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[Verse 1]
CmBy the time I get to Boston, you wiG#ll be waiting
Cmto drive me to a baseball game in yG#our old jeep
Cmtreat me to some hotdogs
by the firG#e beside the ocean
but I’d misGms my friends back homeG#  
so hard I’d weepD#  
but I’d misGms my friends back homeG#  
so hard I’d weepD#  
Cm G# Cm A#
[Verse 2]
CmBy the time I make New York, you will cG#ome running
CmHugs and gossips making way through downtownA#  
We’ll scale a roof Cmand talk all night until the G#skies light up
but I'll be woGmndering how's my family G#after allD#  
but I'll be woGmndering how's my family G#after allD#  
[Chorus]
Will I eG#ver get to see D#you
                 G#C#m  A#  
Will I ever say hello
Will I eG#ver feel this way D#again
GmHomG#e, sweet homeD#  
GmHomG#e, sweet homeD#  
Cm G#
Cm A#
Cm G#
Gm G# D#
Gm G# D#
[Verse 3]
And by Cmthe time I make it back I will be G#greeted
with hapCmpy smiles, tears and joyful laughsG#  
Cmand though I’m home
It’ll G#hurt me every time to think of OhioGm  G#  D#  
to think of OhGmioG#  D#  
[Chorus]
I know I left G#my heart in NorwalkD#  
                               G#C#m  A#  
In Sandusky and Toledo too
I got loG#st and found in ClevelaD#nd
GmOhiG#oD#  
Will I eG#ver get to see D#you
                 G#C#m  A#  
Will I ever say hello
Will I eG#ver feel this way D#again
GmHomG#e, sweet homeD#  
GmHomG#e, sweet homeD#  

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Ohio

by Anything Helps

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[Verse 1]

Cm G#

By the time I get to Boston, you will be waiting

Cm G#

to drive me to a baseball game in your old jeep

treat me to some hotdogs

by the fire beside the ocean

Gm G#

but I’d miss my friends back home

so hard I’d weep

Gm G#

but I’d miss my friends back home

so hard I’d weep

Cm G# Cm A#

[Verse 2]

Cm G#

By the time I make New York, you will come running

Cm A#

Hugs and gossips making way through downtown

Cm G#

We’ll scale a roof and talk all night until the skies light up

Gm G# D#

but I'll be wondering how's my family after all

Gm G# D#

but I'll be wondering how's my family after all

[Chorus]

G# D#

Will I ever get to see you

G# A#

C#m

Will I ever say hello

G# D#

Will I ever feel this way again

Gm G# D#

Home, sweet home

Gm G# D#

Home, sweet home

Cm G#

Cm A#

Cm G#

Gm G# D#

[Verse 3]

Cm G#

And by the time I make it back I will be greeted

Cm G#

with happy smiles, tears and joyful laughs

and though I’m home

G# Gm G# D#

It’ll hurt me every time to think of Ohio

Gm G# D#

to think of Ohio

[Chorus]

G# D#

I know I left my heart in Norwalk

G# A#

C#m

In Sandusky and Toledo too

G# D#

I got lost and found in Cleveland

Gm G# D#

Ohio

G# D#

Will I ever get to see you

G# A#

C#m

Will I ever say hello

G# D#

Will I ever feel this way again

Gm G# D#

Home, sweet home

Gm G# D#

Home, sweet home

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