Band: Manic Street Preachers
Album: Know Your Enemy
Song: Ocean Spray
Year: 2001
Versions: 2
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Ocean Spray
Chords Used:
Em 022000
C 032010
D 000232
G 320003
C* 032013
Intro:
Em (x2)
Verse 1:
EmC
It's easy to see, it's easy to see
DG
To see only white where colour should be
EmC
It's easy to feel, it's easy to feel
DG
But it's not good enough, even though it's real
Chorus:
Em C*
Oh oh, please stay awake
DG
And then we can drink some ocean spray
Em C*
Oh oh, please stay awake
DG
And then we can drink some ocean spray
Middle:
EGEGEGEDEm
Verse 2:
It's easy to breathe, it's easy to grieve
To breathe only air where life should be
It's easy to laugh, it's easy to cry
To cry so so hard that it can't be denied
Chorus:
Oh oh, please stay awake
And then we can drink some ocean spray
Oh oh, please stay awake
And then we can drink some ocean spray
Middle:
Instrumental Break:
Em C D G (x2)
Chorus:
Oh oh, please stay awake
And then we can drink some ocean spray
Oh oh, please stay awake
And then we can drink some ocean spray
Outro:
Em G (x8)
Ends on Em
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Ocean Spray
Transcribed by Fung Mak fung.mak@strath.ac.uk and richard_jackson3@hotmail.com
Chords Used:
E5: X755XX
A5: 577XXX
D5: X577XX
G5: 355XXX
Bm: X24432
Am7: X02010
D: XX0232
G: 320033
Fill 1 (bass)
G||---------------|
D||---------------|
A||-------------5-|
E||-7---5-5--7----|
(INTRO)
Some Japanese speaking then James comes in with:
e||---------------------------|-
B||---------------------------|-
D||-9-9-x-9-9-x-9-9--9--7-7-7-|-
G||-9-9-x-9-9-x-9-9--9--7-7-7-|-
A||-7-7-x-7-7-x-7-7--7--5-5-5-|-
E||---------------------------|-
The verse comes in with a sole acoustic guitar
E5 A5 Fill 1
e||---------------------------|---------------------------|
B||---------------------------|---------------------------|
D||-x-9-9-x-9-9-x-9-9-x-9-9-9-|---------------------------|
G||-x-9-9-x-9-9-x-9-9-x-9-9-9-|-X-7-7-x-7-7-x-7-7-x-7-7-7-|
A||-x-7-7-x-7-7-x-7-7-x-7-7-7-|-X-7-7-x-7-7-x-7-7-x-7-7-7-|
E||---------------------------|-X-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-5-|
Its Easy to see.....
DG5
e||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D||-x-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-x-7-7-7-|-----------------------------|
G||-x-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-x-7-7-7-|-x-5-5-X-5-5-X-5-5-X-5-5-5-5-|
A||-x-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-5-|-x-5-5-X-5-5-X-5-5-X-5-5-5-5-|
E||-----------------------------|-x-3-3-X-3-3-X-3-3-X-3-3-3-3-|
Play that twice before coming to the chorus
(CHORUS)
When the chorus comes in there are two guitars
The secound is distorted and apargeates around the chords played by the acoustic guitar.
BAm7
e-----------------------------|------------------------------
B-----------------------------|------------------------------
D-----------------------------|------------------------------
G-9-9-x-9-9-9-x-9-9-9-x-9-9-9-|-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7--
A-9-9-x-9-9-9-x-9-9-9-x-9-9-9-|-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7--
E-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-|-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5--
Ooooooooooooooh please stay...
DG
e-----------------------------|------------------------------
B-----------------------------|------------------------------
D-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-|------------------------------
G-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-|-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5--
A-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-|-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5--
E-----------------------------|-3-3-X-3-3-3-X-3-3-3-X-3-3-3--
The electric guitar apegeates around these chords
BADG
e|-2-|-0-|-x-|-3-|
B|-3-|-0-|-3-|-3-|
D|-4-|-2-|-2-|-0-|
G|-4-|-2-|-0-|-0-|
A|-2-|-0-|-x-|-2-|
E|-x-|-x-|-x-|-3-|
After the chorus a sole electric guitar plays this
GFD5
e-----------------------|--------------------------|
B-----------------------|-------------7b7b7b7b7b7b-|
D-----------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-x--------------|
G-6-6-6-6-6-X-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-7-7-7-7-x--------------|
A-6-6-6-6-6-X-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-x--------------|
E-4-4-4-4-4-X-1-1-1-1-1-|--------------------------|
Verse
Chorus
Trumpet solo (verse chords)
Chorus
Well thats about it
Intro
E-DE-D
Verse
E5(7th) A5
It's easy to see, it's easy to see
D5G5
To see only white where colour should be
E5(7th) A5
It's easy to feel, it's easy to feel
D5G5
But it's not good enough, even though it's real
Chorus
BmA5
Oh oh, please stay awake
D5G
And then we can drink some ocean spray
BmA5
Oh oh, please stay awake
D5G
And then we can drink some ocean spray
| A5 | F5 | D5 |
Verse
E5(7th) A5
It's easy to breathe, it's easy to grieve
D5G5
To breathe only air where life should be
E5(7TH) A5
It's easy to laugh, it's easy to cry
D5G5
To cry so so hard that it can't be denied
Chorus
BmA5
Oh oh, please stay awake
D5G
And then we can drink some ocean spray
BmA5
Oh oh, please stay awake
D5G
And then we can drink some ocean spray
| A5 | F5 | D5 |
Trumpet solo
| E5 | A5 | D5 | G5 |
| E5 | A5 | D5 | G5 |
Chorus
BmA5
Oh oh, please stay awake
D5G
And then we can drink some ocean spray
BmA5
Oh oh, please stay awake
D5G
And then we can drink some ocean spray
| A5 | F5 | D5 |