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Oregon Hill (M. Timmins/Cowboy Junkies)
(from the album Black Eyed Man)

Submitted by Steve Scowden (steve.scowden@sf.jwtworld.com)

Corrections/improvements welcome.

(I'm playing this song  with a E- E6 -E7 riff through most of the verses.  That is, an E, then an E with 
pinkie added on 2nd fret of 2nd string, then sliding my pinkie up to the 3rd fret.  Of course, there may be 
better way.)

E- E6 -E7 riff
The hoods are up on Pine Street, rearends lifted, too
The great-grandsons of General Robert E. Lee

                                                                F#mare (244222@1)makin' love with a little help from STP

               A (x02220@1)                                              E- E6-E7 (04xxxx@1)Their women on the porches, comparin' alibis

(E- E6 -E7 riff)
Greasy eggs & bacon, bumper stickers aimed to start a fight
Folk in wrecks, confederate caps, if you want some shine well
                                     F#m (244222@1) F#m7 (131141@2)you can always find some more

               A (x02220@1)                                                         E- E6-E7 (04xxxx@1)but what I remember most, is the color of Susie's door

          C#m (x13321@4)              G# (xx1114@1)                A (x02220@1)                        EAnd (022100@1)Susie says she's up there, cutting carrots still

E (022100@1)      B (x2444x@1)                        AmSusie (x02210@1)says she's missing me

     F#m (244222@1)                         E- E6-E7 (04xxxx@1)so I'm missing, Oregon Hill

(E- E6 -E7 riff)
A river to the south, to wash away all sin
A college to the east of us, to learn where sin begins

                                   F#m (244222@1)    F#m7A (131141@2)graveyard to the west of it all

             A (x02220@1)                              E- E6-E7 (04xxxx@1)The child may soon be lying in it

                      A (x02220@1)                                 ECause (022100@1)to the north there is a prison,

               A (x02220@1)                         Ewhich (022100@1)I've come to call my home

                       A (x02220@1)                                Ebut (022100@1)come Monday morning, no country song,

             B (x2444x@1)         A (x02220@1)      Ewill (022100@1)sing me home again


   C#m (x13321@4)              G# (xx1114@1)         A (x02220@1)                ESusie (022100@1)says she's up there, cutting carrots still

E (022100@1)      B (x2444x@1)                 Am (x02210@1)             F#m (244222@1)                    E- E6-E7 (04xxxx@1)Susie says she's missing me, so I'm missing, Oregon Hill

(E- E6 -E7 riff)
Sunday morning, 8 a.m., sirens fill the air
Sounds like someone made the river
                                                      F#m (244222@1)F#m7Sounds (131141@2)like someone being born again

       A (x02220@1)             G#m (133111@4)    F#m (244222@1)       E- E6-E7 (04xxxx@1)But me, I'm just lyin' here in Susie's bed

              A (x02220@1)                             EBaptists (022100@1)celebrating with praises to the lord

    A (x02220@1)                         ERednecks (022100@1)doin' it with gin

              A (x02220@1)                                   E (022100@1)      B (x2444x@1)      A (x02220@1)     EMe (022100@1)and Susie, we're just celebrating, the joys of sleepin' in,

              F#m (244222@1)            A (x02220@1)          E- E6-E7 (04xxxx@1)because tomorrow,  I'll be home again.

   C#m (x13321@4)                  G#Susie (xx1114@1)says she'll wait there,

            A (x02220@1)                                 Ecutting (022100@1)carrots by the window sill

E (022100@1)      B (x2444x@1)                     AmSusie (x02210@1)says always think of me,

         F#m (244222@1)                         E- E6-E7 (04xxxx@1)when you think of,  Oregon Hill