Tabs
Ohio
written by: Damien Jurado
from Damien Jurado album Rehearsals for Departure
originally tabbed by Adrian Dumchus ([email protected])
corrections, enhancement by Matthew Whitehead
This file represents all my (Matt) own work, based on the original
interpretation (and the original tab file) by Adrian Dumchus,
without whom i would have spent many more hours on the picking pattern.
played in Standard Tuning (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE from low to high)
This is pretty much the whole song minus the lyrics. It's just the
same basic fingerpicked pattern throughout with very few variations.
BB 
FF
E-|-1-----1-----1-----1----|-1-----1-----1-----1----|
B-|-----3-----------3------|-----1-----------1------|
G-|----3---3-------3---3---|----2---2-------2---2---|
D-|-3-----------3----------|-3-----------3----------|
A-|------------------------|------------------------|
E-|------------------------|------------------------|
C majorC 
DmDm
E-|-0-----0-----0-----0----|-1-----1-----1-----1----|
B-|-----1-----------1------|-----3-----------3------|
G-|----0---0-------0---0---|----2---2-------2---2---|
D-|-2-----------2----------|-0-----------0----------|
A-|------------------------|------------------------|
E-|------------------------|------------------------|
BB FF C majorC DmDm
Out from my window across from the city I have what's considered a good view
...
BB FF C majorC DmDm
... It's been a long time a real long time ...
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Lyrics
out from my window, across from the city
i have what's considered a good view
two blocks from the subway, three from the fountain
where i walk to break in my new shoes
she stands on the sidewalk just waving at taxis
like horses and parades in passing
i ask where she's headed, she tells me ohio
i've not seen my mother in ages
it's been a long time
a real long time
out from my window, how far is ohio?
she laughed, and pointed out east
she said i grew up there with my dear mother
and i haven't seen her since thirteen
you see i was taken while she lay sleeping
by my father's hired men
we moved to the city, so far from my family
i haven't been back there since
it's been a long time
a real long time
out from my window, please hear me ohio
your daughter wants to come home
she longs to be with you, to hug you, to kiss you
to never leave her alone
and i've gotten to know her, to live with to love her
it's hard to see her leave
she belongs to her mother and the state of ohio
i wish she belonged to me
see you some time
see you some time
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Note on the fingerpicking:
taking the first chord as an example, what is recorded is this:
BB
E-|-1-----1-----1-----1----|
B-|-----3-----------3------|
G-|----3---3-------3---3---|
D-|-3-----3-----3-----3----|
A-|------------------------|
E-|------------------------|
however, the echo of the bass note is very soft,
and the high e string was deliberately toned down
in the recording, so the sound at first perceived is:
BB
E-|------------------------|
B-|-----3-----------3------|
G-|----3---3-------3---3---|
D-|-3-----------3----------|
A-|------------------------|
E-|------------------------|
what is tabbed above seems to be the best compromise.
