Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty

easy way to play it

Em7 C
your body may be gone , i’m gonna carry you in .

Bm C
in my head , in my heart , in my soul .

Em7 C
and maybe we’ll get lucky and we’ll both live again .

Bm C
well i don’t know . i don’t know . i don’t know . don’t think so .

Em7 C
well that is that and this is this .

G C
you tell me what you want and i’ll tell you what you get .

Em7 C
you get away from me . you get away from me .

G C
collected my belongings and i left the jail .

Em7 C
well thanks for the time , i needed to think a spell .

G C
i had to think awhile . i had to think awhile .

Em7 C
the ocean breathes salty , won’t you carry it in?

Bm C
in your head , in your mouth , in your soul .

Em7 C
and maybe we’ll get lucky and we’ll both grow old .

Bm C
well i don’t know . i don’t know . i don’t know . i hope so .

Em7 C
well that is that and this is this .

G C
you tell me what you want and i’ll tell you what you get .

Em7 C
you get away from me . ( you get away from me ) you get away from me .

G C
collected my belongings and i left the jail .

Em7 C
well thanks for the time , i needed to think a spell .

G C
i had to think awhile . ( i had to think awhile ) i had to think awhile .

Em7 C
well that is that and this is this .

G C
will you tell me what you saw and i’ll tell you what you missed ,

Em7 C D
when the ocean met the sky . ( you missed , you missed )

G C D
you missed when time and life shook hands and said goodbye . ( you missed )

Em7 C D
when the earth folded in on itself . ( you missed )

G C D
and said “good luck , for your sake i hope heaven and hell ( you missed , you missed )

Em7 C D
are really there , but i wouldn’t hold my breath . ” ( you missed , you missed )

G C D
you wasted life , why wouldn’t you waste death? ( you missed , you missed )

Em7 C
you wasted life , why wouldn’t you waste death?

Em7 C
the ocean breathes salty , won’t you carry it in?

Bm C
in your head , in your mouth , in your soul .

Em7 C
the more we move ahead the more we’re stuck in rewind .

Bm C
well i don’t mind . i don’t mind . how the hell could i mind?

Em7 C
well that is that and this is this .

G C
you tell me what you want and i’ll tell you what you get .

Em7 C
you get away from me . you get away from me .

Em7 C
well that is that and this is this .

G C
will you tell me what you saw and i’ll tell you what you missed ,

Em7 C D
when the ocean met the sky . ( you missed , you missed )

G C
you wasted life , why wouldn’t you waste the afterlife?