Songbook

Oceanside

By The Decemberists

Key of E

E                              C#m,
Sweet Annabelle, is seen reclining on an ocean swell,
                       F#m
As the waves do lather up to lay her down
           A
Till she's fast and sleeping

   E                                C#m,
Oh well, I guess I'm something of a ne'er do well
                       F#m
Who fell asleep at the pealing of the steeple bell
       A
I'm on task and keeping

    E                           F#m
But oh, if I could only get you oceanside,
            A                           E   Esus4 E
To lay your muscles wide, it'd be heavenly
E                            F#m
Oh, if I could only coax you overboard,
               A
to leave these lolling shores,
           E         B5    F#m        A     Am  E
To get you oceanside, oceanside, oceanside

    E                 C#m                 F#m                  A       Am        E
E-----4-4-4--2-2-2--0-----4-4-4--2-2-2--0------4-4-4--2-2-2--0-7--0-0--5--0-0--2-4-
B---------------------2-------------------2----------------------------------------

          E                                   C#m,
At rising tide, you're looking fresher than a July bride
                          F#m
We're picking up what our mothers always stigmatized
    A
The field is right for reaping

   E                                C#m,
Oh well, I guess I'm something of a ne'er do well
                   F#m
Even though that's something I could never do well
       A
I'm on track and keeping

    E                           F#m
But oh, if I could only get you oceanside,
            A                           E   Esus4 E
To lay your muscles wide, it'd be heavenly
E                            F#m
Oh, if I could only coax you overboard,
               A
to leave these lolling shores,
           E         B5    F#m        A     Am  E
To get you oceanside, oceanside, oceanside

E