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If The Ocean Gets Rough

Willy Mason
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
–  133211
-  332010 (with  bass note )
 Willy Mason hammers from time to time, mainly on the D string when playing the F and C.
Oh,  babe  I have a heavy  heart
we're  taking steps  back every time  we start
I’m  on a rolling  train downtown
just  trying to get  back to my hometown
 I took you in to my broken home
 then I got scared to leave you there alone
 here there are shadows that may lead you astray
 I never realized they're all in my face
Sail  on my love
 ...................
 If the ocean gets rough
 will you help me sing
 would it help to sing
 (X2)
 when you first taught me how to stand up tall
 so scared of heights I thought that I’d surely fall
 I’m used to digging in the dirt
 down where there's no one for me to hurt
 the windows whistle when the west wind blows
 my head is pounding from these burning coals
 I tripped and stumbled don't you know
 and in all that dust our hands let go
 X2)

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Readable chord sheet for If The Ocean Gets Rough by Willy Mason

[F]–  133211
[C]-  332010 (with [A] bass note [G])

Willy Mason hammers from time to time, mainly on the D string when playing the F and C.

[F]     [G]     [F]    [G]    [F]

[F]Oh, ba[G]be I have a [F]heavy hea[G]rt
[F]we're taking s[G]teps back every t[F]ime we start [G]
[Am]I’m on a rol[C]ling train down[Dm]town  [F]
[Bb]just trying to g[A]et back to my hom[Dm]etown  [C7]

I took you in to my broken home
then I got scared to leave you there alone
here there are shadows that may lead you astray
I never realized they're all in my face

[F]Sail on my love
...................
If the ocean gets rough
will you help me si[C]ng
would it help to sin[F]g
(X2)

when you first taught me how to stand up tall
so scared of heights I thought that I’d surely fall
I’m used to digging in the dirt
down where there's no one for me to hurt

the windows whistle when the west wind blows
my head is pounding from these burning coals
I tripped and stumbled don't you know
and in all that dust our hands let go

X2)

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