Eb Eb9 Ab Eb I hung out with the old folks, in the hope that I'd get wise.Gm Cm F Bb I was trying to bridge the gap, between the great divide.Eb Eb9 Ab Eb Hung on every recollection, in the theatre of their eyesGm Cm F Bb Picking up on this and that, in the few that still survive. [CHORUS]Eb Call em upCm Dust em offD Gm Let em shineAb Eb F Bb The ones who hold onto the ones, they had to leave behindEb Cm Those that flew, those that fell,D Gm The ones that had to stay,Ab Eb Beneath a little wooden crossBb Eb Oceans awayD PEAT INTRO [VERSE 2]Eb Eb9 Ab Eb They bend like trees in winter, these shuffling old gray lionsGm Cm F Bb Though snow white start to gather, like the belt around Orion.Eb Eb9 Ab Eb Just a touch of faded lightning, of the powerful design,Gm Cm F Bb Of the generation gathered, for maybe the last time. D PEAT CHORUS [BRIDGE]F# Ab Oceans away where the green grass sways and the cool wind blows across the shadow of theirBbm graves.F# Ab shoulder to shoulder, back in the day, sleeping bones to rest in EarthBbm Fsus4 Bbm O - ceans awayF# Ab Bb O - ceans away [CHORUS]Eb Call em upCm Dust em offD Gm Let em shineAb Eb F Bb The ones who hold onto the ones, they had to leave behindEb Cm Those that flew, those that fell,D Gm The ones that had to stay,Ab Eb Beneath a little wooden crossBb Eb Oceans away D PEAT INTRO [OUTRO]Eb *Single note fading into the distance*
Oceans Away
Elton John
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