Chords
Ohio

Ohio was written by Neil Young in response to the Kent State University shootings on May 4, 1970, when National Guardsmen fired on unarmed students during a protest against the expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia, killing four students.

Key: Dm

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Bird On The Wire
Leonard Cohen
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Dm                     F            C      Dm                  F          C  
Tin soldiers and Nixon' s coming we' re finally on our own
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this summer I hear the drumming four dead in Ohio

Gm7                        C  
Gotta get down to it soldiers are gunning us down
Gm7                                C  
should of been done long ago
Gm7                             C  
what if you knew her and found her dead on the ground
Gm7                                C  
how can you run when you know?

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la la la la  la la la la  la la la      la la la

Gm7                        C  
Gotta get down to it soldiers are gunning us down
Gm7                                C  
should of been done long ago
Gm7                             C  
what if you knew her and found her dead on the ground
Gm7                                C  
how can you run when you know?

Dm                     F            C      Dm                  F          C  
Tin soldiers and Nixon' s coming we' re finally on our own
Dm                  F             C        Dm                 F    C  
this summer I hear the drumming four dead in Ohio

Dm                F    C  
four dead in Ohio
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four dead in Ohio
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four dead in Ohio
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four dead in Ohio
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four dead in Ohio
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four dead in Ohio
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four dead in Ohio
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four dead in Ohio
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four dead in Ohio
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four dead in Ohio