Omaha
Counting Crows
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this is chords only


INTRO

C#m             E                B              F#m                  

C#m             D                D/A              D          E



VERSE


F#m                         C#m                 
Start tearing the old  man down    

E                                               B  
run     past the heather and down to the old road

F#m                                C#m
        start turning the grain     into the ground

D                                         
     roll him a new leaf over    

E    F#m         C#m                       E
           in the middle of the thers an old  man  

                      B
treading around  in the gathered rain

F#m                              C#m
well mister if your goin to walk on water

E                      D
   could you drop   a line my way?



CHORUS

A           E              F#m                          D
       Omaha                   somewhere in middle america

 A                         E 
get right to the heart of matters

D                                             A  
 Its the heart that matters more

E                             F#m                  B
i think you better turn      your ticket in

D
and get your money back at the door


RHYTHM 1

A         A/G#      F#m     F#m/E        D     D/C#     B

Repeat verse with these words

start threading the needle
brushpast the shuttlethat slides through the cold room
start turning the wool cross the wire 
roll a new life over
in the middle of the night there's an old man
threading his toes through a bucket of rain
hey mister, you dont want to walk on water
you're only going to walk all over me


CHORUS


BRIDGE:

A      A/G     F#m     D     D/C#       B         A

A/G#     F#m      F#m/E   D       D/C#      B
 
A       A/G#       F#m        F#m/E      D      D/C#      

B      A     A/G#      F#m      F#m/E     D     D/C#   B



ENDING

F#m                           C#m
start running the banner down  

      E                                    B
drop past the color or come up through the summer rain

F#m                       C#m 
Start turning the girl into the ground

D
roll a new love over

              C#m                                      E
in the middle of the day theres a young man

                   B
rolling around in the earth and rain

F#m                                    C#m
Hey mister if your goin to walk on water

            E                            D
you know your only goin to walk all over me



CHORUS (2X)




A/G#     F#m    F#m/E    D      D/C#     B

A    A/G#   F#m     F#m/E      D    E       A