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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
