Chord/Tab song: Ocean Spray

Band: Manic Street Preachers
Album: Know Your Enemy
Song: Ocean Spray
Year: 2001
Versions: 2





Ocean Spray

Chords Used:

Em 022000
C 032010
D 000232
G 320003
C 032013

Intro:

Em (x2)

Verse 1:

[Em] It's easy to see, it's easy to[C] see

To se[D]e only white where colour should [G]be

[Em] It's easy to feel, it's easy to [C]feel

But it's [D]not good enough, even though it's rea[G]l

Chorus:

Em C
Oh oh, please stay awake

And then [D]we can drink some ocean s[G]pray

Em C
Oh oh, please stay awake

And then [D]we can drink some ocean s[G]pray

Middle:

[Em] [G]
[Em] [G]
[Em] [G]
[Em] [D]
[Em]
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

Copyright 2001 Tabbed By Assassinated Beauty





Ocean Spray
Transcribed by Fung Mak [email protected] and [email protected]
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.....
[D5] [G5]

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.

[Bm] [Am7]

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...
[D5] [G]

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
[Bm] [A5] [D5] [G]

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
[G#5] [F5] [D5]

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-D]
[E-D]
Verse
E5(7th) A5
It's easy to see, it's easy to see
[D5]To see only white where colour should [G5]be
E5(7th) A5
It's easy to feel, it's easy to feel
[D5]But it's not good enough, even though it's re[G5]al


Chorus
[Bm]Oh oh, please [A5]stay awake
[D5]And then we can drink some ocean sp[G]ray
[Bm]Oh oh, please [A5]stay awake
[D5]And then we can drink some ocean sp[G]ray

| A5 | F5 | D5 |

Verse
E5(7th) A5
It's easy to breathe, it's easy to grieve
[D5]To breathe only air where [G5]life should be
E5(7TH) A5
It's easy to laugh, it's easy to cry
[D5]To cry so so hard that it [G5]can't be denied


Chorus
[Bm]Oh oh, please [A5]stay awake
[D5]And then we can drink some ocean sp[G]ray
[Bm]Oh oh, please [A5]stay awake
[D5]And then we can drink some ocean sp[G]ray

| A5 | F5 | D5 |


Trumpet solo
| E5 | A5 | D5 | G5 |
| E5 | A5 | D5 | G5 |

Chorus
[Bm]Oh oh, please [A5]stay awake
[D5]And then we can drink some ocean sp[G]ray
[Bm]Oh oh, please [A5]stay awake
[D5]And then we can drink some ocean sp[G]ray

| A5 | F5 | D5 |