-----|     
D |--2-----2-----2-----2--|     
A |-----------------------|     
E |-----------------------|
  you get away from me.

E |--1-----1-----1-----1--|
B |--1-----1-----1-----1--|   
G |-----0-----0-----0-----|     
D |--3-----3-----3-----3--|     
A |--3-----3-----3-----3--|     
E |-----------------------|
  you get away from me.

E |-----------------------|
B |--1-----1-----1-----1--|   
G |-----0-----0-----0-----|     
D |--2-----2-----2-----2--|     
A |--3-----3-----3-----3--|     
E |-----------------------|
  collected my belongings and i left the jail

E |--3-----3-----3-----3--|
B |--3-----3-----3-----3--|   
G |-----0-----0-----0-----|     
D |-----------------------|     
A |-----------------------|     
E |--3-----3-----3-----3--|
  well thanks for the time, i needed to think a spell

E |-----------------------|
B |--1-----1-----1-----1--|   
G |-----0-----0-----0-----|     
D |--2-----2-----2-----2--|     
A |-----------------------|     
E |-----------------------|
  i had to think awhile.

E |--1-----1-----1-----1--|
B |--1-----1-----1-----1--|   
G |-----0-----0-----0-----|     
D |--3-----3-----3-----3--|     
A |--3-----3-----3-----3--|     
E |-----------------------|
  i had to think awhile.

E |-----3--2--3--5--3--------3--2--3----------------|
B |--1--------3--5--3--3--1--------3--1--1--1--0----|
G |-----------------------------------------------0-|
D |--2--------2-----------2--------2--2--0--0--0--2-|
A |--3-----2--3--0--3-----3-----2--3--3-----------2-|
E |-------------------------------------------------|
   (play this once, before you start verse two...)

VERSE TWO
(let each chord ring...)
E|---------| (022100@1)                      E|----3----| (022100@1)B|----1----| (x2444x@1)                      B|----3----| (x2444x@1)G|---------| (320003@1)                      G|---------| (320003@1)D|----2----| (xx0232@1)                      D|---------| (xx0232@1)A|----3----| (x02220@1)                      A|---------| (x02220@1)E|---------| (022100@1)                      E|----3----| (022100@1)
  the ocean breathes salty            won't you carry it in? 

E|---------| (022100@1)                      E|----1----| (022100@1)
B|----1----| (x2444x@1)                      B|----1----| (x2444x@1)
G|----2----| (320003@1)                      G|---------| (320003@1)
D|----2----| (xx0232@1)                      D|----3----| (xx0232@1)
A|---------| (x02220@1)                      A|----3----| (x02220@1)
E|---------| (022100@1)                      E|---------| (022100@1)
  in your head, in your mouth,        in your soul.
 
E|---------| (022100@1)                      E|----3----| (022100@1)B|----1----| (x2444x@1)                      B|----3----| (x2444x@1)G|---------| (320003@1)                      G|---------| (320003@1)D|----2----| (xx0232@1)                      D|---------| (xx0232@1)A|----3----| (x02220@1)                      A|---------| (x02220@1)E|---------| (022100@1)                      E|----3----| (022100@1)
and maybe we'll get lucky and         we'll both grow old. 

E|---------| (022100@1)                      E|----1----| (022100@1)
B|----1----| (x2444x@1)                      B|----1----| (x2444x@1)
G|----2----| (320003@1)                      G|---------| (320003@1)
D|----2----| (xx0232@1)                      D|----3----| (xx0232@1)
A|---------| (x02220@1)                      A|----3----| (x02220@1)
E|---------| (022100@1)                      E|---------| (022100@1)
well i don't know. i don't know.      i hope so. 


CHORUS
E |-----------------------|
B |--1-----1-----1-----1--|   
G |-----0-----0-----0-----|     
D |--2-----2-----2-----2--|     
A |--3-----3-----3-----3--|     
E |-----------------------|
  well that is that and this is this.

E |--3-----3-----3-----3--|
B |--3-----3-----3-----3--|   
G |-----0-----0-----0-----|     
D |-----------------------|     
A |-----------------------|     
E |--3-----3-----3-----3--|
  you tell me what you want and i'll tell you what you get.

E |-----------------------|
B |--1-----1-----1-----1--|   
G |-----0-----0-----0-----|     
D |--2-----2-----2-----2--|     
A |-----------------------|     
E |-----------------------|
  you get away from me.

E |--1-----1-----1-----1--|
B |--1-----1-----1-----1--|   
G |-----0-----0-----0-----|     
D |--3-----3-----3-----3--|     
A |--3-----3-----3-----3--|     
E |-----------------------|
  you get away from me.

E |-----------------------|
B |--1-----1-----1-----1--|   
G |-----0-----0-----0-----|     
D |--2-----2-----2-----2--|     
A |--3-----3-----3-----3--|     
E |-----------------------|
  collected my belongings and i left the jail

E |--3-----3-----3-----3--|
B |--3-----3-----3-----3--|   
G |-----0-----0-----0-----|     
D |-----------------------|     
A |-----------------------|     
E |--3-----3-----3-----3--|
  well thanks for the time, i needed to think a spell

E |-----------------------|
B |--1-----1-----1-----1--|   
G |-----0-----0-----0-----|     
D |--2-----2-----2-----2--|     
A |-----------------------|     
E |-----------------------|
  i had to think awhile.

E |--1-----1-----1-----1--|
B |--1-----1-----1-----1--|   
G |-----0-----0-----0-----|     
D |--3-----3-----3-----3--|     
A |--3-----3-----3-----3--|     
E |-----------------------|
  i had to think awhile.

follow that pattern to the rest of the song:

well that is that and this is this. 
will you tell me what you saw and i'll tell you what you missed, 
when the ocean met the sky. 
you missed when time and life shook hands and said goodbye.
when the earth folded in on itself.
and said "good luck, for your sake i hope heaven and hell (exsist)
are really there, but i wouldn't hold my breath." 
you wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death? 
you wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death? 

the ocean breathes salty, won't you carry it in? 
in your head, in your mouth, in your soul. 
the more we move ahead the more we're stuck in rewind. 
well i don't mind. i don't mind. how the hell could i mind? 

well that is that and this is this. 
you tell me what you want and i'll tell you what you get. 
you get away from me. you get away from me. 

well that is that and this is this. 
will you tell me what you saw and i'll tell you what you missed, 
when the ocean met the sky.
you wasted life, why wouldn't you waste the afterlife?

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