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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 15:03:07 -0500
From: "Daniel J. Engel"
Subject: c/cohn_marc/olana.crd
Title: Olana
Artist: Marc Cohn
Album: Burning the Daze, track 7
Intro/Fill
--octave of melody line sounds nice :-)
--easier with two acoustic guitars
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v1
C (x32010@1) GThey (320003@1)say my final masterpiece
F (133211@1) CWas (x32010@1)this house on the hill
G (320003@1) DHigh (xx0232@1)above the great and mighty river
C (x32010@1) GMy (320003@1)hand could not hold the brushes
F (133211@1) CYes, (x32010@1)I guess I lost my will
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)you can't keep painting paradise forever
COh (x32010@1)forever
(Fill)
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v2
C (x32010@1) G>From (320003@1)the Andes to Niagara
F (133211@1) CTo (x32010@1)where we stand today
G (320003@1) DI (xx0232@1)drew the great creations of my Master
C (x32010@1) G'til (320003@1)the oil and the canvas
F (133211@1) CLord, (x32010@1)I threw them all away
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)traded them for stone and brick and plaster
CI (x32010@1)traded them all for you
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C (x32010@1) GWinter (320003@1)wind blows and the river lies frozen at my feet
(I traded them all for you)
C (x32010@1) GSpringtime (320003@1)come and the river wanna run above the street
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v3
C (x32010@1) GShe (320003@1)came to me one night
F (133211@1) CWhile (x32010@1)I was tossing in my dreams
G (320003@1) DShe (xx0232@1)said she'd give my family protection
C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)recall the night I died
F (133211@1) CBeneath (x32010@1)her arches and her beams
G (320003@1) DI (xx0232@1)thanked her for the shelter and direction
CI (x32010@1)was lost until Olana
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C (x32010@1) GSun (320003@1)beat down on a summertime town; he left me here
(I was lost until Olana)
CWatching (x32010@1)these hills turning gold for one more year
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F (133211@1) AmOh, (x02210@1)I've been from Jerusalem to Rome
F (133211@1) AmNow (x02210@1)I'm floating through these rooms tonight alone
FAnd (133211@1)looking back on everything
C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) CAll (x32010@1)I ever wanted was a home
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I was lost until Olana
How sweet the sound
How sweet the sound
N.C.
They say my final masterpiece
Was this house upon a hill
Tabbed by:
Dan Engel
Gustavus Adolphus College
