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

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Intro 1
G

C

Verse 1
C

Once upon a time there

was an ocean
G

But now it's a mountain range
C
G
C

Something unstoppable set into motion
G

Nothing is different,
D
G

but everything's changed
Verse 2
G


It's a dead end job,
D

and you gets tired of sittin'
G

And it's like a nicotine habit you're
D

always thinking about quittin'
G

I think about quittin' every

day of the week

When I look out my window
D
G

it's brown and it's bleak
Verse 3
G

Outta here

How am I gonna get outta here?
D
G
D

I'm thinking outta here
G

When am I gonna get outta here?
C
G

And when will I cash in my lottery ticket
C

And bury my past with
D
G

my burdens and strife?

I want to shake every limb

in the garden of Eden
D
C
G
C
G

And make every love the love of my life
C
I figure that once upon a
Verse 4
C


time I was an ocean
G

But now I'm a mountain range
C

Something unstoppable set into motion
G

Nothing is different,
D

but everything's changed
G
Verse 5


Found a room in the heart of the city,

down by the bridge
D
G

Hot plate and TV and beer in the fridge
D
G

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

I can flow with the traffic,
D
G

I can drift with the drift

Home again?
D
G

Naw, never going home again

Think about home again?
D
G

I never think about home
Verse 6
G
D
C

But then comes a letter from home
D
G

The handwriting's fragile and strange
C
G
C

Something unstoppable set into motion
G

Nothing is different,
D
G

but everything's changed
Interlude 1
G

Verse 7
G

The light through the stained

glass was cobalt and red

And the frayed cuffs and collars were

mended by haloes of golden thread
C

The choir sang,

"Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean"

And all the old hymns and family names came
G

fluttering down as leaves of emotion
Verse 8
G

As nothing is different, but
Outro 1

everything's changed
G
G


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