Tom: G
Em7 C G C
Em7 C G C
[Verse]
Em7 C
70 West at 7 a.m.
G C
On a winding road again
Em7 C
A cardinal singing me a goodbye song
G C D
Why does it feel like I am doing something wrong?
Em7 C
Out on the wind but I’ll get there soon
G C
Outside Chicago by the afternoon
Em7 C
Stop to get a coffee 3 times a day
G C D
Why do I feel close to you and so far away?
[Chorus]
G D Em7 D
Ohio, please forgive this boy for running
A
Blame the spell that I fell under
C D
Called the California sun
G D Em7 D
Ohio, please forgive this boy for leaving
A
Though you probably don’t believe me
C D Em7 C G C
But I regret the things I said when I was young
[Verse]
Em7 C
I can see the shimmer of the ocean blue
G C
You gotta get real high to get this view
Em7 C
And I remember living on flat land
Em7 C D
Craving peaks and valleys, she just couldn’t understand
[Chorus]
G D Em7 D
Ohio, please forgive this boy for dreaming
A
Every man must search for meaning
C D
For adventure and for fun
G D Em7 D
Ohio, can my exit be a lesson?
A
Cause now my tongue’s confessing
C D G
I regret the things I said when I was young
[Instrumental]
G A C C
G A C C
[Bridge]
Em7
Is that such a crime?
C
Is it such a crime?
G
I fell in love with life
D
Is that such a crime?
Em7
I fell in love with life
C
I fell in love with life
G
Is that such a crime?
D
I fell in love with life
Em7
Is that such a crime?
C G D
Is that such a criiiiiiiime? I fell in love!
[Outro]
G A C C
Ohio
G A C C
Ohio
G A C C
Ohio
G A C C
Ohio
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