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Leaving Omaha

The Good Life

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This tab was made from the video of Tim and Roger playing the song live in the 
Album of the Year extras.
Tim plays the D, Dm, A, E open and the rest of the chords as barres.


Intro: D Dm D Dm
Pre-verse: F# (hammer on the 2nd fret on the E string)

C#
Onstage at the Orpheum
F#
Waiting for a diploma
Bm
Looking out at my classmates
A
Ready to disown them
Ab
My bags were packed
                 A    
I was ready to leave
             E
For university
                     F#  
I was moving up and out
        D   Dm
Out of Omaha
                F# (hammer on 2nd fret)
Oh, it didn't last

One night I was drinking alone
So I drove out to Denver
To visit an old friend
Who had settled down there
I kept on driving all through the night
And threw up in dawn's early light
Sick on caffeine pills
My friend, he escaped from Omaha
Oh, I never will

Oh, I had a lover once
She was a nomad
Would have followed her anywhere
So we moved out to Portland
She was selling baggage
I bought all I could
And that was all it took
To make my escape
Oh, Omaha, oh, you never looked so good

I am leaving
I'm sailing away
My time in Iowa
Was just a holiday
I've got to get back over that bridge
To the town where I live
I guess that's where I'll stay
Oh, Omaha, oh, Omaha

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Leaving Omaha

The Good Life