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D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)    DShe (xx0232@1)said 85 years have fairly flown
    D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)           F#mThey (244222@1)called me last night said my brother passed on
  D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)           DI (xx0232@1)cried for a while and stared at the wall
               D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)      A'Cause (x02220@1)there's no one I know left in Arkansas

E (022100@1)                     DI (xx0232@1)can still see the five of us climb out the window
F#m (244222@1)                         ETo (022100@1)lay on the porch roof that night, in the summer time
E (022100@1)                    DMama (xx0232@1)would line us all up on a Saturday
F#m (244222@1)                        ETo (022100@1)each have our turn in the tub
                 DShe (xx0232@1)said that was Arkansas

A (x02220@1)                  D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)     DWhen (xx0232@1)she was young we had kerosene nights and innocent days
      D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)      F#mNever (244222@1)dreamed we all would go separate ways
              D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)           DBut (xx0232@1)with each passing or a baby came a long distance call
      D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)       AAnd (x02220@1)we'd all make the trip back to Arkansas

E (022100@1)                      DI (xx0232@1)could still see my brothers in the faces of old man
   F#m (244222@1)                   EWe (022100@1)talked about horses and things we were missing
        E (022100@1)                       DLike (xx0232@1)the smell of a hay field the slow rolling thunder
    F#m (244222@1)                       EAnd (022100@1)thinking that nothing would change
                  DYeah (xx0232@1)just like Arkansas

A (x02220@1)                    G (320003@1)                  BmIn (x24432@1)her younger days she said time is a river that rolls on forever
    A (x02220@1)                             EYou (022100@1)can't stop at the shore line to admire the view
       G (320003@1)                    BmSo (x24432@1)you pack up your memories, pressed them like flowers
     C (x32010@1)                      B'Till (x2444x@1)all that is left here is you
     E (022100@1)    D (xx0232@1)   AAnd (x02220@1)Arkansas

E (022100@1)                          DShe (xx0232@1)still can hear the song of a Whip-poor-will, calling her,
    F#m (244222@1)                   EThe (022100@1)wind as he whispers her name in the evening
    E (022100@1)                      DAnd (xx0232@1)mama still beautiful and graceful, a sunshine
    F#m (244222@1)                 EAnd (022100@1)daddy is handsome and strong
               D (xx0232@1)                DYeah (xx0232@1)just like Arkansas, yeah her Arkansas
              DYeah (xx0232@1)that was Arkansas