Chord/Tab song: Omie Wise

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Omie Wise by Greg Graffin


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Tabbed by: JB
Email: [email protected]

Tuning: Standard tuning

Chords: A# minor - G# major - F minor - F major - A# major
[(A#m)] [(G#)] [(Fm)] [(F)] [(A#)]

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Intro: A#m

Come listen to my story, I'[G#]ll tell you no lies, [A#m]how John Lewis did murder a

[Fm]little Omie [A#m]Wise,

He asked her to meet him at [G#]Adams's spring, [A#m]said he'd bring her money and

[F]other fine [A#m]things,

So fool-like she met him at [G#]Adams's spring, no [A#m]money he brought [A#]her nor [F]other

fine [A#m]things



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[A#m] John [A#]Lewis, John [A#m]Lewis, won't you [G#]tell me your mind, do [A#m]you intend to

marry me or [F]leave me be[A#m]hind?

Little Omie, Little Omie, I will [G#]tell you my mind, my [A#m]plan is to drown you

and [Fm]leave you [A#m]behind,

Have mercy on my baby and [G#]spare me my life, I'll [A#m]go home as a beggar and

[Fm]never be your [A#m]wife



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[A#m] He hugged her and he kissed her and [G#]turned her around and [A#m]threw her

in deep water where he [Fm]knew that she would [A#m]drown,

It was on one Thursday morning the [G#]rain came pouring down and they [A#m]searched

for Omie's body but it [F]nowhere could be [A#m]found,

Two boys went a fishin' one [G#]fine summer day and they [A#m]saw little Omie's body

go [Fm]floating a[A#m]way



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[A#m] They called for John Lewis to [G#]come to that place so [A#m]he could see her

body and [Fm]they could see his [A#m]face,

Though he made no confession they [G#]threw him in jail, no [A#m]friend nor relation

would [F]go on his [A#m]bail

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Example of picking patten for this song:

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