A Summer In Ohio chords by Jason Robert Brown

Bbmaj7 Bb6 Bb Cm7 F7 Bbmaj7 Bb6 Bb Cm7 F7 Eb/G F7

CATHY:
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I could have a mansion on a hill
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I could lease a villa in Seville
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But it wouldn't be as nice
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As a summer in Ohio
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With a gay--- midget named Karl
                  Bbmaj7  Bb6 Bb Cmin7 F7 Eb F7/A
Playing Tevye and Porgy

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I could wander Paris after dark
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Take a carriage ride through Central Park
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But it wouldn't be as nice
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As a summer in Ohio
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Where I'm sharing a   room
C7/E   F7                        Bbmaj7 Bb6
With a "former" stripper and her snake:

Wayne

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I could have a satchel full of dollar bills
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Cures for all the nation's ills
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Pills to make a lion purr;
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I could be in line to be the British Queen
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Look like I was seventeen
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Still I'm certain I'd prefer

To be going slowly batty
E/F#
Forty miles east of Cincinnati

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I could shove an ice pick in my eye
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I could eat some fish from last July
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But it wouldn't be as awful
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As a summer in Ohio
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Without cable, hot water

Vietnamese food
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Or you

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I saw your book at a Borders in Kentucky
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Under a sign that said "New and Recommended"
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I stole a look at your picture on the inside sleeve
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And then I couldn't leave

Dbmaj7
Richard, who was with me, got uncharacteristically quiet
Abmaj7
Then he said, "All things considered, I guess you don't have to buy it."
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So I smiled like Mona Lisa and I lay my Visa down!
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He wants me, he wants me
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But he ain't gonna get me!
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I've found my guiding light,
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I tell the stars each night:
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"Look at me!     Look at him!
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Son-of-a-b**ch!
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I guess I'm doing something right!
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I finally got something right!"

Gm7            C7                     Fmaj7
No, it's not Nirvana, but it's on the way
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I play "Anita" at the matinee
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Then I'll get on my knees and pray

I can state in my next bio:
E/F#
I'm never gonna go back to Ohio!

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I could chew on tin foil for a spell!
Emaj13
I could get a root can*l in Hell
F      Emaj13
But it wouldn't be as swell
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As this summer is gonna be!
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Cause the torture is just exquisite
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While I'm waiting for you to visit
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So hurry up, schmuck, get unstuck and get on the scene!
D
Love
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The Midget, the Stripper, Wayne the Snake
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And Mrs. Jamie Wellerstein!
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That's me!