A Dip in the Ocean Lyrics

This file is the author's own work and represents their
interpretation of the song.
You may only use this file for private study, scholarship,
or research.
tabber: John Baer (eddiebauerman16@aol.com)
tabbed on 8/3/2011
*Note: This song has been preformed in the key of E by the band, but on the album
it is in F, and that is how I've tabbed it here.
Intro: F
Guitar 1 (intro riff):
F Bb (Let notes ring)
Verse 1:
It's you and me on a beach/ In nineteen-ninety eight
Leaning into the breeze/ From the willows and rivermen grace
Are reborn in this place/ I'm assured the procedure is painless
The taxicab with no brakes/ around the mountain pass
Keep your head in your hands/ if anybody askes what you mean when
You were picking a fight/ you were only complimenting the waitress
Chorus 1:
Give us a room, with a mountain view:
A tiny cabana by the water, yeah by the water and I,
Got a rental for an hour or two, for a ride up the coast
And a dip in the ocean.
(Repeat Intro)
Verse 2:
The waterfront is alight/ with Citronella flame
Tourists flash in the night/ from the grottoes and
Gathering now on the heel-worn planks for a drunken
Form another, a mumble (?)
And lovers paddle a boat/ on the molten bay
Peering into the the reeds/ on a ripple
And playing it cool/ in a bar by the pool
With a Caribbean Kiss Amaretto
Chorus 2:
Give us a room, with a mountain view:
A tiny cabana by the water, yeah by the water and I,
Got a rental for an hour or two, for a ride up the coast
And a dip in the ocean.
(Repeat intro)
Bridge:
Get a load of the light in the trees and the
Sweet decay on the maritime breeze
The sun's hitching on a weather balloon
And the heat of the tarmac
Burning a hole in a gold afternoon
(Solo- variation on the intro/verse)
Chorus 3:
Give us a room, with a mountain view:
A tiny cabana by the water, yeah by the water and I,
Got a rental for an hour or two, and a bottle and cooler
With some maps and a big brown towel
It's a beater, but today will do
For a ride up the coast, and a dip in the ocean.
Outro:
((repeat intro riff) In the ocean (x2))
((repeat intro riff) In the ocean (x2))
End: Fade out.
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-John Baer