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This tab was made from the video of Tim and Roger playing the song live in the 
Album of the Year extras.
Tim plays the D, Dm, A, E open and the rest of the chords as barres.

Intro: D Dm D Dm
Pre-verse: F# (hammer on the 2nd fret on the E string)

C#Onstage (x43121@1)at the Orpheum
F#Waiting (244322@1)for a diploma
BmLooking (x24432@1)out at my classmates
AReady (x02220@1)to disown them
AbMy (xx1114@1)bags were packed
                 A (x02220@1)  
I was ready to leave
             EFor (022100@1)university
                     F# (244322@1)
I was moving up and out
        D (xx0232@1) DmOut (xx0231@1)of Omaha
                F#(hammer (244322@1)on 2nd fret)
Oh, it didn't last

One night I was drinking alone
So I drove out to Denver
To visit an old friend
Who had settled down there
I kept on driving all through the night
And threw up in dawn's early light
Sick on caffeine pills
My friend, he escaped from Omaha
Oh, I never will

Oh, I had a lover once
She was a nomad
Would have followed her anywhere
So we moved out to Portland
She was selling baggage
I bought all I could
And that was all it took
To make my escape
Oh, Omaha, oh, you never looked so good

I am leaving
I'm sailing away
My time in Iowa
Was just a holiday
I've got to get back over that bridge
To the town where I live
I guess that's where I'll stay
Oh, Omaha, oh, Omaha 
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