{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":607524,"song":"Letter From Ohmaha","artist":"Josh Ritter","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11572789-letter-from-ohmaha-chords-by-josh-ritter/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/607524?type=chord","rating":4.38862,"votes":4,"content":"Letter From Ohmaha\r\nJosh Ritter\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell I can't sleep with all these hand-me-downs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBattered up chests and faded dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEvery new life seems to spin away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike sand escaping through the seams[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSend me a letter from Omaha[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaid a needle or thread could mend the tears[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut tonight the cotton fields, they[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSmell like calico[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the color of your hair[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n\r\nStars stand against the lonely blue\r\nLike pin-pricks made by midnight hands\r\nThey tried to sew you a pure white dress\r\nGot tied up in the misdeeds and demands\r\n\r\nCotton burned all brown and wasted\r\nLike an innocence fell to disrepair\r\nBut tonight the ashes, they\r\nSmell like calico\r\nAnd the color of your hair\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\n\r\nIf I could have my one and only wish\r\nI'd sew your hair all to the lining of my shirt\r\nI'd stand in the noon day clean and golden\r\nNot the color of the dry land dirt\r\n\r\nSend me a letter from Omaha\r\nSaid a needle or thread could mend the tears\r\nBut tonight the sugarcane, it\r\nSmells like calico\r\nAnd the color of your hair","plain_text":"Letter From Ohmaha\nJosh Ritter\n\n\nIntro:\nG Am C G\nG Am C G\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\nStars stand against the lonely blue\nLike pin-pricks made by midnight hands\nThey tried to sew you a pure white dress\nGot tied up in the misdeeds and demands\n\nCotton burned all brown and wasted\nLike an innocence fell to disrepair\nBut tonight the ashes, they\nSmell like calico\nAnd the color of your hair\n\nG Am C G\nG Am C G\n\nVerse 3:\n\nIf I could have my one and only wish\nI'd sew your hair all to the lining of my shirt\nI'd stand in the noon day clean and golden\nNot the color of the dry land dirt\n\nSend me a letter from Omaha\nSaid a needle or thread could mend the tears\nBut tonight the sugarcane, it\nSmells like calico\nAnd the color of your hair","chords":["G","Am","C","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}