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Katie Lynne Sharbaugh – Omaha The Only What If on Piano & Ukulele

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These are Omaha The Only What If chords by Katie Lynne Sharbaugh on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
 G  Am  F   C
G  Am  F   C

[Verse 1]
G        Am           F  C
 I met a man going to Omaha
  G        Am
He told me some stories
            F      C
'bout his son-in-law
    G
He spoke just like your
 Am           F       C
 parents in a western drawl
   G              Am
If you could even call
    F    C
 it that
G           Am
 I told him how we'd
         F   C
hit the Iowa state fair
G         Am
 I felt a little like
    F    C
 an alien out there
G           Am
 It's crazy how much
     F       C
he resembled ya
      G
Guess that's the comfort
 Am         F   C
 of middle America

[Chorus]
G      Am           F
 And I know you're away and
      C
 out achieving something
G           Am         F
 Found your own saving grace
           C
and she's cute as a button
G         Am            F
 And I'm still a basket case
                C
but that's the life
that I picked
G               Am
 You're not the one
           F
 that got away,
                 C
 you're just the only
 "What if?"

[Post-Chorus]
G   Am     F      C
(la la, la la, la la la)
G   Am     F      C
(la la, la la, la la la)

[Verse 2]
G           Am
 He gave a smile as
    F         C
 he waved goodbye
     G                Am
I've seen that same expression
          F       C
 'bout a million times
     G                Am
"Godspeed" he said to me
            F       C
 with understanding eyes
  G            Am       F    C
I never got to know his name
G              Am
 I watched him as he turned
    F     C
 to walk away
  G                 Am
I thought about you all
            F       C
the way to baggage claim
    G                  Am
You can't ask fire to stick
            F       C
 around in pouring rain
      G               Am
Guess that's either a blessing
       F     C
or an awful shame

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[Chorus]
G      Am           F
 And I know you're away and
       C
 out achieving something
G           Am         F
 Found your own saving grace and
       C
 she's cute as a button
G         Am            F
 And I'm still a basket case
                C
 but that's the life
 that I picked
G               Am
 You're not the one that
      F                    C
 got away, you're just the only
 "What if?"

[Post-Chorus]
G   Am     F      C
(la la, la la, la la la)
G   Am     F      C
(la la, la la, la la la)


[Bridge]
Em             F
 Baby it was alright for
just a little bit
Am              D7
 Romeo spinnin' lies
 to hand to Juliet
F                        C
 You had a blueprint for life,
 I had a bucket list
    D7            Am/E
And I didn't fit, so
  F               Fm
 I just made the best of it

[Chorus]
G      Am           F
 And I know you're away and
      C
 out achieving something
G           Am         F
 Found your own saving grace
           C
 and she's cute as a button
G           Am             F
 Aren't you glad I gave my place
            C
 to someone worthy of it?
G               Am            F
 You're not the one that got away,
                  C
you're just the only "What if?"

[Outro]
G   Am     F      C
(la la, la la, la la la)
G   Am     F      C
(la la, la la, la la la)
G   Am     F      C
(la la, la la, la la la)
G   Am     F      C
(la la, la la, la la la)

How to play Omaha The Only What If: key, chords and progression

Omaha The Only What If by Katie Lynne Sharbaugh is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 8 chords: G, Am, F, C, Em, D7, Am/E and Fm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – Am – F – C (V – vi – IV – I in C major), a rotation of the “four-chord” pop progression (I–V–vi–IV). In solfa, that is soh – lah – fah – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: F and Fm are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.