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Olana

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
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
They Csay my final Gmasterpiece
Was Fthis house on the Chill
High above the Ggreat and mighty Driver
My Chand could not hold the Gbrushes
Yes, I Fguess I lost my Cwill
And you Ccan't keep painting Gparadise forDever
Oh Cforever
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v2
>From the CAndes to NGiagara
To Fwhere we stand Ctoday
I drew the great creGations of my DMaster
'til the Coil and the Gcanvas
Lord, I Fthrew them all Caway
And Ctraded them for Gstone and brick and Dplaster
I traded them all for Cyou
__This part is sung in conjunction with the fill:__
CWinter wind blows and the river lies frozen Gat my feet
(I traded them all for you)
CSpringtime come and the river wanna run Gabove the street
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v3
She Ccame to me one Gnight
While I was Ftossing in my Cdreams
She said she'd give my Gfamily proDtection
I reCcall the night I Gdied
Beneath her Farches and her Cbeams
I thanked her for the Gshelter and diDrection
I was lost until OClana
__This part is sung in conjunction with the fill:__
CSun beat down on a summertime town; he Gleft me here
(I was lost until Olana)
CWatching these hills turning gold for one more year
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Oh, FI've been from Jerusalem to AmRome
Now I'm Ffloating through these rooms tonight Amalone
And Flooking back on everything
CAll I ever Dwanted was a Chome
__This part is sung in conjunction with the fill:__
N.C.
They say my final masterpiece

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Olana

by Marc Cohn

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

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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C G

They say my final masterpiece

F C

Was this house on the hill

G D

High above the great and mighty river

C G

My hand could not hold the brushes

F C

Yes, I guess I lost my will

C G D

And you can't keep painting paradise forever

Oh forever

------

C G

>From the Andes to Niagara

F C

To where we stand today

G D

I drew the great creations of my Master

C G

'til the oil and the canvas

F C

Lord, I threw them all away

C G D

And traded them for stone and brick and plaster

I traded them all for you

__This part is sung in conjunction with the fill:__

C G

Winter wind blows and the river lies frozen at my feet

(I traded them all for you)

C G

Springtime come and the river wanna run above the street

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C G

She came to me one night

F C

While I was tossing in my dreams

G D

She said she'd give my family protection

C G

I recall the night I died

F C

Beneath her arches and her beams

G D

I thanked her for the shelter and direction

I was lost until Olana

__This part is sung in conjunction with the fill:__

C G

Sun beat down on a summertime town; he left me here

(I was lost until Olana)

Watching these hills turning gold for one more year

------

F Am

Oh, I've been from Jerusalem to Rome

F Am

Now I'm floating through these rooms tonight alone

And looking back on everything

C D C

All I ever wanted was a home

__This part is sung in conjunction with the fill:__

N..

They say my final masterpiece

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