OHIO - Crosby Stills Nash & Young [Mark Russell 2023 Acoustic cover] plus easy chords & lyrics

Great protest song written by Neil Young about the tragic Kent State shootings by the National Guard. I'm posting this song for my friends Gary and Barb who were at university in Ohio back in the day (May 4, 1970).

Note that my guitar is detuned a full note here because Neil's voice is just too high for me. These are the right chords though.


OHIO – Neil Young

Intro guitar: D F C x4

[D]Tin soldiers and [F]Nixon’s [C]coming
[D]We're finally [F]on our [C]own
[D]This summer I [F]hear the [C]drumming
[D]Four dead in [F]Ohio[C]

[Gm]Gotta get down to it
[C]Soldiers are cutting us down
[Gm]Should've been done long a[C]go
[Gm]What if you knew her and
[C]Found her dead on the ground
[Gm]How can you run when you [C]know

Guitar: D F C x4

[D]La, lala la [F]la la [C]la la
[D]La, lala la [F]la la [C]la
[D]La, lala la [F]la la [C]la la
[D]La, lala la [F]la la [C]la

[Gm]Gotta get down to it
[C]Soldiers are cutting us down
[Gm]Should've been done long a[C]go
[Gm]What if you knew her and
[C]Found her dead on the ground
[Gm]How can you run when you [C]know

Guitar: D F C x4

[D]Tin soldiers and [F]Nixon’s [C]coming
[D]We're finally [F]on our [C]own
[D]This summer I [F]hear the [C]drumming
[D]Four dead in [F]Ohio[C]
[D]Four dead in [F]Ohio[C]
[D]Four dead in [F]Ohio[C]

Outro guitar: D F C x2