The Wooden Sky - Oslo

Capo III

Chords:

G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)            Em (022000@1)           Cmaj7e|--------- (x32000@1)   e|---------    e|-2----2--    e|---------    e|---------
B|-0----0--    B|-1----1--    B|----3--3-    B|-0----0--    B|-0----0--
G|----0--0-    G|----0--0-    G|---2-----    G|----0--0-    G|----0--0-
D|---0-----    D|---2-----    D|-0---0---    D|---2-----    D|---2-----
A|---------    A|-3---3---    A|---------    A|---------    A|-3---3---
E|-3---3---    E|---------    E|---------    E|-0---0---    E|---------

I don't think these are the exact picking patterns, but they gets to job done I suppose. 
Gavin also occasionally adds an 0h2 hammer-on on the A string for G chords and on 
the D string for C chords.

Verse 1:

G (320003@1)                              C (x32010@1)              GWell, (320003@1)I woke up this morning with dead leaves inside my bed.
                 G (320003@1)                                   DYou (xx0232@1)said "You're better off just where you are than to be stuck in my head.
              G (320003@1)                                  C (x32010@1)        GYou've (320003@1)got to leave it all behind you and give yourself up to chance."
   Em (022000@1)   D (xx0232@1)       GSo (320003@1)I gave myself to chance.

Verse 2:

G (320003@1)                                  C (x32010@1)                 GAnd (320003@1)I packed a little suitcase, brushed my teeth and washed my hands.
          G (320003@1)                                          DI've (xx0232@1)been bluffing here for years and now I think it's time I showed my hand.
             G (320003@1)                       C (x32010@1)            Cmaj7I'm (x32000@1)going to move to New York City and set the sky on fire.
              Em (022000@1)          D (xx0232@1)               GOh, (320003@1)don't the night look so alive with it's desire

Chorus 1:

C (x32010@1)                GTo (320003@1)cross the River Jordan?
       D (xx0232@1)                 GBut (320003@1)it just don't feel the same.
       C (x32010@1)                 GWhen (320003@1)I came home Friday morning
     Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)    GWith (320003@1)no one but myself to blame.
     Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)Verse 3:

G (320003@1)                             C (x32010@1)               GSee (320003@1)I have trouble with numbers and paying the ones I owe.
      G (320003@1)                        DAnd (xx0232@1)I put what I had left in the pocket of my coat.
       G (320003@1)                                   C (x32010@1)               GI (320003@1)went out to find a liquor store and make a home there in the snow,
       Em (022000@1)          D (xx0232@1)              GGive (320003@1)myself a little shelter from the cold.

Chorus 2:

C (x32010@1)              GSee, (320003@1)I was bound here by my choices.
      D (xx0232@1)                GOh (320003@1)my god how I felt so ashamed.
        C (x32010@1)                  GStill (320003@1)I hoped that you might join us
              Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)           GAnd (320003@1)take this little light of ours out on parade

Melodica Section (played twice):

Em (022000@1)  D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em    D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)  G (320003@1)Verse 4:

G (320003@1)                               C (x32010@1)           GI (320003@1)used to look at others and try to find a way to grow.
        G (320003@1)                                 DAnd (xx0232@1)now I just look around and I'm going to reap the seeds I've sown.
             G (320003@1)                        C (x32010@1)               Cmaj7And (x32000@1)I try to picture myself in Oslo but lord help me if I go.
          Em (022000@1)                   D (xx0232@1)                    GI've (320003@1)been running around and I believe it's starting to show.

Chorus 3:

C (x32010@1)                GAnd (320003@1)so I'll cross the River Jordan
          D (xx0232@1)                 GAnd (320003@1)if it just don't feel the same.
        C (x32010@1)             GAnd (320003@1)I'm not home Friday morning
          Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)    GI'll (320003@1)have no one but myself to blame.

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Feel free to check out my cover of this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7whLrg2_Po

Thanks. Enjoy.
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