Boy from Oklahoma
by Willis Alan Ramsey (Wishbone Music)

Tabs by Casey Carr

         
     D (xx0232@1)                  GTravelin' (320003@1)across the country
     A (x02220@1)                  Dplayin' (xx0232@1)on the circuit line
     D (xx0232@1)                   Bmsometimes (x24432@1)I think about a man
          E7 (020130@1)           Awho (x02220@1)was here before my time.
  G (320003@1)                  DNamed (xx0232@1)for the 28th president
         G (320003@1)                  Awith (x02220@1)a Guthrie tacked to the end.
          D (xx0232@1)     Aborn (x02220@1)in Okemah shoes
           C (x32010@1)       Gwith (320003@1)the Dust Bowl blues,
                         Da (xx0232@1)friend of the working man.
        D (xx0232@1)                   GNow (320003@1)he wasn't partial to New York buildings
       A (x02220@1)               Dthat (xx0232@1)tried to touch the sky
   D (xx0232@1)              Bm (x24432@1)       E7 (020130@1)         A7West (x02020@1)Virginia coal mines that took so many lives
         G (320003@1)                         Dfor (xx0232@1)the way they drove the migrant workers
      G (320003@1)              Aback (x02220@1)over into Mexico way.
          D (xx0232@1)       Aand (x02220@1)the scabs they run
            C (x32010@1)       Gwhen (320003@1)they heard he'd come
                           Dand (xx0232@1)the bosses started to pray.

              
Chorus:
              
        G (320003@1)          AJust (x02220@1)a boy from Oklahoma
       D (xx0232@1)               Bmon (x24432@1)an endless one-night stand
  G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)  
wan'drin' and a-ramblin'
  D (xx0232@1)                       Bmdriftin' (x24432@1)with the midnight sand.
      G (320003@1)                     AHe (x02220@1)played the blues and the ballads
     D (xx0232@1)             Gand (320003@1)all that came between
     Emhis (022000@1)heart was in the Union
         C (x32010@1)               Aand (x02220@1)his soul was reachin' out
                    D (xx0232@1)  Am (x02210@1)  Dfor (xx0232@1)the servant's dream.

            D (xx0232@1)                  GNow (320003@1)I was talking to a man that met him
      A (x02220@1)                 Din (xx0232@1)a bar near Clovis town.
    D (xx0232@1)                        BmHe (x24432@1)said the whole place was a-shakin'
           E7 (020130@1)               A7as (x02020@1)he was passing his songs around.
G (320003@1)                       DIn (xx0232@1)between the tunes he asked him
           G (320003@1)                 Awhere (x02220@1)he'd be when the morrow came
    D (xx0232@1)              AHe (x02220@1)said through his grin,
           C (x32010@1)         GI (320003@1)put my thumb in the wind
                             Dand (xx0232@1)I'm off down the road again.

Chorus:              

        G (320003@1)          AJust (x02220@1)a boy from Oklahoma
       D (xx0232@1)                Bmon (x24432@1)an endless one-night stand
   G (320003@1)           AI (x02220@1)wander and I ramble
        D (xx0232@1)                    Bmand (x24432@1)I drift with the midnight sand.
    G (320003@1)                     AI (x02220@1)play the blues and the ballads
     D (xx0232@1)               Gand (320003@1)all that comes between
    Emmy (022000@1)heart is in the Union
        C (x32010@1)              Aand (x02220@1)my soul is reachin' out
                    D (xx0232@1)    Am (x02210@1)    D (xx0232@1)     
for the servant's dream.

         D (xx0232@1)              GNow (320003@1)you know that Woody Guthrie
              A (x02220@1)           DIs (xx0232@1)dead and buried in the ground
      D (xx0232@1)               BmSometimes (x24432@1)I sing his songs
              E7 (020130@1)                       A7and (x02020@1)I get to thinkin' that he's still around.
       G (320003@1)                     DI'll (xx0232@1)hold that his fires everlastin'
  G (320003@1)                            ATestify (x02220@1)that his voice has rung true
          D (xx0232@1)           Aand (x02220@1)the ramblin' man's ris'
          C (x32010@1)      Gand (320003@1)the kingdom's his
                              Dbut (xx0232@1)his songs are for me and you.

              
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