Mountains On The Ocean Floor chords by Andrew Peterson

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Verse 1
Em 
Baug 
B 
Em 
B 
 (E minor)  (Baug)  (B major)  (E minor)  (B major) Late
Em 
 (E minor) one
B 
night I had a  (B major) no tion
Em 
G 
D 
An epi (E minor) phany would  (G major) be a better word  (D major) 
C#dim 
So I  (C sharpdim) stumbled in the dark
A 
C 
down  (A major) to  (C major) the ocean
B 
Em 
And I pulled  (B major) my broken heart out of  (E minor) the surf
D 
Em 
 (D major) I had  (E minor) told her
B 
I did not have much to  (B major) offer
Em 
And I had  (E minor) told her
D 
I would treat her like  (D major) a  queen
C#dim 
But I  (C sharpdim) guess    I wasn't worth
A 
C 
what  (A major) I  would  (C major) cost her
B 
So the  (B major) night has brought me
Em 
to this cor (E minor) al  reef
D 
C 
G 
So  (D major) down  (C major) to the water I will  (G major) come
C 
G 
To raise  (C major) for her this castle with  (G major) my hands
C 
A 
And  (C major) steal away before the morning sun  (A major) 
C#dim 
A 
D 
C 
G 
Cause  (C sharpdim)  (A major) I don't need  (D major) her love to  (C major) love her all I  (G major) can,
C 
G 
Em 
B 
oh no  (C major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (B major) 
Em 
B 
So night  (E minor) on night and year on  (B major) year
Em 
Well I  (E minor) worked until my
D 
hands no longer  (D major) bled
C#dim 
C 
And I  (C sharpdim) let      the ocean bear away  (C major) my tears
B 
So that  (B major) she would know
Em 
that I could love her  (E minor) best
D 
C 
G 
 (D major) A  (C major) desert's just a sea without a  (G major) shore
C 
G 
And a  (C major) lonely man at worst is still  (G major) a man
C 
And  (C major) I  ain't gonna cry
C#dim 
for her no  (C sharpdim) more
A 
C#dim 
A 
D 
 (A major) Cause  (C sharpdim)  (A major) I don't need  (D major) 
C 
G 
her love to  (C major) love her all I  (G major) can
C 
G 
B 
Oh, no  (C major)  (G major)  (B major) 
Em 
Often dreamed  (E minor) I saw her
B 
face among the people  (B major) 
Em 
Had  (E minor) come to see the coral
D 
fortress I had  (D major) built
A 
C#dim 
But it  (A major) may as  (C sharpdim) well     have been
C 
another seagull  (C major) 
B 
Em 
And the castle  (B major) is there waiting for her  (E minor) still
D 
C 
G 
 (D major) So down  (C major) to the water I will  (G major) come
C 
To wander  (C major) through this
G 
castle on  (G major) the sand
C 
And  (C major) steal away before the
C#dim 
morning sun  (C sharpdim) 
A 
D 
Cause  (A major) I don't need  (D major) her
C 
G 
love to  (C major) love her all I  (G major) can
D 
C 
G 
I don't need  (D major) her love to  (C major) love her all I  (G major) can,
no no
C 
G 
D 
G 
D 
 (C major)  (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major) 