Oregon Hill chords by Cowboy Junkies
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Verse 1
(D major) The hoods are up on Pine Street,
Rear ends lifted too
The great-grandsons of of
General Robert E. Lee
Are making love with a little help
from (E minor) (Asus4) (E minor) STP
Their (G major) women on the porches
comparing alibis
(D major)
Verse 2
Greasy eggs and bacon,
Bumper stickers aimed to start a fight,
Full gun racks, Confederate caps,
If you want some 'shine
Well, you can al (E minor) ways find some more,
(G major) But what I remember most (F sharp minor)
is the color (G major) of (D major) Suzy's door
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Verse 3
(B minor) And Suzy says she's (F sharp major) up there (G major)
Cutting carrots still (D major)
And Suzy says (A major) she's (G minor) missing me
(G major) So I'm (E minor) missing Oregon Hill
(D major)
Verse 4
A river to the south
To wash away all sins
A college to the east of us
To learn where sin begins
A graveyard to the (E minor) west of
it all (Asus4) (G major) (E minor) (G major)
Which (F sharp minor) I may soon (G major) be (D major) lying in
Verse 5
'Cause to the (G major) north there is a (D major) prison
Which I've (G major) come to call my (D major) home,
But some (G major) Monday morning
no (D major) country song
Will sing (A major) me home (G major) again (D major)
Verse 6
(B minor) And Suzy says she's (F sharp major) up there (G major)
Cutting carrots still (D major)
And Suzy says (A major) she's (G minor) missing me
So (G major) I'm (E minor) missing Oregon Hill
(D major)
Verse 7
Sunday morning, eight A.M.,
Sirens fill the air
Sounds like someone made the river
Sounds like someone being
born (E minor) (G major) (E minor) again
(G major) Me, I'm just (F sharp minor) lying here (G major)
(D major) in Suzy's bed
Verse 8
(G major) Baptists celebrating with (D major) praises to the Lord,
(G major)
Rednecks doing it with gin (D major)
Me and (G major) Suzy, we're (D major) celebrating
The (A major) joy of sleeping (G major) (D major) in
Because to (E minor) morrow (F sharp minor)
(E minor) I'll be (D major) home again
Verse 9
(B minor) But Suzy says she'll (F sharp major) wait there (G major)
Cutting carrots by the window sill (D major)
And Suzy says, (A major) 'Always (G minor) think of me
When (G major) you (E minor) think of Oregon Hill'
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