Biography:
Frank Ocean (born October 28, 1987) is an American singer/songwriter and member of the gleefully-hedonistic hip-hop collective OFWGKTA. He was born Christopher Edwin Cooksey (later legally changed to Breaux) in Long Beach, California, and moved to New Orleans with his family as a young child. He has helped pen tracks for Justin Bieber, John Legend, Brandy, and Beyoncé. In 2011, Ocean released his debut mixtape, Nostalgia, Ultra, for free via his Tumblr.
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Other songs:
- Close To You
- Forrest Gump
- Ivy
- Lost
- Moon River
- Novacane
- Pink + White
- Pink And White
- Pink Matter
- Pink+white
- Scared Of Beautiful
- Self Control
- Slide
- Super Rich Kids
- Sweet Life
- Swim Good
- Thinkin Bout You
- Thinkin' About You
- Thinkin' Bout You
- Thinking About You
- We All Try
- White
- Pink Matter (feat. André 3000)
- Super Rick Kids (feat. Earl Sweatshirt)
- Thinking Bout You
- Acura Integurl
- American Wedding
- Bad Religion
- Bedtime Story
- Biking
- Biking Solo
- Blasted
- Chanel
- Crack Rock
- Eyes Like Sky
- Fertilizer
- Futura Free
- Godspeed
- Golden Girl
- Good Guy
- Hardest Thing
- Higgs
- If Im In Love
- Lens
- Lovecrimes
- Miss You So
- Nature Feels
- Nights
- Nikes
- Non Stop
- Ohh In Love
- Pilot Jones
- Private Show
- Provider
- Pyramids
- Pyrite Fools Gold
- Rushes
- Seigfried
- Sierra Leone
- Skyline To
- Solo
- Songs For Women
- Strawberry Swing
- Summer Remains
- Thinkin About You
- Thinking About Forever
- Voodoo
- Wake Up
- White Ferrari
- Wildfire
- Wiseman
- Wither
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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 <-Use this fingering for the
e|------------8---7--------3--(5)-(3)--0---8---(7)--(7)----0---2---| latter part of the song
D|8---7---8---7---8---3---(3)--7---5---0---7----8----10----0---3---|
G|5---7---x---8---7---0----4---7---5---0---8----7----7-----0---2---|
D|--------9-----------2----5---7---5---2--------9----9-----2---4---|
A|--------------------3--------5---3------------7----7-----3---5---|
E|-----------------------------------------8-----------------------|
*Use at the end
of Verse 1
{Intro]
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
"Lens"
Standard tuning. Corrections welcome.
Capo 2nd fret.
C5 D B6 Ab7 G Cadd9 G* D C Em Ab7/C Em7 E7sus4 CM D <-Use this fingering for the
e|------------8---7--------3--(5)-(3)--0---8---(7)--(7)----0---2---| latter part of the song
D|8---7---8---7---8---3---(3)--7---5---0---7----8----10----0---3---|
G|5---7---x---8---7---0----4---7---5---0---8----7----7-----0---2---|
D|--------9-----------2----5---7---5---2--------9----9-----2---4---|
A|--------------------3--------5---3------------7----7-----3---5---|
E|-----------------------------------------8-----------------------|
*Use at the end
of Verse 1
{Intro]
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
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