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THE OCEAN
Led Zeppelin
"Houses of the Holy"

(Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant)

INTRO:(four times)
    No Chord
e-|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
B-|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
G-|---2---2----------------------|---------------------2--------2----------||
D-|-----------5--2---------------|----0--2--5----0--2--------------0---2---||
A-|-----------------3------------|--------------------------4--------------||
E-|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||

VERSE:
D5            C5          A5  G5
Singing in the sunshine,
A5  D5
laughing in the rain,
D5            C5          A5  G5
hitting on the moonshine,
A5  D5
rocking in the grain.
D5          C5            A5  G5
Got no time to pack my bag,
   A5     D5
my foot's outside the door,
D5              C5           A5  G5
I got a date, I can't be late for the
A5         D5
high hopes haila ball.
     
RIFF:(four times)
     N. C.             p.m.----------|
e-|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
B-|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
G-|---2---2--------------------------|-------------------2--------2---------||
D-|-----------5--2-------------------|--0--2--5----0--2--------------0---2--||
A-|-----------------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------------------------4-------------||
E-|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||

VERSE:
Singing to an ocean I can hear the ocean's roar,
play for free, I play for me, I play a whole lot more, more.
Singing 'bout the good things and the sun that lights the day,
and you can sing to the mountains. Has the ocean lost its way?

RIFF:(four times)
    N.C.
e-|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
B-|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
G-|---2---2----------------------|---------------------2--------2----------||
D-|-----------5--2---------------|----0--2--5----0--2--------------0---2---||
A-|-----------------3------------|--------------------------4--------------||
E-|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||

                                                 ___________________
                                           1.2.3.                   ||
      D              C              A  G    A  D                    ||
e-|------------------------------------3--|-------------------------||
B-|---7--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--2--0--|-2--7--7--7--7-------7---||
G-|---7--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--2--0--|-2--7--7--7--7-------7---||
D-|---7--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--2--0--|-2--7--7--7--7-------7---||
A-|---5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--3--0-----|-0--5--5--5--5-----------||
E-|------------------------------------3--|-------------------------||
   ___________________________________________
  4. A  D                 N.C.                ||
e-|-------------------------------------------||
B-|--2--7--7--7--7----------------------------||
G-|--2--7--7--7--7------------2------------2--||
D-|--2--7--7--7--7---------------0----2-------||
A-|--0--5--5--5--5--------4-------------------||
E-|-------------------------------------------||

BRIDGE:(Band tacet)
La la lalalalalalala. (etc)

VERSE:
Sitting round, singing songs till the night turns into day,
used to sing on the mountains, but the mountains washed away.
Now I'm singing all my songs to the girl who won my heart,
She is only three years old and it's a real fine start.

RIFF:(four times)
     N. C.             p.m.----------|
e-|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
B-|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
G-|---2---2--------------------------|-------------------2--------2---------||
D-|-----------5--2-------------------|--0--2--5----0--2--------------0---2--||
A-|-----------------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------------------------4-------------||
E-|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||

GUITAR SOLO

OUTRO:(w/ vocal ad lib)
    _______________________________________________________________
1.2.3. A               D        E                                   ||
e-|------------------------------|---------------------------------||
B-|---2--------------------------|---------------------------------|| 
G-|-------4-----2---1------------|---------------------------------||  
D-|-----------------------4---2--|---------------------------------|| 
A-|------------------------------|---4---2-------------------------||
E-|------------------------------|---------------------------------||

   ________________________________________________________________
  4. A                D        E                                   ||
e-|--5---4-----2-----------------|---------------------------------||
B-|----------------5-------------|---------------------------------|| 
G-|---------------------2--------|-----------4---------------------||  
D-|--------------------------4---|-------2-------------------------|| 
A-|------------------------------|---------------------------------||
E-|------------------------------|---------------------------------||

ENDING:
     A                D        E
e-|--5---4-----2-----------------|---------------------------------||
B-|----------------5----2--------|---------------------------------|| 
G-|--------------------------4---|------2----4---------------------||  
D-|------------------------------|---------------------------------|| 
A-|------------------------------|---------------------------------||
E-|------------------------------|---------------------------------||

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Updated: July 9, 1999