Ohio chords by Andrew McMahon

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: A

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
F#M  E   D   A


Verse:
             F#m - E         D         A
On a razor's edge at the first sign of light
            F#m  E           D         A
The car was packed while the house was quiet
            F#m  E        D         A
And sister slept as we started the drive
       F#m                E
To California, where it's warmer
      D           A
Gonna start a new life

Pre-Chorus:
E                        D
Gonna miss Ohio but this time
                   F#m      E
We're gonna get it right


Chorus:
              A     E
Station wagon tires flying
Bm              F#m                D                 A
Katie's counting crows through the tears in her blue eyes
      F#m           E               A         E
State lines and capitals go rushing by as I'm trying to find
  Bm             F#m
A station on the radio
D                    A                   E
Everything's gonna be better on the west coast


Intro:
F#M  E   D   A


Verse:
             F#m  E         D       A
The days move fast on the northern plains
               F#m      E                          D         A
And I read the maps, the prarie grass moved in the wind like waves
              F#m   E             D         A
We can't look back, some men you just can't save
           F#m         E             D           A
We had our reasons for leaving, it's better this way


Pre-Chorus:
E                       D
Gonna miss Ohio but I'm not
               F#m       E
Gonna miss the rain


Chorus:
              A     E
Station wagon tires flying
Bm              F#m                D                 A
Katie's counting crows through the tears in her blue eyes
      F#m           E               A         E
State lines and capitals go rushing by as I'm trying to find
  Bm             F#m
A station on the radio
D                    A                   E
Everything's gonna be better on the west coast
D                           A           E
Better than the mess that we left back home
            A   E    F#m    D
in O - Hi - Oooo
         A    E    F#m    D
O - Hi - Oooo


Bridge:
Bm                  E
Goodbye blue house, goodbye red door
Bm                E
Abandoned worlds where we drink on weekends
Bm             E
This magnet's pulling from the ocean floor
Bm                E
I can't forget the way you looked when we were leaving


Chorus:
A     E
Tires flying
Bm              F#m                D                 A
Katie's counting crows through the tears in her blue eyes
      F#m           E               A         E
State lines and capitals go rushing by as I'm trying to find
  Bm             F#m
A station on the radio
D                    A                   E
Everything's gonna be better on the west coast
D                           A           E
Better than the mess that we left back home
            A   E    F#m    D
in O - Hi - Oooo
         A    E    F#m    D
O - Hi - Oooo

Outro:
A
Ohio