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Eric Clapton – How Deep Is The Ocean Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsAm7 E7sus4 E7 F#m7b5 B7 Em7 Ebm7 Dm7 G7 C7 F Eb7 D7 Ab7 Bb7 C A7

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[Intro]
Am7    E7sus4 E7  4x

[Verse]
Am7           E7sus4    E7
How much do I love you?
Am7              F#m7b5 B7
I'll tell you no lie
Em7             F#m7b5 B7
How deep is the ocean?
Em7         Ebm7 Dm7   G7
How high is the  sky?
C7
How many times a day
F                Eb7 D7
Do I think of you?
How many roses
Ab7                G7   E7
Are sprinkled with dew?

[Verse]
Am7           E7sus4    E7
How far would I travel
Am7              F#m7b5 B7
To be where you are?
Em7             F#m7b5 B7
How far is the journey
Em7       Ebm7 Dm7   G7
From here to a star?
C7
And if I ever lose you
F                Bb7   B7
How much would I cry?
C               A7    D7
How deep is the ocean?
    G7          C    E7
How high is the sky?

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[guitar solo]
Am7           E7sus4  E7
Am7           F#m7b5  B7
Em7           F#m7b5  B7
Em7      Ebm7 Dm7     G7

[Verse]
C7
How many times a day
F                Eb7 D7
Do I think of you?
                  Ab7
How many roses
                   G7   E7
Are sprinkled with dew?

[Verse]
Am7             E7sus4    E7
How far would I travel
Am7             F#m7b5 B7
To be where you are?
Em7                F#m7b5 B7
How far is the journey
Em7       Ebm7 Dm7   G7
From here to a star?
C7
And if I ever lose you
F                Bb7   B7
How much would I cry?
C               A7    D7
How deep is the ocean?
    G7          C    A7  D7
How high is the sky?
    G7          C    E7
How high is the sky?

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[Trumpet solo]
Am7           E7sus4  E7
Am7           F#m7b5  B7
Em7           F#m7b5  B7
Em7      Ebm7 Dm7     G7
C7
F                     Eb7
D7
Ab7             G7   E7
Am7           E7sus4  E7
Am7           F#m7b5  B7
Em7           F#m7b5  B7
Em7      Ebm7 Dm7     G7

[Outro]
C7
And if I ever lose you
F                Bb7   B7
How much would I cry?
C               A7    D7
How deep is the ocean?
    G7          C    A7   D7
How high is the sky?
    G7          C
How high is the sky?

How to play How Deep Is The Ocean: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for How Deep Is The Ocean by Eric Clapton on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

How Deep Is The Ocean by Eric Clapton is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 17 chords: Am7, E7sus4, E7, F#m7b5, B7, Em7, Ebm7, Dm7, G7, C7, F and Eb7 and 5 more.

The backbone of the song is Am7 – E7sus4 – E7 – Am7 (ii7 – VI7sus4 – VI7 – ii7 in G major). In solfa, that is reh – lah – lah – reh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Good to know: F#m7b5, Ebm7, F, Eb7 and Ab7 are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.