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Letter From Ohmaha

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Letter From Ohmaha
Josh Ritter
Intro:
G Am C G
G Am C G
Verse 1:
GWeAmll I can't sleep with all these hand-me-downs
CBaGttered up chests and faded dreams
GEvAmery new life seems to spin away
CLiGke sand escaping through the seams
EmSenCd me a letter from Omaha
AmSaiGd a needle or thread could mend the tears
EmBut tonight the cotton fields, they
CSmell like calico
AmAnd Gthe color of your hair
Verse 2:
Stars stand against the lonely blue
Like pin-pricks made by midnight hands
They tried to sew you a pure white dress
Got tied up in the misdeeds and demands
Cotton burned all brown and wasted
Like an innocence fell to disrepair
But tonight the ashes, they
Smell like calico
And the color of your hair
G Am C G
G Am C G
Verse 3:
If I could have my one and only wish
I'd sew your hair all to the lining of my shirt
I'd stand in the noon day clean and golden
Not the color of the dry land dirt
Send me a letter from Omaha
Said a needle or thread could mend the tears
But tonight the sugarcane, it
Smells like calico
And the color of your hair

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Letter From Ohmaha

by Josh Ritter

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Letter From Ohmaha

Josh Ritter

Intro:

G Am C G

Verse 1:

G Am

Well I can't sleep with all these hand-me-downs

C G

Battered up chests and faded dreams

G Am

Every new life seems to spin away

C G

Like sand escaping through the seams

Em C

Send me a letter from Omaha

Am G

Said a needle or thread could mend the tears

But tonight the cotton fields, they

Smell like calico

Am G

And the color of your hair

Verse 2:

Stars stand against the lonely blue

Like pin-pricks made by midnight hands

They tried to sew you a pure white dress

Got tied up in the misdeeds and demands

Cotton burned all brown and wasted

Like an innocence fell to disrepair

But tonight the ashes, they

Smell like calico

And the color of your hair

G Am C G

Verse 3:

If I could have my one and only wish

I'd sew your hair all to the lining of my shirt

I'd stand in the noon day clean and golden

Not the color of the dry land dirt

Send me a letter from Omaha

Said a needle or thread could mend the tears

But tonight the sugarcane, it

Smells like calico

And the color of your hair

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