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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

e--0-------3-------2-------3-------------------------|
B----------------------------------0-3---------------|
G^?-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
   ^       ^       ^       ^       ^       ^

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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


__This part is sung in conjunction with the fill:__
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


__This part is sung in conjunction with the fill:__
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


__This part is sung in conjunction with the fill:__
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