A Knife In The Ocean Chords
by Foals
A Knife In The Ocean by Foals is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, E, D, A and Fm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
Bm (It sounds nice to arpeggio this during the intro)
When I come to walk the line
The fire may come, but we'll be just fine
When I go to walk the line
The fire, it will come but we'll be just fine
Bm E Bm
D A Bm
verse 1
Bm
Mouth of the ocean, be well spoken
A D
Watch your P's and Q's
Bm
Now that we're older, the future is colder
A D
But what is there to do?
Bm
I'll walk the line, I'll be just fine
A D
I'll be right back on time
Bm
The fire is coming, but we'll outrun it
A D
We'll never be undone
Bm A D
Bm A D
E (play the E short here and at the end of the lines)
D E Fm E
What came of the things we once believed?
D E Fm E
Oh, all lost to the depths of a hungry sea
D E Fm E
Oh, what came of the things we once believed?
D E Fm E
Oh, all lost to the depths of a hungry sea
Bm A D
Bm A D
verse 2
Bm
And now our parents are long departed
A D
Who can finish the songs they started?
Bm
Bodies are broken, but it's just a token
A D
Of what is surely to come
Bm
Unstitch the suture, please pause the future
A D
So I can collect my things
Bm
The fire is coming, but we'll outrun it
A D
We'll never be undone
E (again, just play this short as the Chorus kicks in)
D E Fm E
What came of the things we once believed?
D E Fm E
Oh, all lost to the depths of a hungry sea
D E Fm E
Oh, what came of the things we once believed?
D E Fm E
Oh, all lost to the depths of a hungry sea