Frank Ocean
"Lens"
Standard tuning. Corrections welcome.
Capo 2nd fret.
C5 D B6 Ab7 G Cadd9 G* D C Em Ab7/C Em7 E7sus4 CM D C5 D B6 Ab7 G
e|--------------8----7---------------|
B|8---7---8----7----8---10-----------| Main keyboard fig.
G|5---7---x---8----7-----------------|
D|--------9--------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
C5 D
My girl made him wait 'til the hours of the night
C5 D B6 Ab7
To hit you with the, "You know it's mid, right?"
G
Can't be on time for the free rides
C5 D
Can't be my type, I'm a low life
C5 D B6 Ab7
Crammed in sometime, then I'm your whole life
G
Can't make those calls in the low light
C5 D
Are you ready to go? We gon' be waitin' in line
C5 D B6
Yeah you look good, would I fuck? Yeah. Did I? Almost.
Ab7 G
Back home with that, almost
C5 D
Back home with that, next time
C5 D B6
Bags with all that Rally's in 'em
Ab7 G
Trays with all the valley (Come on!)
C5 D Cadd9
Top chopped down like blades came through the valleee-
C5 D B6 Ab7 G
Eeeeeeeeeey Freeway
[Chorus]
C5 D Em7 Ab7/C Em7 E7sus4
e|--------7---8-----7---7----------|
B|5---7---8---7-----8---10---------| Chorus version of
G|5---7---7---8-----7---7----------| Main keyboard fig.
D|5---7---9---------9---9----------|
A|3---5---7---------7---7----------|
E|------------8--------------------|
D
Despite our history
C D Em C
Some way at night, you're stuck when you think of me
D Em7 Ab7/C Em7 E7sus4
Despite the life I leeeeeead
All this life in me
D
Spirits watch me, pants down
Can't be 'barrassed of it
C D Em7 Ab7/C Em7 E7sus4
I feel their smiles on meeeeeeee (smiles on meeeeeeee)
Em7 E7sus4
I feel their smiles on me (smile on meeeeeeeee)
C D
I feel their smiles on me (lens on me right now)
Em7
Oh yeah, oh yeah
[Verse 2]
CM D
Whole team on back like I tatted the Mariah (know I got some sins on me)
CM D
Then get the screen mask for the Verizon (ridin')
CM D
Weed smoke in the sky, picture what I'm realizin' (got some sins on me)
CM D
Ain't seen rainbows in the sky since college
CM D
This thing won't last unless we're both flyin' (both flyin')
CM D
Fake flowers, no water needed. Real life drowned by the weekend
CM D
No wins, call it timeless. No ends 'cause you're timeless
[Chorus]
CM D
Despite our history, yeah
CM D CM
Some way at night, you're stuck when you think of me
D
Despite the life I lead
CM D
All this life in me (all this life)
CM D CM
Spirits watch me, pants down. Can't be 'barrassed of it
D CM
I feel their smiles on me (on me, on me, on me)
D CM
I feel their smiles on me
D CM
I feel their smiles on me
[Outro]
CM
Lionel got a lens, Danny got a lens
D CM D
Matthew got a lens on me right now, yeah
CM
Cleve got a lens, Kevin got a lens
D CM D
Know I got some sins on me right now
CM D
On me
CM D
On me, on me
CM D
On me, on me
CM D
On me, on me
CM D
