Rocks in the ocean
G ~
G C D
1. On a night just like this
in a place far away,
G D G - D
he
met with a girl in the spring,
G Em Bm
something about him just turned her around,
D G - D
as though she
were caught on a string.
G Em C
And being so
young, they held on to each other,
D G - D
to
see what the moment might bring.
G C D
2. He loved her then in a secretive way,
G D G - D
not
showing his care or his need.
G Em Bm
She’d stay beside him and look
to the day
D G - D
he would somehow
begin to be free.
G Em C
In the chill of the night she would hold
him and say,
D G
this is how they
always should be.
Em D - Em D
Rocks in the ocean, waves on the sea,
G
G7 C
keep it in mind if love comes
unsatisfied,
F
C G
don’t forget me, don’t forget me.
+ G - G7 - C - D (2x) - C - Am
G
C
D
3. And so he came to depend on her more,
G D
G - D
though the lesson
was still to be learned,
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Em Bm
taking
for granted the gift that she gave,
D G - D
as though it were
something he’d earned.
G Em C
And she for her part growing slowly away,
D G - D
from a love that
was never returned.
G C
D
4. And then came the day that he never foresaw,
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when
he woke to find she was gone.
G
Em Bm
He followed her
then to the ends of the world,
D G
- D
to tell her how
much he’d been wrong.
G Em C
But the more he
called her, the more she was lost,
D G
leaving only the
words of her song.
Em D - Em D
Rocks in the ocean, waves on the sea,
G G7
C
keep it in mind if love comes
unsatisfied,
F C G
don’t forget me, don’t forget me.
+ G - G7 - C - D (2x) - C - Am
+ instrumental = verse
4 + D
G C D
5. He still listens out for her foot on the stair,
G D G - D
as he looks for her down through the years,
G Em Bm
and the friends that he had have all left
one by one,
D
G - D
for their words weren’t reaching his ears.
G Em C
He chooses
instead now to wander alone,
D G
to a
song that only he hears.
Em D - Em D
Rocks in the ocean, waves on the sea,
G G7 C
keep it in mind if love comes
unsatisfied,
F C G - G7 - C - D
don’t forget me, don’t forget me.
G - G7 - C - D
+ Don’t forget me !
+ G - G7 - C - D (3x) ....
(Al Stewart)