Drops in the Ocean Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]The doves down in south Austin
Still [G]wake me in the morn
[Am]You've said so long and now
you've gone
And my [F]heart's just a little bit torn

[Verse 2]
[C]Everybody came [G]and went
Now all my money's spent
Got [Am]no house, Got no rent
Tried [F]so hard didn't even
make a dent
[C]You can't decide

[Verse 3]
if you're on the fence
[G]That nightingale must have
been heaven sent
[Am]Just to make us laugh and wonder a bit
At [F]love's great big ocean
[C]We made so

[Verse 4]
much love that we barely slept
[G]So much love with no regrets
[Am]So much love we paid
off our debts
We dove right [F]in and we got wet
[C]In the ocean

[Verse 5]
In [G]the ocean
Love's great [Am]big ocean
We dove [F]right in

[Verse 6]
I bought a [C]western shirt you
know the kind with snaps
And the [G]trumpet players playing taps
It's [Am]hard to force yourself to relax
When the [F]fu ture looms
with impending doom

[Verse 7]
And the [C]woman I left back
in San Francisco
[G]She's still crying into her pillow
Four [Am]years like a blanket
Wrapped around her [F]shoulders

[Verse 8]
She's still wish[C]ing
That [G]I'd hold her
And I wouldn't [F]mind[C]
I wouldn't mind

[Verse 9]
Have you [Em]ever seen your reflec[G]tion
In a tear rolling [C]down a freckled cheek?
Have [Em]you ever had weeks [G]feel like days
And [F]days feel like [G]weeks?

[Verse 10]
[C]I drank scotch and played backgammon
'Til I [G]couldn't keep my eyes open
Tried to [Am]let her go but
I couldn't help hoping
For a [F]chance of what we never had

[Verse 11]
Are we [C]throwing out the good
with the bad?
[G]I'm still smiling she's still sad
And we're [Am]both just drops in the [F]ocean

[Verse 12]
In the [C]ocean
In [G]the ocean
Drops in the [Am]ocean
[C]That's all we are[F]

[Verse 13]
Drops in the [C]ocean
Drops in [G]the ocean
Love's great big [Am]ocean[Em][C][F]

[Verse 14]
Well the [C]water forms 'round
the porch screen door
I [G]wonder what I'm still sitting here for
Put [Am]my feet up the wall lay
down on the floor
Maybe [F]play a little piano

[Verse 15]
But the wa[C]ter won't stop so
I better start swimming
[G]Tears well up I better keep
grinning
The crowd[Am]s shown up guess
it's time to start singing
About [F]love's great big ocean

[Verse 16]
Well my [C]best friends down in Mexico
I [G]wonder how he's doing
I wonder if he knows
That [Am]I spent the night in a cheap motel
by the [F]side of the road?

[Verse 17]
Except that [C]cheap motels
aren't cheap anymore
Six[G]ty-five bucks bucks and
the toilet didn't flush
And the [Am]TV didn't even
have a remote
[F]

[Verse 18]
Still it felt just like a [C]boat
Out on [G]the ocean
My very own [Am]boat
[C]Out on the oce[F]an

[Verse 19]
Drifting on [C]the ocean
Floating on [G]the ocean
Sailing on the [Am]ocean
[Em]In my very [F]own boat

[Verse 20]
[F]
[C]Well I got up early, went to bed late
Some [G]folks think it's great
some folks can't relate
Some folk[Am]s dance with the devil
I'd rather dance with my fate
And take [F]the muses out to dinner

[Verse 21]
We had [C]gospel brunch down at Maria's
If you [G]don't come by later
I guess I'll see you
Some[Am]where down the line
[F]Don't worry about me I'll be fine

[Verse 22]
Just [C]tell me a joke
Make me laugh
I'll [G]be sleeping on your couch
for a week and a half
I need a [Am]jump in the springs, a roll in the grass
I [F]wonder how long I can last

[Verse 23]
In this [C]ocean
[G]In this ocean
Love's great big [Am]ocean[F]

[Verse 24]
Come on [C]in
The water's [G]fine
And I don't mind
[F][C]