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The Great White Ocean

Antony and the Johnsons

PopAdvanced for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

F
BbDiagram coming soon
A×
GmDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Verse 
 
F                      Bb         Bb/A 
Swim with me my mama when I dive 
Gm                     F 
In the ocean of death, I will cry 
F                   Bb      Bb/A 
If I am not with my family 
Gm                      F 
You could be my friend eternally 
 
Verse 
 
F                       Bb          Bb/A 
Swim with me my sister when I dive 
Gm                        F 
In the great white ocean, we must try 
F                       Bb        Bb/A 
Try to find a way that we can see 
Gm                    F 
See each others faces in the sea 
 
Verse 
 
 F                        Bb        Bb/A 
Swim with me my brother, when I dive 
Gm                    F 
I don't ever want to say goodbye 
F                   Bb            Bb/A 
If you do go first, or if it's me 
 Gm                     F 
Ooh, my darling brother, swim with me 
 
Verse 
 
F                     Bb          Bb/A 
Swim to me my father, when I dive 
Gm                      F 
Please remember father, we must try 
F                     Bb     Bb/A 
Try not to forget our family 
Gm                       F 
Ooh, my darling father, rescue me 
          
 

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Chord set

F · Bb · A · Gm

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.