G C G
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Creek was running by the road
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D
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And the Buckeye sun was a-shinin'
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G C G
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I rode my bike down Alum Creek Drive
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Em Am
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When I was a boy in Ohio
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G C G
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The English teacher he didn't care
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F
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He challenged us to checkers
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Bb Dm D7
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And once in a while we'd swap a joke
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Eb
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When I was a boy in Ohio
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Once I was caught playing hooky from school
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They found me home in the evening
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I confessed I had been 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 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
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Where the girls would shine 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 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 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
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Boy In Ohio
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| Phil Ochs |
