Julian Lage
"Ocala" · Julian Lage || Guitar + Bass || Tabs + Sheet Music + Chords
"Ocala" · Julian Lage || Guitar + Bass || Tabs + Sheet Music + Chords
Including pdf files:
• Electric Guitar: tab + sheet music + chords
• Double Bass: tab + sheet music + chords
Digital audio files: midi + xml + mp3
Get the official World’s Fair Songbook
Check out my album collections:
• Scenes from Above (album collection)
• Speak to Me (album collection)
• The Layers (album collection)
• View with a Room (album collection)
• Squint (album collection)
• Love Hurts (album collection)
• Modern Lore (album collection)
• Arclight (album collection)
Julian Lage tells the story behind each song on the album in a series of interview clips. Here is the clip for “Ocala”, posted on his YouTube channel.
song: Ocala
artist: Julian Lage
album: Scenes from Above (2026)
composer: Julian Lage
steel-stringed acoustic guitar: Julian Lage
upright bass: Jorge Roeder
(organ: John Medeski)
(drums: Kenny Wolleson)
(chamberlin + dulcitone: Patrick Warren)
This is a transcription of the guitar and the bass parts on “Ocala”. Harmonically, this is an incredibly fun chord progression that takes surprising steps in and out of F# Major and its neighboring keys. The groove and instrumentation is reminiscent of Calypso and Americana ballads from the 1950s, like “Save the Last Dance for Me” by The Drifters and “Jamaica Farewell” by Harry Belafonte, and it might be no coincidence that the tune is named after the city in Florida. All this is of course infused with the Jazzy approach to harmony and Julian Lage’s melodic improvisation. Enjoy!
