Columbus Ohio Chords

KeyAbm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays435

Columbus Ohio by Mark Erelli is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Abm. It uses the chords Abm, F#, E, B, Abdim7, A, Dbm, Bbdim7, Gb7 and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Abm
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro 
Abm   F#   E  B  E 

Verse 
                Abdim7 
Stranded on the outskirts 
   A           E 
Of Columbus Ohio 
           B         Dbm 
Some motel next to a strip mall church 
         Bbdim7       A 
With the neon burning cold 

Verse 
     E       Dbm      Abdim7 
It's raining soft and steady 
        A              E 
Like it always does in movies 
                 B         Dbm 
Now I'm good and drunk and ready 
   Bbdim7          A     E 
So let the credits roll 

A                  B            Dbm                 A 
When I was a young man, I never dreamed it wouldn't last 
      Dbm                          Gb7            B 
All I wanted was tomorrow, now I'm haunted by the past 
           A                      Abm      Dbm     E7     A 
Don't know where I'm going, all I know is, I ain't coming back 
          Dbm        Gb7     B E    B Dbm 
I've had enough of Columbus Ohio 

Verse 
B        E              Abdim7 
If I'd a ticket I would gladly 
         A             E 
Take the bus up to Eau Claire 
                   B     Dbm 
I'd hitch south to Cincinnati 
     Bbdim7           A 
If I knew a soul down there 

Verse 
           E     Dbm   Abdim7 
There's no currency in Kerouac 
   A                   E 
At least not since the sixties 
                     B   Dbm 
Lord, take pity on a vagabond 
      Bbdim7              A 
Whose sails have all gone slack 

A                  B            Dbm                 A 
When I was a young man, I never dreamed it wouldn't last 
      Dbm                          Gb7            B 
All I wanted was tomorrow, now I'm haunted by the past 
           A                      Abm      Dbm     E7     A 
Don't know where I'm going, all I know is, I ain't coming back 
          Dbm        Gb7     B Dbm 
I've had enough of Columbus Ohio 
                     Gb7     B E 
I've had enough of Columbus Ohio 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante