Ohio Chords

Gadd4/B | x-2-0-0-1-x
 
 
[Intro]
F C Gadd4/B Am
F C Gadd4/B Am
 
[Verse 1]
F                    C
Out from my window across from the city
  Gadd4/B                  Am
I have what's considered a good view
    F                          C
Two blocks from the subway, three from the fountain
        Gadd4/B          Am
Where I walk to break in new shoes
 
    F                           C
She stands on the sidewalk just waving at taxis
     Gadd4/B              Am
Like horses in parades in passing
  F                             C
I ask where she's headed she tells me,
            Gadd4/B               Am
"Ohio, I've not seen my mother in ages
F                  C   Gadd4/B            Am
  It's been a long time,      a real long time.
F       C        Gadd4/B            Am
  Mmmmmmhmmmmmmmm,      a real long time."
 
[Instrumental]
F C Gadd4/B Am
 
[Verse 2]
F                       C
Out from my window "How far is Ohio?"
    Gadd4/B                 Am
She laughed and pointed out east
    F                       C
She said, "I grew up there with my dear mother
      Gadd4/B                    Am
And I haven't seen her since thirteen.
 
    F                      C
You see, I was taken while she lay sleeping
      Gadd4/B          Am
By my father's hired man
   F                    C
We moved to the city so far from my family
  Gadd4/B                 Am
I haven't been back there since.
F                  C   Gadd4/B            Am
  It's been a long time,      a real long time.
F       C        Gadd4/B            Am
  Mmmmmmhmmmmmmmm,      a real long time."
 
[Instrumental]
F C Gadd4/B Am
 
[Verse 3]
F                         C
Out from my window please hear me Ohio
     Gadd4/B                 Am
Your daughter wants to come home
    F                        C
She longs to be with you, to hug you, to kiss you
   Gadd4/B          Am
To never leave her alone
 
         F                      C
And I've gotten to know her, to live with, to love her
     Gadd4/B           Am
It's hard to see her leave
      F                             C
She belongs to her mother and the state of Ohio
  Gadd4/B              Am
I wish she belonged to me
F             C   Gadd4/B            Am
  See you sometime,      see you sometime
F       C        Gadd4/B            Am
  Mmmmmmhmmmmmmmm,      see you sometime.
 
[Outro]
F C Gadd4/B Am
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