Ohio

Started years ago - the first half came to me in a dream, after the

first Pittsburgh musicmaking, but took until 2004 to get the second

verse/chorus. I'm particularly fond of the triple rhyme pattern.

G D G C

Woke up early from a dream, had a vision of the road

G D G - D

And a place I had seen, now I know

G D G C

At the window, at the dawn, down a road I'd never been

G D C - G

Felt the urge comin' on, closing in

D C G

Days when the feeling hits - it never shows

D C D

Just taps your shoulder - "Grab your bag, it's time to go"

G D G C

Got a tankfull in the car, there's nothing more you need to know

G D C - G

Take a breath, face the door, hit the road

c1:

D C G

Ohio, sing your promise like a whisper on the wind

D C G - C -G

Ohio, longer than a summer day

D C G

Ohio, can a young man ever know how to begin?

G D C - G

On the road, where there's a will, there's a way

v2:

Find your footsteps fading west in red clay down the Shawnee road,

Where silver wings adorn the sky of Dayton's wood

'Times your feet know you the best, in spite of where you want to go,

And make their way, down a road they know you should

Rise when the morning sun on summerhill

Tells you that Spring has come to chase the whippoorwill

Never been much of a test, it's just another chance to grow

And find a dream you wouldn't wake from if you could

repeat c1:

c2:

Ohio, shout your promise like a rolling thundercloud

Ohio, over amber waves of grain

Ohio, on that day we swore we'd make each other proud

When we met, on the road back home again