Olana

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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 15:03:07 -0500
From: "Daniel J. Engel" 

 
Subject: c/cohn_marc/olana.crd

Title:   Olana
Artist:  Marc Cohn
Album:   Burning the Daze, track 7


Intro/Fill
--octave of melody line sounds nice :-)
--easier with two acoustic guitars

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v1
     
 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
   
 C
Oh forever

(Fill)

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v2
         
 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
                      
 C
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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v3
    
 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
                  
 C
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)

 C
Watching these hills turning gold for one more year


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 F                           
 Am
Oh, I've been from Jerusalem to Rome
        
 F                                    
 Am
Now I'm floating through these rooms tonight alone
    
 F
And looking back on everything

 C          
 D            
 C
All I ever wanted was a home


__This part is sung in conjunction with the fill:__
I was lost until Olana
How sweet the sound
How sweet the sound

N.
 C.
They say my final masterpiece
Was this house upon a hill


Tabbed by:
   Dan Engel
   Gustavus Adolphus College