Intro
e|------------------------|------------------------|
B|----0----------3--------|----0-------2--3p2------|
G|--------1------2-----2--|--------1-----2-----2---| x2
D|----2-------0--------2--|----2----------------2--|
A|----2-------------0-----|----2-------0-----------|
E|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|
verse 1
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|----0------------0------|----0-------2--3p2------|----0------------0------|----0-------2--3p2------|
G|--------1------------1--|--------1-----2-----2---|--------1------------1--|--------1-----2-----2---|
D|----2------------2------|----2----------------2--|----2------------2------|----2----------------2--|
A|----2-------0-----------|----2-------0-----------|----2-------0-----------|----2-------0-----------|
E|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|
People break too easily Myself included don't you see
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|----0------------0------|----0-------2--3p2------|----0------------0------|----0----------0--------|
G|--------1------------1--|--------1-----2-----2---|--------1------------1--|--------1----------1----|
D|----2------------2------|----2----------------2--|----2------------2------|----2----------2--------|
A|----2-------0-----------|----2-------0-----------|----2-------0-----------|----2----------2--------|
E|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|-0----------0-----------|
You think you landed everything The best of times come with a sting
A E C#m
I'm a drop in the ocean I,
B
live my life
A E C#m
On a wave of emotion and,
B
now it's time
A C#m B
to find someone to call my own
A E
is there someone to call my own
Instrumental
d = Down strum u = Up strum
4 = Asus4 0 = All open
|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
pattern |d d u d u|d u d u u d u| x3
chords |E E E E E|A A4 A 0 0 0|
|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
pattern |d d u d u|d d u d d u| x1
chords |E E E E E|D D x A A x|
(the dead notes are just for the chord change)
verse 2
E D A E Asus4 Em11 E
Good times never happen slow
E D A E Asus4 Em11 E
It was great while it lasted, I hope you know
E D A E Asus4 Em11 E
Lie back and catch my breath
E D A E
Welcome home to my former self
A E C#m
I'm a drop in the ocean I,
B
live my life
A E C#m
On a wave of emotion and,
B
now it's time
A C#m B
to find someone to call my own
A C#m B
is there someone to call my own
A B
It's just a thought that I throw on the ocean
(for these last two lines the chords are just strummed once)
Break
A B
Suddenly, we're at the stage where all I know
A B
Is rugged rage and words that blaze into the bone
A B
I don't want a world at war so let me go
A B
It's just a thought that I throw on the ocean
A B
Just a thought that I throw on the ocean
Instrumental
e|---------------2--------|-------------------0----| (it doesn't really matter what you play in the last half
B|----0----------4--------|----0-------0-----------| of this bar as long as you reach the open e on time)
G|--------1----------4----|----2-------2---2-------|
D|----2--------------4----|--------2-----2---------| x4
A|------------2-----------|-0----------------------|
E|-0----------------------|------------------------|
e|-------------------0----|
B|----0-------0-----------|
G|----2-------2---2-------|
D|--------2-----2---------|
A|-0----------------------|
E|------------------------|
A E C#m
I'm a drop in the ocean I,
B
live my life
A E C#m
On a wave of emotion and,
B
now it's time
A
to find someone to call my
A
someone to call my
A C#m E
is there someone to call my own
A A (the last chord is just strummed once and let to fade)
It's just a thought that I throw on the ocean