• Song:

    Ocean Breathes Salty

  • Artist:

    Modest Mouse

  • Album:

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

Ocean Breathes Salty    by Modest Mouse

Chords that I prefer:

Em7: 0220033
G: 320003
Bm7: 224232

Same chord progression throughout the entire song:


    Em7                             G
Your body may be gone, I'm gonna carry you in. 

      Bm7                            G
In my head, in my heart, in my soul. 
And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both live again. 
Well I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Don't think so. 

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. 
Collected my belongings and I left the jail. 
Well thanks for the time, I needed to think a spell. 
I had to think awhile. I had to think awhile. 

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

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) You get away from me. 
Collected my belongings and I left the jail. 
Well thanks for the time, I needed to think a spell. 
I had to think awhile. (I had to think awhile) I had to think awhile. 

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, you missed)
You missed when time and life shook hands and said goodbye. (You missed)
When the earth folded in on itself. (You missed)
And said "Good luck, for your sake I hope heaven and hell (You missed, you missed)
are really there, but I wouldn't hold my breath." (You missed, you missed)
You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death? (You missed, you missed)
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) 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 missed, you missed)
You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste the afterlife?
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