Key: D major
Verse 1
B
C#m
always heard about the great Atlantic
E
How it humbles you to stand
B
upon it's shore
So I thought I'd take some
C#m
time to go and see it
E
Since I had no ties upon me
F#sus4
F#
anymore
But I don't know what I'd
B
wasted my time for
Verse 2
A
You call that an ocean?
Asus2
A
To me it's just a pond
E
that's almost dry
F#m
If you want to see an ocean
Bsus4
B
You should see the tears her
E
B
F#
leaving made me cry
Verse 3
B
So I headed west to see that
C#m
famous canyon
E
B
That the Colorado cut so deep and wide
I thought seeing something
C#m
lower down than I felt
E
Might cheer me up and ease
B
F#
my troubled mind
F#sus4
F#
But I just got disappointed
B
one more time
Verse 4
A
Asus2
You call that a canyon?
A
E
It's nothing but a pothole in the yard
F#m
If you want to see a canyon
B
You should see the hole she left
E
here in my heart
B
F#
Verse 5
G#
C#
So now I stand here staring
D#m
at the Rockies
F#
I've heard they reach right up
C#
to heaven's door
They're like that little hole
D#m
and that blue puddle
F#
And I see now what I should
G#sus4
have seen before
G#
Without her life holds no
C#
wonders anymore
Verse 6
B
You call that a mountain?
F#
It's just a little pile of rocks an d dirt
G#m
If you want to see a mountain
C#sus4
C#
F#
You ought to try getting over her
You call that a mountain
E
F#
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