Counting Crows – Omaha (Guitar)
Capo 2
Key
-
Versions
(3)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Hopefully this is the most complete (with Bridge) and easiest version (with capo) of this
song to play.
Main Chords:
Em - 022000 D - xx0232 C - x32010
Bm - x24432 G - 320033 A - x02220
Bridge Chords:
G – [32]033
D/F# - [20]232
Em - [02]200
A11 – x[00]000
C - x[32]010
G/B - x[20]033
D/A - x00232
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[Intro]
|Em |D |Em |C | / / / / / /////
[Verse 1]
Em Bm | Start tearing the old man down, run D A | past the heather and down to the old road. Em Bm | Start turning the grain into the ground. C | Roll a new leaf over... Em Bm In the middle of the night there's an D A old man treading around in the gathered rain. Em Bm Well mister if you want to walk on water,
C(D) (C) G* (*start chorus)
could you drop a line my way?
[Chorus]
G D | O-m-a-ha! (Ahh..) Em C | Somewhere in middle America. G D | Get right to the heart of matters... C | It's the heart that matters G D | more! I think you'd better Em A | turn your ticket in...(i-i-in) C | and get your money back at the
G* (*start bridge)
door.
[Bridge]
(see chord suggestions):
G D/F# Em A11 |C G/B D/A | (x1) / / / / / / / / / / /
Ahhh..huh.. yeah, yeah
[Verse 2]
Em Bm Start threading a needle. D A Brush past the shuttle that slides through the cold room. Em Bm Start turning the wool across the wire. C Roll the new life over. Em Bm In the middle of the night there's an D A old man threading his toes through a bucket of rain. Em Bm Hey mister you don't want to walk on water. You're
C(D) (C) G*
only going to walk all over me.
[Chorus]
G D | O-m-a-ha! (Ahh..) Em C | Somewhere in middle America. G D | Get right to the heart of matters... C | It's the heart that matters G D | more! I think you'd better Em A | turn your ticket in...(i-i-in) C | and get your money back at the G door.
[Bridge]
G D/F# Em A11 |C G/B D/A | (x4) Na Na Na Na Nun-na-nah yeah, yeah,yeah
Na Na Na Nun-na-nah... nun-ah
Nunana nunana nunana nunana nunana nunana na, na, na
Na Na Na Na Na
[Verse 3]
Em Bm Start running the banner down. D A Drop past the color come up through the summer rain. Em Bm Start turning the girl into the ground. C Roll a new love over. Em Bm In the middle of the day there's a D A young man rolling around in the earth and rain. Em Bm Hey mister if you're gonna walk on water, you know
C(D) (C) G*
You're only going to walk all over me
[Chorus] x2
(2nd time screaming!)
G D | O-m-a-ha! (Ahh..) Em C | Somewhere in middle America. G D | Get right to the heart of matters... C | It's the heart that matters G D | more! I think you'd better Em A | turn your ticket in...(i-i-in) C | and get your money back at the G door. G D | O-m-a-ha! (Ahh..) Em C | Somewhere in middle America. G D | Get right to the heart of matters... C | It's the heart that matters G D | more! I think you'd better Em A | turn your ticket in...(i-i-in) C | and get your money back at the G door.
[Bridge/outro]
G D/F# Em A11 |C G/B D/A | Ahhhhh-hhhhhh-huh! Said... G D/F# Em A11 |C G/B D/A |G~ (ring) Omaha... Sunday morning... I'm coming home to-day
For the bridge walking notes, just hit the 2 strings listed, one strum per beat in song
(though I like using two strums for more flair), except for final D/A of each pass which
gets some quick up/down stums during beats 3 and 4. For an even easier tip, leave your pinky
and ring fingers fretting the initial G and just cycle through the brackets parts of the
chords until you get to the final D (D/A). As long as you hit the bass note (first one
listed), it sounds good enough. Trust me, it will be your favorite part of the song to play.
C.Hall