A E D E 

[Verse]
A                  E               D          E 
  Your long blonde hair and eyes of baby blue
A               E          D    E
  Bright colors never fading
A              E                 D            E
  The blush of childhood on your downy cheek
A             E            D    E
  The days of hide-and-seek
A            E          D             E
  The secret places we arranged to be
A                E                   D    E
  The things you felt but couldn't see
A            E                D           E
  The sandy footprints as you shyly fled     Oh no...
A              E         D          E
  Now summer's gone away we are older

[Pre-Chorus]
A                E                  D             E
  Where have you been what have you done till now?
A                E      D        E
  You're a woman       a woman tell me
A             E                  D            
  What do you mean that you're a woman at last?
E           A             E           D
  How many arms have been around you?
         E                 A
Did they change you in the past?
              E              D             E  
So what don't tell me you're moving too fast
A        E                  D         E
  Do you remember tossed in waves of white?
A                    E           D       E
  Green stones where water flows free?
A            E             D            E
  What color are your eyes speckled in light?
A            E         D             E
  I'll never ask you'll never tell me

[Chorus]
A            E             D             E
  Oh sad old ocean sad old ocean jaded sea
A             E           D             E
  You were as pure as the innocence in me
A            E             D             E
  Oh sad old ocean sad old ocean jaded sea
A             E           D             E
  You were as pure as the innocence in me

[Verse]
  The bicycles
A         E                D           E
  We left abandoned on the top of the hill
A        E                 D        E
  Lying together under the trees
A             E             D          E
  Flowers the pages of your scrapbook fill
A                E          D
  So happy in that summer breeze
A            E                D        E
  An awkward silence that you seem to fear
A           E               D       E
  A look i couldn't understand
A             E            D          E
  The flowers falling as i draw near     Oh no...
A                   E       D         E
  Don't hold me back don't raise your hand

[Pre-Chorus]
A                E                  D             E
  Where have you been what have you done till now?
A                E      D        E
  You're a woman       a woman tell me
A             E                  D            
  What do you mean that you're a woman at last?
E           A             E           D
  How many arms have been around you?
         E                 A
Did they change you in the past?
              E              D             E  
So what don't tell me you're moving too fast
A         E                    D        E
  Can you recall the waves and summer skies?
A                E              D      E
  The spray from surfing in the sea?
A            E         D           E
  What light flickers deep in your eyes?
A                    E        D          E
  Is the flame still burning? I can't see

[Chorus]
A            E             D             E
  Oh sad old ocean sad old ocean jaded sea
A             E           D             E
  You were as pure as the innocence in me
A            E             D             E
  Oh sad old ocean sad old ocean jaded sea
A             E           D             E
  You were as pure as the innocence in me

[Outro]
A       E      D                  E                 A          E
  When     the bright rays of the morning sun burst into the night
    D               E             A             E
The early day breaks over us with clear warm light
    D               E              A              E
The shadows and the phantoms of the dark turn into trees and blossoms
 D               E
Truth once more rejects the lies
    A                E                    D                E
And love becomes the light that's shining still in your eyes
A E D E (x2)