Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean chords by
Paul Simon

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Once upon a time there

was an ocean

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But now it's a mountain range

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Something unstoppable set into mo tion

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Nothing is different,

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but everything's changed

Verse 2

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It's a dead end job,

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and you gets tired of sit tin'

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And it's like a nicotine habit you're

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always thinking about quittin'

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I think about quittin' every

day of the week

When I look out my window

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it's brown and it's bleak

Verse 3

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Outta here

How am I gonna get outta here?

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I'm thinking outta here

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When am I gonna get out ta here?

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And when will I cash in my lottery ticket

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And bury my past with

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my burdens and strife?

I want to shake every limb

in the garden of Eden

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And make every love the love of my life

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I figure that once upon a

Verse 4

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time I was an ocean

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But now I'm a moun tain range

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Something unstoppable set into motion

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Nothing is different,

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but everything's changed

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Verse 5

Found a room in the heart of the city,

down by the bridge

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Hot plate and TV and beer in the fridge

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But I'm easy, I'm open, that's my gift

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I can flow with the traffic,

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I can drift with the drift

Home again?

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Naw, never going home again

Think about home again?

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I nev er think about home

Verse 6

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But then comes a letter from home

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The handwriting's fragile an d strange

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Something unstoppable set into mo tion

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Nothing is different,

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but everything's changed

Interlude 1

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Verse 7

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The light through the stained

glass was cobalt and red

And the frayed cuffs and collars were

mended by haloes of golden thread

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The choir sang,

"Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean"

And all the old hymns and family names came

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fluttering down as leaves of emotion

Verse 8

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As nothing is different, but

Outro 1

everything's changed

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