{"id":20788,"date":"2024-06-18T01:16:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T01:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=20788"},"modified":"2026-01-10T23:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T23:07:15","slug":"saturday-night-in-toledo-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/saturday-night-in-toledo-ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night in Toledo Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Denver<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-size: 13px;\" class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\">\"Great Falls, Montana\" is replaced by \"Kearney, Nebraska\" in some versions.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\n<span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span> <span data-name=\"C#m\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C#m<\/span>   <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n<span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>                                             <span data-name=\"C#m\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C#m<\/span>         <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nSaturday night in Toledo, Ohio is like being nowhere at all\r\n                            <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>          <span data-name=\"Am\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Am<\/span>\r\nAll through the day how the hours rush by\r\n    <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>                       <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>         <span data-name=\"F#\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F#<\/span>    <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nYou sit in the park and you watch the grass die\r\n         <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nAh, but after the sunset, the dusk and the twilight\r\n                <span data-name=\"C#m\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C#m<\/span>             <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nWhen shadows of night start to fall\r\n                                <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>         <span data-name=\"Am\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Am<\/span>\r\nThey roll back the sidewalks precisely at ten\r\n    <span data-name=\"F#\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F#<\/span>                        <span data-name=\"B\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">B<\/span>        <span data-name=\"Bb\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Bb<\/span>  <span data-name=\"B\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">B<\/span>\r\nAnd people who live there are not seen a-gain\r\n\r\n     <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>                        <span data-name=\"F\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>\r\nJust two lonely truckers from Great Falls, Montana\r\n      <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>                      <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nAnd a salesman from places unknown -es unknown\r\n    <span data-name=\"F\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>         <span data-name=\"Cm\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Cm<\/span>        <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>          <span data-name=\"A\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">A<\/span>\r\nAll huddled together in downtown Toledo\r\n   <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>               <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>          <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nTo spend their big night all alone\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n    <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nYou ask how I know of Toledo, Ohio\r\n                <span data-name=\"C#m\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C#m<\/span>        <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nWell, I spent a week there one day\r\n                             <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>           <span data-name=\"Am\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Am<\/span>\r\nThey've got entertainment to dazzle your eyes\r\n   <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>                    <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>         <span data-name=\"F#\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F#<\/span>   <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nGo visit the bakery and watch the buns rise\r\n        <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>                                                     <span data-name=\"F#m\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F#m<\/span>         <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nAh, but let's not forget that the folks of Toledo unselfishly gave us the scale\r\n \r\n(spoken)\r\n                             C                       Am\r\n\"No springs, honest weight\", that's the promise they made\r\n   D                          G        F#  G\r\nSo smile and be thankful next time you get weighed\r\n     C                     F\r\nAnd \"wiv and wet wiv\", let this be our motto\r\nG                           C\r\nLet's let the sleeping dogs lie -ping dogs lie\r\n    F             Cm        C      Am\r\nAnd here's to the dogs of Toledo, Ohio\r\nD         G           C    G  C\r\nLadies we bid you goodbye\r\n<div class=\"vxv2A\">X<\/div><\/pre>\n<p>-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SATURDAY NIGHT NI TOLEDO, OHIO<br \/>\nJOHN DENVER<\/p>\n<p>AM I SATURDAY NIGHT IN TOLEDO OHIO SI LIKE BEING NOWHERE AYALL.<br \/>\nAL THR THE DAy HOW THE HS. RUSH By YoU STi NIDTHA FAErD WATA TAGS<br \/>\nAFTERTRE SUNSET THE DUSK ! THE TWILIGHT WHEN SHADONS Of NIGHT START OT FALL D<br \/>\nEm<br \/>\nTHEY ROL BACK THE SIDEWALKS PRECISELy AT 01<br \/>\nAND HEOPLE LUHOD LINE THERE ARE N O r HE A GAIN<br \/>\nJUST 2 LONELY TRUCKERS frOM GREAT FALLS, MONT.<br \/>\nD<br \/>\nG7 AND A SALESMAN frOM PLACES UNKNOWN<br \/>\nCALL GATHER<br \/>\nB AN TOGETHER IN DOWNTOWN TOLEDO<br \/>\nOT SPEND TINEIR BIG NIGHT ALL ALONE<br \/>\nAnD YOU ASK<br \/>\nHOW I KNOW f<br \/>\nTOLEDO OHOI , WELLI SPENT AWE ER THERE ONE DAY Am<br \/>\nD<br \/>\nG<br \/>\nEm<br \/>\nTHEY&#8217;VE GOT ENTERTAINMENT OT DAZZLE YOUR EYES<br \/>\nD<br \/>\nGO DOWNOTTMIE BAGIERYtWATCHTHE BUNSRISE<br \/>\nAnD BUT LETS&#8217; NOT OfRGET THAT MTIE OfLEIS Of TOLEDO NU TELfISHLY GAVE SU HTE SCALES<br \/>\nSO SMILE<br \/>\n$ BE<br \/>\nTHANK<br \/>\nULK<br \/>\nSe NEXTlImElou GET<br \/>\nWEIG<br \/>\nHED<br \/>\nAND WIVE WET WNIU LET THSI BE OUR MOTO LETS&#8217; LETHE SLEEPING DOGS LIE<br \/>\nAND HERES&#8217; OT DTEI DOUS YO TOLEDO ONOI<br \/>\nLADIES LE BDI YOU GODEYE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Denver &nbsp; &nbsp; &#8220;Great Falls, Montana&#8221; is replaced by &#8220;Kearney, Nebraska&#8221; in some versions. [Intro] C C#m G [Verse 1] C C#m G Saturday night in Toledo, Ohio is like being nowhere at all C Am All through the day how the hours rush by D G F# G &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/saturday-night-in-toledo-ohio\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Saturday Night in Toledo Ohio<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29021,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20788\/revisions\/29021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}