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CUYAHOGA (Version 1)
There are two ways to play the intro riff. The more accurate way is to tune your low E string down to D. If you want to be able to play normal chord shapes, though, this way is better:
D G Em G (repeat throughout verse) Let's put our heads together and start a new country up Our father's father's father tried, erased the parts he didn't like Let's try to fill it in, bank the quarry river, swim We knee-skinned it you and me, we knee-skinned that river red
This is where we walked, this is where we swam
Take a picture here, take a souvenir
D G Em G (repeat throughout verse) This land is the land of ours, this river runs red over it We knee-skinned it you and me, we knee-skinned that river red And we gathered up our friends, bank the quarry river, swim We knee-skinned it you and me, underneath the river bed
(see below...) This is where we walked, this is where we swam Take a picture here, take a souvenir
Cuyahoga D - Em -/G - Bm -/D D D D/ Asus4 A A2 A Cuyahoga, gone D - Em -/G - Bm -/D - Em -/G - - -
D G Em G (repeat throughout verse) Let's put our heads together, start a new country up, Underneath the river bed we burned the river down. This is where they walked, swam, hunted, danced and sang, Take a picture here, take a souvenir Cuyahoga Cuyahoga, gone
Rewrite the book and rule the pages, saving face, secured in faith
Bury, burn the waste behind you
(intro riff)
D G Em G (repeat throughout verse) This land is the land of ours, this river runs red over it We are not your allies, we can not defend This is where they walked, this is where they swam Take a picture here, take a souvenir
Cuyahoga D - Em -/G - Bm -/D D D D/ Asus4 A A2 A Cuyahoga, gone D - Em -/G - Bm -/D - Em -/G - - - Cuyahoga D - Em -/G - Bm -/D D D D/ Asus4 A A2 A Cuyahoga, gone D - Em -/G - Bm -/D - Em -/G - - -
This is what to do for the "this is where we walked..." part:
e -------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- -0=-0=---5=-55---2=--2=--55-55-- 0--0--0=5--5--5s2--2=--25--5--5- 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4- / /
Verse lick: (damp 4th string runs with heel of picking hand)
e 2222=---3-----3---------------3- 3333=---3---3---------------3--- 4442=---0------------2-0-------- 0000=4200-------2224=-4--------- A 0000----x-------222------------- 0000----3-------222-----3------- 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4- / Let's put our . . . Let's try to . . .
Chorus Part A: Em Bm Em F#m Em Bm Em D (BIG!) e -------2----2-0--------2----2----------2----2-0--------2-------- -------3---------------2------2--------3---------------3-------- -------4---------------2---------------4---------------2-------- -------4---------------2---------------4---------------0-------- 02=02002--------02=02004--------02=02002--------02=02000-------- D 02=0200x--------02=02004--------02=02002--------02=02000-------- 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4- This is where...
Verse = This land . . . Verse = We gathered up . . . Chorus Part A = This is where . . .
Chorus Part B: Aadd9 D Em G Bm D A |A D Em G Bm D Em G (hold it) e 22--00--33--22--22-2-2-22-0000--22--00--33--22--22--00--33------- 33--00--33--33--33-3-3-33-2202--33--00--33--33--33--00--33------- 22--00--00--44--22-2-2-22-2222--22--00--00--44--22--00--00------- 00--22--00--44--00-0-0-00-2222--00--22--00--44--00--22--00------- A 00--22--55--22------------0000--00--22--xx--22--00--22--55------- D 00--22--55--xx------------------00--22--55--xx--00--22--55------- -1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4- Cuyahoga . . .
Verse = Let's put . . . Chorus A = This is where . . . Chorus B = Cuyahoga . . .
Bridge: (remember G is 550033 low to high) / / / / / / / Rewrite . . . Bury . . .
Intro Verse = This land is . . . Chorus A = This is where . . . Chorus B = Cuyahoga . . .
Last time through hold G an extra bar and finish with D
Lyrics:
Let's put our heads together and start a new country up Our father's father's father tried, erased the parts he didn't like Let's try to fill it in, bank the quarry river, swim We knee-skinned it you and me, we knee-skinned that river red
This is where we walked, this is where we swam Take a picture here, take a souvenir
This land is the land of ours, this river runs red over it We knee-skinned it you and me, we knee-skinned that river red And we gathered up our friends, bank the quarry river, swim We knee-skinned it you and me, underneath the river bed
This is where we walked, this is where we swam Take a picture here, take a souvenir Cuyahoga Cuyahoga, gone
Let's put our heads together, start a new country up, Underneath the river bed we burned the river down. This is where they walked, swam, hunted, danced and sang, Take a picture here, take a souvenir Cuyahoga Cuyahoga, gone
Rewrite the book and rule the pages, saving face, secured in faith Bury, burn the waste behind you
This land is the land of ours, this river runs red over it We are not your allies, we can not defend This is where they walked, this is where they swam Take a picture here, take a souvenir
