Ohio by Diana Jones
Key: AmAm | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Am                                          C
Across an ocean I have never seen
      G      F           Am
My love waits for me
                                              C
Her eyes are red her heart is torn
               G           F           Am
From the journey over the sea
 
     C                 G
Born to an Irish no account
      Am                  E
Out in midwestern land
   Am                     G
By rail and ship to ireland
      F                            Am
For loving a protestant man
 
        C                        G
There are no waves in Ohio
        Am                     E
There are no ships to sail
      Am                 G
But I'll be coming there for you
      F            Am
My love, my love
I pledget to you with all my heart
When last we met up on the hill
And kissed you on the day we parted
The words you spoke are truer still
My father wants to marry me
To one he has arranged
But I'll sleep between the water deep
If I can not bear your name
There are no waves in Ohio 
There are no ships to sail
But I'll be coming there for you
My love, my love
 
I sold my tools I sold my land
My father's watch is all I have
And booked my passage straight away
My mother's ring inside my hand
I'll bid farewell to all I've known
And in the early light
By rail and ship to Ireland
To claim you for my bride
There are no waves in Ohio 
There are no ships to sail
But I'll be coming there for you
My love, my love
C G Am E Am G F Am
Arrived in Dublin in the morning
To meet a girl I did not know
She said you loved me more than all the world
And sorry to tell this sad new so
Late one night out on the deck
The wind did howl and bay
You dared the sea to swallow you
And take your pain away
There are no waves in Ohio 
There are no ships to sail
But I'll be coming there for you
My love, my love
     C                           G
I'll throw rose petals overboard
           Am               E
On the ocean of my dreams
           Am                    G
Where you'll be waiting there for me
      F           Am
My love, my love