Songbook

Oceanside

By The Decemberists

Key of E

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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
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