Ohio tab by Damien Jurado
Guitar tabs
Ohio written by: Damien Jurado from Damien Jurado album Rehearsals for Departure originally tabbed by Adrian Dumchus (dumchusa@aol.com) 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 A D G B E 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.
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B F 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 Dm 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-|------------------------|------------------------| B F C Dm Out from my window across from the city I have what's considered a good view ... B F C Dm ... It's been a long time a real long time ... ------------ 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 ------------ Note on the fingerpicking: taking the first chord as an example, what is recorded is this: B 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: B E-|------------------------| B-|-----3-----------3------| G-|----3---3-------3---3---| D-|-3-----------3----------| A-|------------------------| E-|------------------------| what is tabbed above seems to be the best compromise.
Ohio tab