Oceans Away chords by
Elton John

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Key: Eb major

Intro 1

Verse 1

I hung out with the old folks

In the hope that I'd get wise

F#m

I was trying to bridge the gap

Between the great divide

Verse 2

Hung on every recollection

In the theater of their eyes

F#m

Picking up on this and that

In the few that still survived

Verse 3
A A 
 
D D 
 
Call 'em up, n' dust 'em off,
C# C# 
 
F#m F#m 
 
let 'em shine
G G 
 
D D 
 
The ones who hold onto the the ones
E E 
 
A A 
 
They had to leave behind
D D 
 
Those that flew and those
that fell
C# C# 
 
F#m F#m 
 
The ones that had to stay
G G 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
Beneath a little wooden cross oceans
D D 
 
away

Interlude 1

Verse 4

They bend like trees in winter

Dsus4

These shuffling old grey lions

F#m

Those snow-white stars stars still gather

Like the belt around Orion

Verse 5

Just to touch the faded lightning

Dsus4

Of their powerful design

F#m

Of a generation gathering

For maybe the last time

Verse 6
D D 
 
Call 'em up, n' dust 'em off,
C# C# 
 
F#m F#m 
 
let 'em shine
G G 
 
D D 
 
The ones who hold onto the the ones
E E 
 
They had to leave behind
A A 
 
D D 
 
Those that flew and
Bm Bm 
 
those that fell
C# C# 
 
F#m F#m 
 
The ones that had to stay
G G 
 
D D 
 
Beneath a little wooden cross
A A 
 
D D 
 
oceans away
G G 
 
D D 
 

Verse 7
F F 
 
Oceans away,
where the green grass sways
G G 
 
And the cool wind blows
Gsus4 Gsus4 
 
G G 
 
Across the shad     ow of their
Am Am 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
Am Am 
 
graves.
F F 
 
Shoulder to shoulder back in the day
G G 
 
Sleeping bones to rest in earth,
Am Am 
 
F F 
 
G G 
 
oceans away, oceans away
A A 
 

Verse 8
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Call 'em up, n' dust 'em off,
C# C# 
 
F#m F#m 
 
let 'em shine
G G 
 
D D 
 
The ones who hold onto the the ones
E E 
 
They had to leave behind
A A 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Those that flew and those that fell
C# C# 
 
F#m F#m 
 
The ones that had to stay
G G 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
Beneath a little wooden cross oceans
D D 
 
away

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