Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean - Paul Simon
Tuning: G, E A D G B E
Words & Music by Paul Simon & Brian Eno
BPM: 96
[Chorus]
Once upon a ti
me there was a
n ocean
But now it's a mountain range
Something unst
oppable set in
to motion
Nothing is dif
ferent, but ev
erything's cha
nged
[Verse 1]
It's a dead en
d job, and you
gets tired of
sitting
And it's like a nicotine habit you're always thinking about quitting
I think about quitting every day of the week
When I look out my window it's brown and it's bleak
Out of here
How am I going to get out of here?
I'm thinking out of here
When am I going to get out of here?
And when will I cash in my lottery ticket
And bury my past with my burdens and strife?
I want to shake every limb in the garden of Eden
And make every love the love of my life
I figure that
[Chorus]
Once upon a ti
me there was a
n ocean
But now it's a mountain range
Something unst
oppable set in
to motion
Nothing is dif
ferent, but ev
erything's cha
nged
[Verse 2]
Found a room i
n the heart of
the city, dow
n by the bridg
e
Hot plate and TV and beer in the fridge
But I'm easy, I'm open, that's my gift
I can flow with the traffic, I can drift with the drift
Home again?
No, never going home again
Think about home again?
I never think about home
[First Bridge]
But then comes
a letter from
home
The handwriting is fragile and strange
Something unst
oppable set in
to motion
And nothing is
different, bu
t everything's
changed
[Second Bridge]
The light thro
ugh the staine
d glass was co
balt and red
And the frayed cuffs and collars were mended by halos of golden thread
And the choir
sang, "Once Up
on A Time Ther
e Was An Ocean
"
And all the ol
d hymns and fa
mily names cam
e fluttering d
own as leaves
of emotion
[Outro]
As nothing is
different, but
everything's
changed