Boy in Ohio chords by Phil Ochs

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Creek was
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running by the road
And the Buckeye sun was a-shinin'
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I I rode my bike down
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Alum Creek Drive
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When I   was a boy in Ohio
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The English teacher he
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didn't care
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He challenged us to checkers
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And once in a while we'd
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swap a joke
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When I  was a boy in Ohio
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Once I was caught playing
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hooky from school
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They found me home in the evening
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I confessed I had been
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to the movie show
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When I   was a boy in Ohio
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We would wait for the summer
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to come
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For swimmin' and pickin' berries
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But now a freeway covers the field
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Where I  used to be so happy
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I remember the Burger Boy
Where the girls would shine
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like the engines
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And  the radio was always loud
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When I   was a boy in Ohio
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Spanish teacher she tried to help
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She was much too pretty
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So I   just stared at the
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back of her legs
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When I  was a boy in Ohio
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It was 3.2 beer at
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the honky tonk bar
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Where they said the girls were easy
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But somehow I never found me one
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When I   was a boy in Ohio
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Soon I was grown and I had to leave
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And I've been all over the country
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But I don't believe I've had more fun
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Than when I  was a boy in Ohio