Oceanearth
Johnny Clegg (2017)


4/4 | D - D u - u d u |
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| [Am]   | [C]   | [G]   | [D] |
| [Am]   | [C]   | [G]   | [D] |

| [Am] Standing in the hills, be- | [C] low the valley lies |
| [G] Watching the last rays | [D] as the sun dies
I got | [Am] mud on my boots, | [C] sweat in my eyes
I'm | [G] standing on the earth under | [D] African skies

Chorus
I said, | [Am] Yela Earth | [C] giving life |
| [G] Yela.. earth | [D] gimme life
I said, | [Am] Yela Earth | [C] giving life |
| [G] Yela.. earth | [D] gimme life
| [Am]   | [C]   | [G]   | [D] |
| [Am]   | [C]   | [G]   | [D] |

| [Am] Dive into the ocean and | [C] find a dead zone
The | [G] coral and the starfish | [D] white as a bone
I feel the | [Am] Ocean's heartbeat | [C] slowing down
And | [G] when it | [NC] stops, the whole world drowns

Chorus
I said, | [Am] Yela ocean | [C] giving life |
| [G] Yela.. ocean | [D] gimme life
I said, | [Am] Yela ocean | [C] giving life |
| [G] Yela.. ocean | [D] gimme life |
| [Am] Hmmmmmm mmm...   | [C] |
| [G] Hmmmmmm mmm...   | [D] |
| [Am] Hmmmmmm mmm...   | [C] |
| [G] Hmmmmmm mmm...   | [D] |

Muted percussive strumming
| [Am!] All life it seems is | [C!] running out of space
In the | [G!] chain of the living where | [D!] is my place
I got | [Am!] money on the brain, a | [C!] dead food chain
And the | [G!] morning sun, on a | [D!] desert plain |

Bridge Intrumental guitar solo
| [F]   | [F]   | [G]   | [G] |
| [Am]   | [Am]   | [C]   | [C]   |
| [F]   | [F]   | [G]   | [G] |
| [F]   | [F]   | [G]   | [G!] |   

Chorus
| [Am] Yela... ocean | [C] giving life |
| [G] Yela.. ocean | [D] gimme life
I said, | [Am] Yela ocean | [C] giving life |
| [G] Yela.. ocean | [D] gimme life |
| [Am] Yela ocean | [C] giving life |
| [G] Yela.. ocean | [D] gimme life
I said, | [Am] Yela ocean | [C] giving life |
| [G] Yela.. ocean | [D] gimme life |

Outro
| [Am] I am the ocean... | [C] (gimme life) |
| [G] I am the earth... | [D] (gimme life) |
| [Am] I am the ocean... | [C] (gimme life) |
| [G] I am the earth... | [D] (gimme life) |
| [Am] Je suis la mer... | [C] (gimme life) |
| [G] Je suis la terre... | [D] (gimme life) |
| [Am] Hmmmmmm mmm... | [C] (gimme life) |
| [G] Hmmmmmm mmm... | [D] (gimme life) |
| [Am!] Hmmmmmm mmm...   | [C!] |   
| [G!] Hmmmmmm mmm...

#Play along with original in this key.

#Last Updated 12/06/2021 JJ
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