Ohio

Caamp

FolkMedium for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
verse 1 
C 
You know when I grow up 
               Am          F       C 
I?m gonna look back at the place I left 
C 
Rollin the dice on the weekend 
       Am             F       C 
Conversations and the company kept 
Am 
Smokin cigarettes 
           F                   C 
Behind the school with my best friends 
Am 
I never will forget 
            F                C 
I take that with me till the end 
C 
Football and tall trees 
    F            C 
The autumn never ends 
C       Am F C 
Summer lo - vin 
 
 F   C         Am G 
Ohio, treat me well 
 F   C         Am G 
Ohio, treat me well 
 
verse 2 
C 
Some things you can?t forget 
          Am F  C 
Like your first kiss 
C 
Under the bleachers in the seventh grade 
Am F  C 
I damn near missed 
Am 
All these memories 
        F               C 
Shootin shivers down my spine 
Am 
Make them into melodies 
        F                   C 
Play me yours and I?ll play mine 
 
 F   C         Am G 
Ohio, treat me well 
 F   C         Am G 
Ohio, treat me well 
 
Tag 
C 
You know when I grow up 
               Am          F       C 
I?m gonna look back at the place I left

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Chord set

C · Am · F · G

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.