How Deep Is The Ocean

Aretha Franklin

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners21 chords

How to play it

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

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Em7

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Am7

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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Intro: Em B5+ Em7 C#m5-/7 B7/13- B7 
 
Em             B5+       Em7                C#m5-/7 
How much do I love you?    I'll tell you no  lie  
Bm             F#7      Bm                 D9 
How deep is the ocean?   How high is the sky 
G        G7             C9          Cm7 
How many times a day do I think of you 
Gdim      A7   Edim Cdim           D7     
How many roses, are sprinkled with dew 
Em               B5+    Em7                C#m5-/7 
How far would I travel    to be where you are 
Bm             F#7    Bm                          D9 
How far is the journey,   from here to a star 
G      G7 E7/9-    E7      Am     Am7+         Am7  C#m5-/7 
And if I  ever  lost  you,   how much would I cry 
G   G/F#       A9       D7     Am7     D7         G     F#m5-/7 B7/9- 
How deep is the ocean,     how high is the sky 
 
Interlude: Em B5+ Em7 C#m5-/7 Bm F#7 Bm D9 G G7 C9 Cm7 Gdim A7 Edim Cdim D7     
 
Bm             F#7    Bm                          D9 
How far is the journey,   from here to a star 
G      G7 E7/9-    E7      Am     Am7+         Am7 C#m5-/7 
And if I  ever  lost  you,   how much would I cry 
G   G/F#       A9       D7     Am7     D7         G  F#m5-/7 B7/9- 
How deep is the ocean      how high is the sky

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Chord set

Em · B5 · Em7 · B7 · Bm · F#7 · D9 · G · G7 · C9 · Cm7 · Gdim · A7 · Edim · Cdim · D7 · E7 · Am · Am7 · F# · A9

Practice tip

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