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Johnny Over the Ocean

from 64x30 by Eli Resnick

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lyrics

E F#m D D
Johnny over the ocean
E F#m D D
Johnny over the sea
E F#m D D E E
Johhny catchin' them big fish
AEAAAEAA
Save some for me


E D A A
Well you reel off the reasons real well why the real world's not well
E D A A
You wield the reel well with a will like the wind in a mill-wheel
E D F#- E
You wind up the reel. Fish by feel. Cast your hook like a winch in a
D
well.
D D A A
You well up for real when you're real when you think I can't tell


E D A A
Sail the world over like there's something lost you're trying to find
E D A A
No man's an island, so you won't pick a shore to defend.
E D F#- E
You're not sure whether you're looking or whether you've always believed
D
you were blind.
D D Dm A A
Well your ships in the wind but you'll find what you seek in your mind.

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from 64x30, released September 20, 2010
Some of the lyrics are a traditional song that parents sing when teaching kids to swim. Some are original. I wrote this thinking about how important friendship is. I think the first draft had "saving fish from drowning," instead of "catching all them big fish." Either way.

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